Yung Club and The Cove, on Markfield Road, are launching an immersive fashion fitness pop up this summer. Yung Club Wild Pilates kicks off on Tuesday 22 May and will run from 6.30pm until 8.30pm. The class will be a fully immersive experience and attendees will learn pilates alongside music relative animations. Yung Club welcome the local community and are offering a reduced rate of … Continue reading Yung Club Wild Pilates at The Cove (22/05/18)
By Matthew Bradby (Chair, Tottenham Civic Society) Think of Tottenham and you don’t immediately think of gardens. But in fact, Tottenham has a wealth of private gardens, providing refuges for urban wildlife and places for people to relax and unwind, especially now summer is here. The National Garden Scheme is a national charity that opens private gardens to the public, raising around £3.5m every year. … Continue reading National Garden Scheme bringing open gardens to Tottenham and beyond
This June, LIFT are holding their biennial festival of international theatre across London. Half way through their six year Tottenham programme, LIFT have commissioned three Tottenham Original pieces: SESSION, Nightwalks with Teenagers and Small Wonders. LIFT work with the Tottenham UpLifters, a group of 30 teenagers from Duke’s Aldridge Academy and The Vale School based on the Northumberland Park estate, who are taking part in … Continue reading LIFT biennial festival of international theatre comes to Tottenham
On Sunday 6 May 2018, a Spurs Secret History Walk (SSh! Walk) will be kicking off at Tottenham Hale station at 10am and will cover Tottenham Hotspurs’ story from its early days in 1881 to the present day. The two and a half hour charity walk will be raising funds for the Mayor of Haringey’s charity Mind In Haringey. The walk will finish at community … Continue reading Antwerp Arms Association third birthday and Spurs Secret History Walk (06/05/18)
Last Thursday 26 April, DT was invited to an exclusive opening of The High Cross pub along with a small selection of Tottenham businesses. The High Cross is based in the old public conveniences on Tottenham High Road, at the junction with Monument Way. The High Cross is co-founded by Chris Johnson and Alex Beeston and is open to the public from Thursday 3 May … Continue reading A sneak peek of The High Cross pub in South Tottenham
On Monday 23 April, we went along to a husting with local councillor candidates from across Tottenham, organised by Save Latin Village, Wards Corner Community Coalition and Stop HDV and held at the vibrant latin bar Zumable near Seven Sisters. The below summarises the opinions of the candidates and the audience, not necessarily that of Discovering Tottenham. The scene was set by talking about the … Continue reading What Tottenham candidates said at the husting by Stop HDV, Wards Corner Community Coalition and Save Latin Village (23/04/18)
By E L Brown On Friday 13 April, DT went along to The Cause’s crowdfunding launch party at Down Lane Studios, to see how things had progressed since our last visit. The smell of fresh cement lingered in the air, the cloakroom was an MDF construction, and the windows into the toilets had been boarded up with couch cushions – but there was nothing pretentious about … Continue reading Our night out at The Cause
On Friday 20 April, we went along to a husting with local councillor candidates from South Tottenham, organised by community led housing scheme StART. Local people from across Tottenham put their questions on housing, health and environment to the panel. The below summarises the opinions of the candidates and the audience, not necessarily that of Discovering Tottenham. There were a handful of outbursts from a … Continue reading What Tottenham candidates said at the housing, health and environment husting (20/04/18)
Blighty Arts Women’s Project, part of registered charity Finsbury Park Arts, helps women in India and Rwanda out of poverty by giving micro-finance or ‘good faith’ loans to women to start their own business. Blighty also run two cafes in Tottenham and Finsbury Park which are separate to the charitable project. We had a chat with Surinder and Paul from Blighty. The project is focused … Continue reading Blighty Arts: Empowering women out of poverty
DT interviewed Dr Mark Panton about his and Amanda Lillywhite’s book, Tottenham’s Trojan Horse, which explores the use of sports stadiums in regeneration and the impact it might have on an area. The illustrations and bite sized explanations makes the story accessible to all. Let us know your thoughts on the Spurs development in the comments. What gave you the idea to research Tottenham and … Continue reading Tottenham’s Trojan Horse: a tale of stadium-led regeneration
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