by Nicola C. Manasseh | May 3, 2024 | Personal Stories
On an evening stroll around Belsize Village, I chanced upon such a beauty that I instantly fell in lust. A sleek two-seater Ferrari, translated in my imagination to a regal black panther, compelled me to take a photo. As I reluctantly walked away I thought if only I...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Mar 22, 2024 | Personal Stories
Call me behind time but I only just watched the 2020 Oscar winning Nomadland. What I love about this beautifully scripted and superbly filmed movie is how it shows the power of a kind community to help the heart broken protagonist, played by Francis McDormand, to keep...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Feb 22, 2024 | Personal Stories
I’m a hyper local lass. It could be a habit left over from lockdowns, but truth is everything I need is in Belsize Park, Hampstead, Camden or on the Finchley Road. In the spring and summertime, I might not even bother to go to a nearby park to get my nature...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jan 14, 2024 | Personal Stories
Rather than thinking forwards with New Year solutions, for this New Letter I’m going to look back in kindness and consider what I’ve achieved these last twelve months. There were the work achievements – such as making more editions of In The Square...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Oct 24, 2023 | Personal Stories
I’ve just recovered from an inflammation which forced me to spend a week in bed and only go out for food essentials, despite the early October t-shirt weather which I really wanted to be in. I was on antibiotics which felt like a big deal as it’s only the second time...
by Nicola C. Manasseh | Jul 22, 2023 | Personal Stories
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...
