Chris Walker reflects upon this years’ Clerkenwell Community Photography Competition, now in its second year Pear Tree Court by Zipu Zhu. After the...
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EC1 Echo columnist David Wilcox wonders: what does The City need to extend a welcome to visitors? The answer is connection Photo by Clint Adair on Unsplash I...
Black History Month events in Islington this October Julia Gregory, Local Democracy reporter Simon Hudson, author of History Through the Black Experience...
DAVID WILCOX thinks EC1 needs new inclusive spaces for neighbours to meet, chat and make connections and he’s got an idea for how it might happen Photo...
Members of the Community Choir claim funding was cut by the London Symphony Orchestra without consultation. LSO says funding has moved to a 'project-by...
By Kendall Brown Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz with members of the Love and Loss group at Emirates Stadium Islington parents who have lost their children to knife...
An EC1 estate is plagued by aggressive squirrels by Steven Separovich Squirrel climbing a cable For the last three years the residents of the St Luke’s Estate...
Artist Caragh Thuring by her work A new community centre in Holborn is helping to change the way such spaces are seen. Holborn House, in Emerald Street, an...
Clerkenwell-based data company Centric Lab is aiming to give citizens as much information about their environment as possible A Clerkenwell tech company has...
By Olu Alake, Chief Executive Officer at The Peel Olu Alake and the winners of the Clerkenwell Photography competition It is an absolute pleasure to be taking...
By Yvonne Courtney The Barbican is due a makeover The Barbican is an outstanding architectural achievement but it’s beginning to show its age. Home to three...
The Italian shop and restaurant Terroni’s has a secret weapon – a singing waiter by Oliver Bennett Singing waiter Alan Chan at Terroni’s in Clerkenwell During...
A new record label, shop and radio station is breathing life into Mount Pleasant Credit: Kindred In the group of shops on Mount Pleasant there are some old...
The Clerkenwell Community Photography Competition has yielded an exceptional crop, says organiser Chris Walker
Clerkenwell resident and junior doctor Grace Spence Green tells EC1 Echo how our area could be better equipped to improve disabled people’s lives By Oliver...
Carrie Supple hopes to spread a message of change and hope All over the country people are hoping for change. Change in what neighbours can do together maybe...
Social enterprise Migrateful – which supports refugees and asylum seekers by helping them become professional chefs and access employment – is currently...
A new interactive map carries the history of Islington’s LGBTQ+ community By Sean Mcgovern When it comes to identifying our community heritage, some reminders...
A new poetry commission has just been unveiled at the City of London’s Moor Lane Community Garden. The poem, called A Portrait of You in a Garden, Now, was...
By Oliver Bennett The EC1 area has long been attractive to filmmakers seeking a historiclocation. Here, EC1 Echo finds out why the area is such a draw. With...
Make way for the high-end packed lunch The packed lunch was once considered a lesser meal – indeed, some may remember at school that bringing in sandwiches in...
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