6.30 p.m., Sunday 10 September 2023St Mary’s church, 2 Elsworthy Road NW3 3DU The Primrose Hill Opera Cabaret is back and offering a sparkling evening’s entertainment with talented young professional opera stars singing arias, duets and ensembles. Enjoy an indoor…
In this final talk for 2022 from the Primrose Hill Lecture Series, Booker-prize winning author Alan Hollinghurst will offer a rare glimpse into the writer’s process as he discusses how his fiction offers a way ‘to write, obliquely and in…
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…
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…
Mary Portas launched the ambitious fundraising campaign for St Mary’s Church this summer. Marking the 150th anniversary of the church, home of so many impressive social initiatives, the ‘Grow the Wonder’ campaign aims to raise £1.5 million to re-equip and…
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…
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…
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…
After a bumper Primrose Hill Lecture Series (PHLS) in the summer of 2019, and successfully moving the whole series online in the autumn of 2020 to very positive feedback, the PHLS committee had a few things to consider for 2021.…
In the 1960s, heavy traffic roared through the residential streets of Primrose Hill. Regent’s Park Road, and even Chalcot and Fitzroy Roads, were through routes to the West End. Colin St Johnston, resident of Fitzroy Road for more than half…