Haverstock School Young Journalists

Young journalists from Haverstock School talk to children’s author Jeanne Willis. Jeanne Willis has been an author of children’s books for over 40 years: dogs, cats, rabbits, penguins, insects, reptiles and invented characters like Bog Babies have all featured in…

Chronicle of Gloucester Crescent

A book by Michael Dowd In the December issue of On The Hill, we published this postcard of a house on Gloucester Avenue in our ‘Postcards from Primrose Hill’ series, courtesy of @old_primrosehill_postcards. The postcard was recognised by local resident…

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The Lightman System

Local resident Roger Hyams is a local writer, film maker and script editor who has recently published a novel, The Lightman System. The book is set in 1974. Teenage siblings Ellie and Colin are on holiday when they fall for…

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Island Magic: A Local Artist’s Adventure

It is not every day that an opportunity arises to sail to a far-flung island in the middle of the Gulf of Finland. But that is exactly where one Primrose Hill local found herself on Midsummer’s Day. Local artist Chloe…

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Local author’s latest novel set in Hampstead

Primrose Hill writer Amy McLean has released her latest novel, setting the story in the heart of Hampstead Heath. We Are Lucifer employs the thriller genre to explore protagonist Amber Quigley’s struggles with depression and jealousy. “Like many of my other novels,…

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The Outer Circle

Primrose Hill has long been a favourite destination for film-makers, but it also crops up in books, notably The Folks That Live on the Hill by Kingsley Amis and Primrose Hill by Helen Falconer. Now former sportswriter Ian Ridley has…

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