The Primrose Hill Magazine
By Ylwa Warghusen. The day when On The Hill meets local artist Sophia Langmead at her studio in the heart of the village, the rain is constant and the wind turns umbrellas inside out. But once inside it is another […]
Margaret Leibbrandt, long-time resident and familiar face in Primrose Hill, died in September. She lived in Jacqueline House in the Oldfield estate for over fifteen years. Friend and local resident Judy Rich remembers her. Margaret and I shared a love […]
By Ylwa Warghusen It is a sunny autumn day when local potter Fliff Carr, clad in bright blue overalls, greets me in her Primrose Hill studio. Fliff (a family nickname from when she was about six months old) is charming, […]
In a special interview for On The Hill, retail expert and TVpersonality Mary Portas talks to Micael Johnstone about how she hopes her new book, Work Like a Woman, will inspire a new way of working and living A career […]
Phil Cowan, otherwise known as the ‘Mayor of Primrose Hill’, shares his memories of Marcel, who died in July. Fragility is an unavoidable part of the human condition. It is often said that people are at their most vulnerable and […]
Article by Katy Taylor. Local resident William Miller invited me to join him for lunch in Primrose Hill to talk about his new book, Gloucester Crescent: Me, My Dad and Other Grown-Ups. We meet at one of his favourite local […]
Councillor Richard Cotton was Mayor of Camden from 17 May 2017 to 23 May 2018 and is a councillor for the Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward. The Mayor – the ‘First Citizen of the Borough’ – is an elected […]
By The Mole on the Hill. The old granddad was talking. “One day I saw Queen go into that house down there at the bottom of the hill.” “What was she doing there?” “Not the Queen. Queen. ‘We are the […]
By Tracey Mitchell. “I’ve been incredibly lucky with a marriage to the right man, two super sons and really agreeable work,” says Katharine Whitehorn over coffee in her Primrose Hill home. We’re talking about her time on Picture Post, Paris Match […]
This is the mantra of Anna Dé, inspired by the track of one of her favourite musicians, Jamie Lidell. She recently launched her event business, Anna Dé Dreams (pun intended), that specialises in wedding and party planning. Anna is inspired […]