Dear Neighbours Well, that was a lovely hot and sunny interlude last week! 😎 Thank goodness we have our cool and soggy English weather back, because I was literally melting as I sat at my desk. And when I moaned about it to a Spanish friend, he told me they were

Dear Neighbours I hope you are all well and enjoying the increase in daylight creeping steadily upon us. Those of us with school-age children are also looking forward to step one of lockdown easing, with Back to School scheduled tomorrow. This last week has been a flurry of activity to

Dear Neighbours Happy new year! So this year we have kicked off to a flying start with Lockdown No.3, Brexit and the Capitol riots. Wow. No wonder Dry January went down the pan on day 1. I think it was Martin Amis who wrote that supporting a football team

Dear Neighbours We hope you're all keeping warm now that temperatures have decided to take a dive. Don't you love those days when the sky is a brilliant blue and the air almost crackles with your frosty breath? You don't get that on the Costa del Sol! So, as you

It's another newsletter! The title picture has nothing to do with LTNs, but it is colourful. We all need a bit of colour in our lives.

Dear Neighbours I hope you are well, keeping safe, healthy and warm. We're finding that hot chocolate works wonders, as does pizza and wine. As we wend our way towards the end of a soggy Autumn, it's tempting to crack out the box sets and hibernate at the weekend. A

Dear Neighbours Well, it's been a little while since our last newsletter. The day-job has been all-consuming - which is great as it means that we're contributing to the economy and helping society function. Every cloud, silver linings. You get my drift. So yesterday we relaxed in a proper socially-distanced

Dear Neighbours I hope you're having a lovely long weekend! For a lunchtime treat last week I went for a walk up the New River Path, past the lush leafy streets of Canonbury, all beautifully quiet and green thanks to People Friendly Streets, and felt inspired to share my joy

Dear Neighbours We hope everyone is well and enjoying moments of sun! Or at least, sheltering from the heat. This week, Kevin had an illuminating chat with Alex, who has lived in Barnsbury for decades. We hear concerns that Islington's elderly and less mobile residents will suffer when People Friendly

Dear Neighbours We hope you are all well and continuing to keep healthy and safe. Today marks our last big push leafleting Barnsbury and St Mary's wards. We have delivered 10,000 leaflets, walked up and down hundreds of flights of stairs and hopefully reached the majority of residents in

Dear Neighbours What a momentous week! People Friendly Streets have been implemented in St Peter's ward - yes, these measures are LIVE. Check out our quick-post for a twitter taster. Our St Peter's neighbours are delighted! Richenda has put together a compendium of road furniture abuse, and master campaigner Lucy

Dear Neighbours Thank you for completing the Barnsbury & St Mary’s Neighbourhood Group survey and showing your interest in the Council’s initiative to create Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. A number of community groups are getting behind this initiative, with their first joint meeting held on Thursday 2 July, including