December 2021 Issue

The new edition of the Primrose Hill community magazine is out and delivered to local homes + available at the Community Centre and Community Library. Produced by volunteers and supported by the #PrimroseHill Community Association and by our advertisers. If…

Categories: Feature

The Boy from Boskovice

What makes a good man bad? Nature versus nurture? Local author Vicky Unwin was sorting through the documents of her father, the Holocaust survivor Tomas Ungar. What she uncovered was an uncomfortable discovery which she has written about in her…

Categories: Books, Events, Feature

Primrose Hill Lecture Series 2021

It was with plenty of trepidation that the Primrose Hill lecture series was booked this year. We didn’t know if we’d be able to have an audience, or whether we’d have to revert to online talks as we did when…

Categories: Feature, Uncategorised

Three Artists

Annie Ovenden – Jan Phethean – Brian Busselle AT ONE WITH NATURE As part of the ‘Grow the Wonder’ campaign, St Mary’s, Primrose Hill is hosting a summer exhibition with three renowned artists. The exhibition can be viewed online until…

Categories: Art, Charity, Feature

Walter Murch

Local resident Walter Murch has worked in the film industry for decades. One evening, he was sitting in his editing suite when Marlon Brando walked in. Marlon Brando said to Walter, “People say that I mumble.” Walter agreed he had…

Categories: Events, Feature, Film

Grow the Wonder

By Richard Benson The big red-brick Victorian behemoth of St Mary the Virgin on Elsworthy Road might be known or recognised by many in the community as the church that sells ice cream outside, or as the venue for the…

Neighbourhood Nosh

by Hattie Hartman The first lockdown witnessed an extraordinary outpouring of community support networks, hand-clapping for the NHS and neighbour helping neighbour. As the seemingly endless months of London’s third lockdown wore on, pandemic fatigue and isolation set in. Yet…

Categories: Feature, Food, Fund Raising