Posts by Lizzie McAllister
Islington Council staff recognised for Covid work in Queen’s Birthday honours
Tina Jegede receives MBE and Oliur Rahman a BEM
Read MoreSurvivors of historic abuse in Islington’s children’s homes can now apply for £10k support payment
Town Hall opens applications for anyone who suffered abuse at the homes between 1966 and 1995
Read MoreIslington bookshop reaches final five in battle to be named London’s best independent
BookBar founder says the recognition from the British Book Awards is an ‘honour’
Read MoreRadical history of Newington Green Meeting House celebrated with screening of rare films
Documentary-maker Katy McGahan organised the evening at the historic building earlier this month
Read MoreIslington’s best blooms recognised in annual gardening competition
Islington in Bloom hands out awards in 10 categories after receiving 177 entries
Read MoreIslington Museum exhibition celebrates borough’s LGBTQ+ legacy
Pride of Place uses spoken word and visuals to pay tribute to borough’s history as the ‘epicentre of UK’s gay community’
Read MoreTofu Vegan, Angel, restaurant review: ‘Plant-based Chinese food that meat-eaters might just get behind’
Upper Street’s new vegan Chinese restaurant is on the expensive side, but ‘you get what you pay for’
Read More‘An artist who needs to be seen now’: Estorick gallery’s new exhibition celebrates work of Olivier Debré
The postwar French painter is ‘highly regarded throughout the world, yet remains almost unknown in the UK’
Read MoreBrazilian photographer and activist Claudia Andujar set for major Barbican retrospective
Summer show will focus on Andujar’s work with Brazil’s Yanomami people, as curator says arts audiences must ‘take on ethical responsibility’
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