Beneath The Boughs Of The Calling Tree

Beneath The Boughs Of The Calling Tree

Walking through Bruce Castle Park, it’s hard to imagine it 500 years ago. If the trees could speak, what stories would they tell? Artists Rosemary Lee and Simon Whitehead are preparing for a series of cyclical performances called Calling Tree. They have been meeting...
The bookseller’s tale: Wood Green’s literary secret

The bookseller’s tale: Wood Green’s literary secret

Tucked away on a side street lives one of Wood Green’s greatest hidden gems. For those in the know, it’s a mecca for all things literary, a jazzy piccolo rift of eccentricity behind the mundane drumbeat of consumer drudgery better known as the High Road. This eden I...
Broadwater Farm and Me

Broadwater Farm and Me

Seeing Broadwater Farm from Lordship Rec for the first time, a visiting friend asked “What’s that building? It’s beautiful.” The sky was blue and vast, tinged with a glowing pink marking the impending sundown. The open expanse of the fields casts a unique magic over...