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...
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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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