Primrose Hill is regularly featured on news reports about all manner of topics, and this week it has been used to illustrate the dry state of our parks during this hot summer. The hill has been a welcome refuge for […]
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St Mary’s Church Celebrates 150 Years
The first vicar of St Mary’s church was Charles Fuller who attracted a group of pious young women, one of which, Mary Emily André gifted the church £3000 on condition that the vicar married her. Shrewdly he did, and the […]
From Moscow to Primrose Hill
A message of peace and healing from a Reverend displaced from Russia. By Sanam Lou. On 20 February 2022, as Russia invaded Ukraine, the St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Moscow had to make a quick decision to send Reverend Glen […]
Sam’s Café: Solidarity with Ukraine
By Sarah El Hadj Sam’s Café holds a popular fortnightly Tuesday Supper Club, and back on 15 March it took the form of a ‘Solidarity with Ukraine’ evening. It was organised by UK Must Act, a chapter of Europe […]
Phil Reavey – The Master Carpenter who Scored a Goal at Wembley
By The Mole on The Hill. Grandad, what did you do during lockdown?Not a lot, lass. Just kept looking around, observing like. See that window down there, in Oldfield. In there you can see all kinds of models. The man […]
Primrose Hill Lecture Series 2022
8 June Charlotte Philby on Espionage In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th-century history and was then written out of […]
The Village Disco is back…
The Primrose Hill Village Disco is back on Saturday 12 March. Time: 7-11 pm, so get ready to put on your dancing shoes and party with the neighbours at the Primrose Hill Community Centre. Everyone welcome! The music will be […]
It’s All Too Much – David Stark’s Musical Adventures
Adventures of a Teenage Beatles Fan in the ’60s & beyond Primrose Hill Community Centre Tuesday 8 March7.00–8.45pm Primrose Hill Community Centre is the ideal venue for a Beatles themed evening, if for no other reason than Paul McCartney allegedly […]
Sustainable Fashion on the Doorstep
We’re lucky to have three amazing second hand shops in Primrose Hill. All of them have a mixture of high end and affordable clothes, as well as books and other items. Mary’s Living and Giving, Shelter and Fara give us […]
It Takes a Community to Save a Community
Andrew Marr interviews Jason Allen, who runs youthwork charity Mary’s. Photograph by Nadav Kander. AM: Jason, can I ask you first of all to explain a little bit about yourself and how you got involved in this work? JA: I’ve […]