Explore different types of music with the Match & Fuse festival

Explore different types of music with the Match & Fuse festival

t the end of the month, London hosts the two-day Match & Fuse experimental music festival. Promising a mix of jazz, rock, electronic music and genre-defying acts, you probably won’t have heard of most of the artists – but you’ll enjoy discovering them. Now in its fourth year, the previously Dalston-based festival adds New...

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Getting happy and healthy at Tri Prana

Getting happy and healthy at Tri Prana

t was a grey, autumn morning. The kind of morning when you don’t know whether to go out in a T-shirt or your winter coat (so I decided to wear my rain mac). Having hustled the kids to school I trudged down Phillip Lane to Tri Prana café for a bite to eat. It wasn’t the first time I had been to Tri Prana café; I had popped in...

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Last of the Summer Wine?

Last of the Summer Wine?

ranz Kugler was a keen entrepreneur. Recognising the growing popularity of cycling in post Great War Germany, he set about contriving a cycle route leading straight from Munich to his bar, the Kugleralm, some 12 miles from the city. Seizing upon this golden opportunity, Herr Kugler felt assured of a prosperous summer. Little...

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MUST DO: The Artisan Market launch

MUST DO: The Artisan Market launch

monthly Artisan Market will launch in the courtyard of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre this Saturday. Pitched as a venture to showcase “passion and creativity” from within the local area, the monthly market will kick off this weekend with a selection of handmade items from local jewellers and artists, as well as homemade sauce...

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Tottenham’s Tea and Sympathy

Tottenham’s Tea and Sympathy

n Sunday 9th of October the Bernie Arts centre café will play host to a fantastic community tea party held in honour of Alexteen Roberts, the 101-year-old victim of a mugging on her own doorstep in Tottenham earlier this month. We need your help to restore Alexteen’s faith back in Tottenham and its local residents. You can do...

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Stocking up on comfort food at The Larder

Stocking up on comfort food at The Larder

‘re you open to the public?’ This was the question that I overheard most frequently on my visit to The Larder a few weeks ago, during its first week of trading. This bright and airy café is indeed open to all and, on that particular sunny day, the doors were open wide and the tables dragged out onto the pavement. Located just...

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India comes to Blighty

India comes to Blighty

even Sisters is soon to be graced with a lovely new cafe/workspace. Blighty will be opening next Wednesday 21st September on Tottenham High Road, just opposite the college. The manager Ed Yarnton (self-professed coffee nerd) took the time to show us around for a sneak preview today. The team have done an amazing job...

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Free Cakes for Kids

Free Cakes for Kids

ree Cakes for Kids was founded in Oxford nearly a decade ago to provide free birthday cakes for kids who might otherwise go without. The not-for-profit organisation now has almost 60 branches across the country. The Haringey branch was set-up in 2014, after Gabby Ogiste, who lives in Bruce Grove, read a magazine article about...

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Blackberry picking at Tottenham Marshes

Blackberry picking at Tottenham Marshes

unday, 25 degrees with a three-year-old and a 6-month old baby. What to do? Blackberry picking at Tottenham Marshes of course. Off we set with our Tupperware collecting-boxes, chuckling at how our Sunday mornings have changed so dramatically since our kids came into our lives. There is ample parking at the marshes and it’s...

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Summer recipes for the perfect BBQ

Summer recipes for the perfect BBQ

he likes of Green Lanes and West Green Road, Tottenham Farmer’s Market and the Indoor Latin Market are a constant source of culinary inspiration. With the colourful fruit and veg displays, fresh breads and a never-ending array of interesting ingredients, it's possible to bring the whole world to life on your dinner table....

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