by Nicola Manasseh | Aug 20, 2023 | Newsletter
On any morning of the week a house moth on my wall will spy me sitting at my laptop, working in pyjamas. My deceased uncle Easy would’ve approved because whenever as a child I visited him on certain afternoons, he would always be in his pinstriped pyjamas; and I...
by Nicola Manasseh | Jul 22, 2023 | Newsletter
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...
by Nicola Manasseh | Apr 21, 2023 | Newsletter
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,...
by Nicola Manasseh | Mar 21, 2023 | Newsletter
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...
by Nicola Manasseh | Feb 27, 2023 | Newsletter
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...
by Nicola Manasseh | Jan 25, 2023 | Newsletter
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...
