It's here again! The Crouch End Festival, UK's largest community arts event, is now in its fifth year, and this, the 2016 festival will be bigger than ever. There's everything from open air cinema, live music, art, poetry, food and even a Latino Day when Crouch End goes all Latin. Check out the … [Read more...]
Crouch End Festival Crowdfunding is now live, live, live!
I've written before about the wonder thing that is The Crouch End Festival. The event gives much pleasure to so many people from school kids to pensioners - everyone wins and the whole area comes alive with creativity, celebration and community. It's a great endorsement of why Crouch End … [Read more...]
Crouch End Christmas Fair
The Crouch End Festival Craft Fair is on 14th December outside Hornsey Town Hall. If last year is anything to go by, it's going to be a splendid event, with fabulous festive gifts, festive music and festive spirit in abundance. The craft fair is part of Crouch End 'Shop Local Campaign' … [Read more...]
Jazz and Swing in North London
Photo: BBC I've been loving the new BBC Two drama, Dancing on Edge directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring the fantastic Chiwetel Eijofor and Matthew Goode, among other big stars. It's a story of a jazz and swing band in 1930's London, and the acting, direction, plot and above all … [Read more...]
4 reasons why I’ll never forget 2012
Another year is nearly over and after such an eventful 2012 in London (Olympics etc!), personally I too have had quite a remarkable year. Here are the four major reasons why.1. In January '12 we finally took the plunge on the property market and moved into our own flat in Crouch End. I cannot … [Read more...]
The Crouch End Festival 2013
This morning I had a great breakfast meeting in the award winning Crouch End cafe, The Haberdashery, with James Bridgman and Vicci Parker about next year's Crouch End Festival.The dates of the of the 2013 festival have now been set (7-16 June 2013), and the planning process is in full swing. There … [Read more...]
Alys, Always by Harriet Lane
Harriet Lane's debut novel, Alys, Always, was recommended to me by my old bookseller friend, Danny, at West End Lane Books when I was looking for authors who write about North London for next year's Crouch End Festival (more about this later). I didn't really know what kind of book it … [Read more...]
First day of the Crouch End Festival
In pictures:Festival beer and scotch eggs at The Maynard ArmsGuerilla Bunting gang had been at A Special Interest, one of the Barboot locations.Sold!Me with Wendy Saunders whose wonderful paintingsN adorned the walls of Oddbins.Barboot at The Haberdashery It's all in the detail: the light … [Read more...]
Bank Holiday Weekend and The Crouch End Festival
Today is the first day of the festival and I can hardly contain my excitement! In a few hours time I will wander over to Oddbins on Crouch Hill, London N8, to view Wendy Saunders' paintings while sipping on something lovely and refreshing, but before I do that I thought I'd let you have my … [Read more...]
More about the Crouch End Festival in London
Here is a video all about the festival - hot off the press! … [Read more...]
