In our winter 2021 edition of In The Square, I featured an interview with the charismatic musician Mo Foster who lived most of his life in Belsize Village. On 3 July this year Mo passed. I went to visit him in hospital a week before he died and all he wanted to talk...
It’s almost two years since I first had the idea for a local print magazine for Belsize Park. I was on one of those going-nowhere lockdown walks when I chanced upon a TV celebrity comedian and after a short exchange to congratulate him on being so funny, I walked on,...
Recently I spent an entire day and evening in my pyjamas on my bed and couch, and I wasn’t unwell. I listened to the radio, watched two films, read some, ate, stared out the window – that’s all. It was a Saturday so I told myself that I was doing my take on the...
February was a tough one. We all expected low temperatures and high costs, but added to our personal challenges, war in Ukraine wears on, Turkey had a mammoth earthquake, essential services have been on strike and if you haven’t had one of those mega bugs going around...
Is there an implicit consensus for when we should stop saying Happy New Year to each other? As I make the next edition of In The Square, which should be ready as our cherry trees blossom, I’m still wishing people a prosperous 2023 in my emails. I’ve wondered if my...
