The Primrose Hill Magazine
During these days of self-isolation By Jason Pittock. As well as the physical community spaces of the Primrose Hill Community Centre, Library, cafes, pubs and restaurants there are also ways you can stay connected with the community during days of […]
By Ylwa Warghusen. On a bright, frosty morning in February, I met Melanie Press at her eponymous boutique, which since the summer has been located in a prime spot on Regent’s Park Road. Melanie herself is the epitome of that […]
(Or ‘Och Aye the Noo’) By Phil Cowan. Aficionados of all things Scottish packed out a tartan-festooned Community Centre on the evening of 25 January to celebrate the birthday of legendary poet and lyricist Robert Burns. Guests arrived to a […]
Local entrepreneur Petar Savic talks to some of the start-ups and small businesses in Primrose Hill. This month he meets Simon Squibb. You spent 20 years in China and 20 years in England. Why have you decided to come back […]
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 […]
By Stephen Robinson. The other day I was walking our cocker spaniel on Primrose Hill when an ugly altercation played out right in front of me. A young man on a bike was cycling up to the top of the […]
By Nadia Crandall. The Primrose Hill Business Centre, located in two lovely late-Victorian buildings, sits at the curve of Gloucester Avenue, a short walk from Chalk Farm station and from the shops of Regent’s Park Road. Frank Carson, an octogenarian, […]
By Helen Sweeney. Meg Mathews Meg Mathews, a dog lover, ambassador and animal rights activist has always had a dog as a companion in her life. Together with her dogs, Meg has served the local community and championed national animal […]
Adrienne McPherson is Manager of Chalk Farm Foodbank. She was born in Camden in 1986, and has lived there all her life except for university in Buckinghamshire and five years in Texas. “I went to Texas to work, helping young […]
By Nicola Manasseh. Gail Levy has been owner and manager of Primrose Hill Pets for almost twenty-seven years, so it’s no surprise that she is passionate about animals, and especially dogs. Gail used to breed, show and judge Dalmatian dogs; […]