by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jun 23, 2026 | Events & Live Experiences
Once again, the Idler Festival this July includes some of the UK’s most fascinating cultural and countercultural figures. Prue Leith, Irvine Welsh, Jojo Moyes, Zakia Sewell, Chris Difford, Miranda Sawyer, Nigel Planer, Esther Freud, Ben Pope, Charlie Higson and other...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jun 19, 2026 | Home & Garden Designers
In the last five years more people are prioritising their gardens, according to Tom Winter, owner of Naturally Inspired Garden Design, and a designer who is inspiring homeowners to get involved with their gardens. The personable Tom, who’s based in Gospel Oak and...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jun 17, 2026 | Inspirational People & Places
Award winning film director Charles Harris has published his third novel – Play Me! Earlier this month, I went to his Hampstead home to meet the author who describes his latest fiction as comedy crime. The young Charles Harris left Cambridge University without a...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jun 16, 2026 | Home & Garden Designers
Over the years, interior designer Cigal Kaplan has had so many different clients from all over London, but her aim is always to fulfil and exceed their expectations. In an interview with Cigal at Roni’s in Belsize Village she said, “It’s important to design homes that...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jun 15, 2026 | For Belsize Parents & Carers
Have you seen a group of about 30-50 children, accompanied by some parents, cycling through Belsize Village on a Thursday morning at about 8am? This is a scheme organised by Charlotte Claydon to get children to school on bikes instead of being driven. The riders set...
