by Annem Hobson | Dec 7, 2016 | Food
If Holcombe Road Market feels a bit different from other markets popping up in Tottenham, there’s a reason for that: it’s been around for nearly 100 years. A long-awaited revamp (the money for which had been pledged all the way back in 2012) saw new paving, parking,...
by Annem Hobson | Dec 1, 2016 | Interviews
Tottenham is changing and Franklin Boateng embodies the creative spirit on the move like few others. This is a man who’s been harassed and legally challenged by big business – and won. Who helped shape the way the 2011 riots were reported in the mainstream news. A...
by Annem Hobson | Sep 26, 2016 | Food & Drink
‘Are 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...
by Annem Hobson | Aug 9, 2016 | History
It’s now five years to the week since the front pages were ablaze with the image of the inferno that was Carpetright, from the first night of the Tottenham riots. That image was to become one of the most iconic snapshots of what was a tumultuous moment in both...
by Annem Hobson | Jul 14, 2016 | People
From Texas to Tottenham. A journey of around 5,000 miles and not much obviously in common. Until last week. On Thursday 7 July I saw the film The Hard Stop, while across the pond, five police officers were killed and several more officers and civilians were wounded by...
