By Amy Bush A local community group are working to raise funds and recruit volunteers to help a refugee family fleeing conflict find a safe home in Tottenham. The Tottenham Refugee Alliance (TRA) are applying to become community sponsors under the Home Office’s Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS). The VPRS helps refugees who have been affected by the conflict in Syria, particularly women and children … Continue reading Tottenham Refugee Alliance

2019 has flown by so far and we first met Karyo at Haringey Winter Festival on Tottenham Green back in December. It’s not often you encounter a group of musicians who have decided to produce their own hot sauce. We sampled it and can confirm it is indeed hot, but tasty! Duncan of Karyo told us all about their hot sauce Satan’s Gravy. How did … Continue reading Satan’s Gravy: hot sauce made by musicians

It was an almost a year ago that The Cause opened its doors in Tottenham. They have fast become known as a club venue for underground house and techno music and are now known internationally in the dance music scene. They have also collaborated with and supported local businesses and collectives. We had a pint and a catch up with Stuart Glen for an update … Continue reading Stuart Glen talks The Cause one year on

DT had a brief chat with Tottenham-based singer-songwriter Greg Sanderson aka Cocoa Futures. Can you tell us a bit about your latest EP – Recovery? Sure, it’s got five songs on it including three bangers. It came out in December last year and we recorded it with a great producer, Brendan Williams, in a lovely studio in Manchester called Low Four. It’s pretty peppy. When … Continue reading A quick chat with singer-songwriter Cocoa Futures

We’ve teamed up with Brewheadz to create our very own session IPA: Tottenham Ale. We’re throwing a launch party at Brewheadz taproom on 23 March, 2-8pm, Unit 16a, Rosebery Industrial Park, London, N17 9SR. Confirm your attendance on Facebook.  We’ll be stocking our beer in some local bars and venues and you’ll be able to order some bottles online. Stockists: True Craft Mona’s Bar The … Continue reading Discovering Tottenham x Brewheadz: Tottenham Ale

Vanessa Butt and Electra Read-Dagg share a studio in Bernard Road opposite Edge. They both also work part time with another upholsterer, Rachael South, based at Lighthouse Studios in Dalston. Vanessa also teaches upholstery and is the technician at London Metropolitan University. Electra had her work shown as part of a collection at the Geffrye Museum curated by Second Sitters. The exhibition was later expanded … Continue reading Upholsterers Vanessa Butt & Electra Read-Dagg

Oliver Smart has specialised in and performed puppetry (exploring movement through performance) for the last 20 years. He also teaches puppetry, design and performance to performing arts professionals. Oliver creates his artistic work under his own name and does commissioned work through his company, Folded Feather. His studio is on Bernard Road, N15, where he’s been based for the last three years. Oliver has worked … Continue reading Oliver Smart (Folded Feather)

Claire Maclean and Nicola Thomas, founders of Edge Upholstery, moved into their studio on Bernard Road, N15, in June 2018 and run a range of upholstery classes. What do you do and what are your roles? Claire: We’re both upholsterers. We met while we were working in a workshop and a school in Shoreditch. We decided to do more upholstery on our own, found a … Continue reading Edge Upholstery

Cheryl Devonish, the woman behind Fearless Steps, creates modern hand drawn greetings cards for people of colour with positive and diverse imagery and messages. Fearless Steps has been featured in The Voice newspaper, an Enfield newspaper, and trade magazine Greetings Today. In 2016, she was invited by Sonia Brown MBE to speak about her business at Digital Catapult in Kings Cross. She also sells bookmarks, … Continue reading Fearless Steps: hand drawn greetings cards for people of colour