SUMMER 2017 FRESH LONDON LIVING IN AND AROUND WOODBERRY AROUND WOODBERRY DOWN FRESH LONDON LIVING IN AND SPECIAL AGENT FEMI OGUNS: DRIVING DIVERSITY ON STAGE & SCREEN SHOW ME THE HONEY DISCOVER BEEKEEPING AT WOODBERRY WETLANDS WORDS TIMES IMAGES LOCAL CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS LONDON DENIM ARTISANAL DENIM SCENE There’s no doubt that North East London has a strong appetite for locality and, arguably, a stronger sense of postcode pride compared to anywhere else in London. In and around Woodberry Down, the community is alive with trend setters, inspiring minds, industry leaders and business champions #WOODBERRYDOWN collaborating to make this one of London’s most WELCOME enjoyable areas to be and live. to the summer issue of source It’s this spirit of collaboration that has inspired this issue of Source. 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GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT MANOR WOODBERRY DOWN WWW.BILLETTO.CO.UK/197258 AND ALSO AT THE REDMOND HOUSE (EXIT 2) NEW RIVER STEPS COMMUNITY CENTRE THE REDMOND Source e magazine COMMUNITY WEST Available online on any device at: CENTRE COME RAIN OR SHINE THE SHOW WILL GO ON! RESERVOIR www.berkeleygroup.co.uk/woodberry-down/source PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN BLANKETS, #WoodberryDown @SourceLDN www.source-london.com CUSHIONS AND PICNICS. PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT MAY BE PHOTOGRAPHED AND USED FOR MARKETING / ADVERTISING PURPOSES. CONTENTS 21 49 London denim Insider knowledge East London is giving a quintessentially From childhood, Ian and Yvonne American or Japanese product some stiff Kleinberg have lived at Woodberry SUMMER 2017 competition. Source talks to artisans Down, they share their experience leading the way in the denim scene. with us from their seventh-floor apartment by the West Reservoir. 16 the best of the brunch Independent cafés and restaurants in North and East London are dishing up eclectic, eccentric and delicious plates of food. Source checks out the best brunch spots in your neighbourhood. 28 32 what’s on? 56 COMMUNITY MATTERS Celebrate the new season with our Hidden River Festival 06 A hub of inspiration, education pick of the best events taking place SPECIAL agent and relaxation for the growing across North and East London from A waterside celebration bringing community around Woodberry July to November. 50 together families, friends and Down… and now a winner of two neighbours for a festive day. Source catches up with Femi Oguns prestigious awards. We find out what Show me the honey MBE – the driving force behind the makes the projects so successful at rise of many actors from diverse the Redmond Community Centre. The Local Honey Man backgrounds. founder, Curtis Thompson, invited Source to the apiary at Woodberry Wetlands to share the secrets and benefits of urban beekeeping. 30 Urban safari 18 Pop down to your local 12 stores to grab the hottest DIVERSE DINING summer essentials to make 39 BAlcony re-view your day that much cooler. 58 Source Magazine speaks to author words times images Create your own personal retreat of East London Food about The Final Word this summer with locally sourced the wonderful diversity of food Sit back, relax and enjoy the short story products, greenery and our balcony establishments helping to shape and photography competition winners – We talk to Modi Abdoul about what’s styling inspiration. the community. collaborations created by locals for locals. going on at The Edge youth hub. 04 | SOURCE SOURCE | 05 CONTRIBUTORS Editor KATIE PARK Executive Editors CHRIS ABEL Nature in the heart of London, free of charge, Woodberry Wetlands is NICK JONES RU KOTECHA fully accessible and just ten minutes' walk from an oasis rich in wildlife, Manor House tube station. Free daily entry created and cared for by Art Director BRYN MACKENZIE 9.00am – 4.30pm London Wildlife Trust. Editorial Assistant PAULINE SABATINI The Coal House Café at Woodberry Wetlands Woodberry Wetlands is open daily for delicious breakfast, brunch Main entrance via New Digital Design CYNTHIA DUKU-ASAMOAH and lunch. Serving quality roasted coffee and River Path, Lordship homemade seasonal food. Open daily 9.00am – Road, N16 5HQ Words GWYNETH HOLLAND 4.00pm, last kitchen orders 3.30pm HAYLEY ARD JOSH SIMS www.woodberrywetlands.org.uk STEVE BURDETT STEVE BURDETT HAYLEY ARD PAULINE SABATINI Photography I moved to Woodberry Down in March 2015 I love the splinters of nature across Islington JOSH FRAY and I love it. Stoke Newington has brilliant – from the tree-lined promenades that criss- SEAN CALITZ pubs and I like the parks with their joggers, live cross Highbury Fields, to the ducklings that ANDY NEWBOLD music and freelancers – but most of all float past New River Walk and the cherry SIMONE LEZZI North London just feels like home. blossoms swishing along St Paul’s Road. MARK LEWIS Illustrations MARTIN O’NEILL BRYN MACKENZIE Publisher TOTALITY UK LTD Cover FEMI OGUNS MBE, (principal, agent and producer) Photography SIMONE LEZZI GWYNETH HOLLAND JOSH SIMS I love the hidden parks, the food, the culture There’s the assumption that all of London’s and the laid-back chic of North London, which great parks are West or South of the capital is why I’ve lived around here all my adult life. – but look at a map and the North is replete Published on behalf of Perhaps my favourite thing, though, is singing with green spaces. Get onto Hackney Marshes with my feminist pop choir, Lips, in Islington. and there’s a channel of unbroken wilderness running 40 miles up through London and beyond the suburbs. Go explore. 06 | SOURCE Woodberry-Wetlands-source-2017-ad-2.indd 1 17/05/2017 15:17:34 Femi Oguns is not one to simply join a chorus “My main aim as an agent is to reflect what’s of complaints. Having witnessed first-hand already out there in the world, which encompasses the lack of diversity in the acting industry, he a beautiful range of different ethnicities,” says Oguns. was motivated to found the Identity School of “From a school that only started off with 10 students, Acting (IDSA) in 2003 and the Identity Agency I’m proud to say that we now have 900 students Group (IAG) in 2006.