The Primrose Hill Magazine
By Maggie Chambers. “And now the Shipping Forecast, issued by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at 0048 today.” In October 1859, a strong storm off the coast of Anglesey wrecked the steam clipper Royal […]
Born 19 September 1867, English illustrator Arthur Rackham was recognised as one of the leading literary figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. Famous for drawing images of fantastical woodland creatures and enchanted trees, Rackham’s influence continues to this day, […]
Would you like to spend a weekend exploring a new hobby, learning needlepoint/tapestry or improving your skills? Anna Pearson, author of The Complete Needlepoint Course and Needlepoint Stitch by Stitch, will be running a workshop in Primrose Hill over the […]
You may have seen Natasha Kumar on Primrose Hill, plus Dalmatians. You might have caught her art in Marylebone’s Railings Gallery. Her first success was at the age of 17, showing at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Since then through […]
Students from Haverstock School’s young journalists go to the ballet to review Vicki Igbokwe’s Hansel and Gretel. Vicki Igbokwe is the choreographer and founder of Uchenna Dance. Vicki’s parents are barristers who specialise in aspects of the law. Vicki could […]
By Valerie Solti. Ormonde Terrace – once a row of Edwardian houses, now converted into Bauhaus-style flats – sits on the west-side path of Primrose Hill. It is a harmonious and very special part of the Hill which runs behind […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Spark Grows to a Flame that can Change Everything You see loads of people down there at the Roundhouse. They were queuing up King Henry’s Road for Bob Dylan. And they were up all night for that lot Radiohead. […]
By Angelina Pietrafesa. With summer comes a wave of fairs, parades, picnics and dog shows to Primose Hill and, new to this year, illustrator Kate Guy. As an artist with strong ties to the area, Kate has recently returned to […]