Discovering Tottenham Food & Drink print magazine – stockists

We’re excited to announce that we now have our very own print magazine! There will be four issues available throughout the year. Our first issue, which is available now, has a focus on all things food and drink in Tottenham. You can pick up your free copy from the following locations: 639 Enterprise Centre Antwerp Arms Balabam Bernie Grant Arts Centre Blighty India Cafe Bruce … Continue reading Discovering Tottenham Food & Drink print magazine – stockists

LOVENBakery

Sponsored: LOVENpresents pizzeria and LOVENbakery community cafe

LOVENpresents pizzeria and artspace is based in Norman Road, N15. They sell neopolitan style pizzas from a wood fire oven along with local beer, wine and cocktails. They opened a second venue in Hale Village at the end of last year, LOVENbakery, which is a cafe during the day selling great coffee and breakfast pastries, a selection of pizza-metro is sold by the slice at … Continue reading Sponsored: LOVENpresents pizzeria and LOVENbakery community cafe

Young people playing rugby

Saracens HITZ Learning Academy for young people in Tottenham

Towards the end of last year, DT headed to The Garden House cafe on the High Road to talk to the people behind youth project, Saracens Hitz Learning Academy. Lauren Briggs and Gregory Roach told us all about the programme, run out of the Tottenham Community Sports Centre, that helps 16 to 18 year old NEETs and youth offenders (as well as up to age … Continue reading Saracens HITZ Learning Academy for young people in Tottenham

StART Haringey: the community-led housing scheme for South Tottenham

Towards the end of last year, DT had a chat with Tony Wood, one of the nine directors and the treasurer at StART Haringey. StART is a community-led group working towards and campaigning for affordable housing to go in on the St Ann’s Hospital site in South Tottenham which is currently being sold off by the NHS Trust. They are set up as a not … Continue reading StART Haringey: the community-led housing scheme for South Tottenham

Assemble and Matthew Raw, Clay Station, for Art on the Underground, 2017. Photo by Benedict Johnson

New kiosk by Assemble and Art on the Underground at Seven Sisters station

If you ever use the entrance to Seven Sisters station on Seven Sisters Road, you’ve probably noticed that the kiosk outside the station, which had been neglected for many years, has had a dramatic revamp. Now named Clay Station, the plan is to turn the new space into a coffee shop. Clay Station was part of the Art on the Underground project by TfL. Art … Continue reading New kiosk by Assemble and Art on the Underground at Seven Sisters station

The up and coming local creatives behind The WHO Gallery’s first exhibition

At the end of 2017, we caught up with two talented up and coming creatives. Richard Dixon, photographer and curator and Makesa Kaizen, art director, both grew up on an estate in South Tottenham. We spoke about their first pop up exhibition as The WHO Gallery, Fixation, held at a gallery in Islington, their work and their thoughts on the changes happening in Tottenham. Richard: … Continue reading The up and coming local creatives behind The WHO Gallery’s first exhibition

Tottenham Walks: discover Tottenham’s hidden history

Did you know Tottenham has its very own book of walks? We chatted to Mareeni Raymond, one of the authors of Tottenham Walks, about the book and where the idea came from. Mareeni and her husband, Edward Richards, produced the book together which was released in early 2017. Where did the idea to write a Tottenham walks book come from? I was pregnant at the … Continue reading Tottenham Walks: discover Tottenham’s hidden history

Pan Nation: Tottenham’s steel pan orchestra

DT caught up with Chris Storey from local steel pan orchestra Pan Nation. Chris has been teaching and arranging steel pan since he was a teenager and also works for the Haringey Music Service. We were lucky enough to sit in on the main band’s rehearsals and our editor had a go at playing some steel pan at the beginners class. It was lots of … Continue reading Pan Nation: Tottenham’s steel pan orchestra