AW | 2015 ONE MAN, MANY VOICES FRESH LONDON LIVING IN AND AROUND WOODBERRY DOWN WOODBERRY AROUND LIVING IN AND FRESH LONDON JERMAIN JACKMAN STYLISHLY SMART WEARABLE TECH REDMOND RETROSPECTIVE SHOWCASING THE COMMUNITY'S ART Welcome Welcome to the Autumn / Winter 2015 Nowhere else in London offers such a WOODBERRY issue of Source magazine. varied place to live. As the nights draw in, North London In the midst of one of the capital’s most remains as active as ever. We showcase eclectic areas, Woodberry Down is a place the best things to do and see locally, from that offers the tranquillity of nature alongside original exercise classes to the best place to a rich sense of community. Steeped in history, enjoy a warm brew this season. the area promises an exciting future as it undergoes substantial growth. 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Follow us on Twitter @WILDwoodberry 2 | SOURCE or like us at facebook.com/woodberrywetlands SOURCE | 1 CONTENTS SWIMMING AGAINST WHAT'S ON? unusually FIT HIDDEN HACKNEY WINTER waRMTH ROOFTOP ROOTS THE STREAM Celebrate the new season with our pick of the From lesser known restaurants and cafés not With a whole host of original indoor sports As the nights draw in, it's time to get your London’s population is going through the best events taking place across North and East to be missed, to distinctive bars, secret gardens available locally to get you fighting fit this home ready for the big chill. We’ve sourced roof and so too is its food production – quite Ever since he designed and built his own London from October to March. and unusual cultural spots, we take a look at season, the weather really needn’t hamper your the best winter warmer essentials from local literally – to find sustainable ways of meeting smokehouse in the courtyard of his warehouse some of Hackney’s hidden gems. winter workout regime. Head to the studio, try stores, to help inspire cosy interiors for the increasing demand. We take a look at urban home in Stoke Newington six years ago, something new and get that blood pumping! season ahead. farming in the capital. Ole Hansen has been making waves in the fine food industry with his fantastic smoked salmon. He tells us about the tricks and the textures6 of his trade. 17 31 43 54 62 STylishly SMART Kate Unsworth, founder and chief executive ONE MAN, MANY VOICES of Hackney’s jewellery label Kovert Designs, tells us why tech is changing. In a bid to create We catch up with local Hackney resident and more human products, she explains the move winner of The Voice UK, Jermain Jackman, to away from screens towards more discreet, hear about his journey as a musician, and his mindful technology. desire to motivate his community and get the voice of youth heard. 26 LIVING AT WORLD IN A TEACUP 46 WOODBERRY DOWN From exotic Lapsang Souchong to a DIRECTOR'S NOTES comforting cup of builder’s, each culture has its With outdoor cinema screenings, markets, street traditions and favourites. Whether you prefer The Park Theatre has helped turn Finsbury art and a local music festival, Woodberry Down a ceremonial tea or the pleasure of dunking a REDMOND RETROSPECTIVE Park into a thriving arts precinct. We take a has it all. In the words of local residents, we biscuit, exceptional brews await in North and look behind the scenes of its latest production, discover what life is really like living in such a East London. Art co-ordinators Lucy Whitford and Miriam Roaring Trade, as STAMP Theatre Company vibrant neighbourhood and active community. Burke look back at the exhibitions which begin rehearsals. have brought the walls of Woodberry Down's Redmond Community Centre to life over the 68 past year. 12 58 FINAL WORD Lydia Batchelor has lived in Woodberry Down for over 20 years. We talk to her about 35 life as a self-employed caterer, a mother and grandmother, a regular volunteer for community projects – and something of a local inspiration.72 2 | SOURCE SOURCE | 3 Executive Editors CONTRIBUTORS CHRIS ABEL NICK JONES We asked our writers what they love most about North London. Editor RU KotECHA Deputy Editor SARAH MOOR Art Director BOYA LATUMAHINA Digital Design SIMON HODGKINSON Production Manager CYNTHIA DUKU-ASAMOAH Words HELENE DANCER ELLiott LEWIS-GEORGE HAYLEY ARD EMMA SLEIGHT ELLIOTT LEWIS-GEORGE HAYLEY ARD HELENE DANCER SARAH MOOR STEVE BURDETT I live in South London but I love the splinters of nature I love North London; the area catching the tube into North across Islington – from the tree- is beautiful, down to earth, fun Photography London always feels like an lined promenades that criss-cross and eclectic. There's never a dull JON STEVENS JAMES CANNON adventure – a real treat. It feels Highbury Fields, to the ducklings moment here. ALUN CALLENDAR like I’m in a completely different that float past New River Walk MANDY ZAMMIT city. A city with its own style, and the cherry blossoms swishing culture and opportunities. along St Paul’s Road. Illustrations GUILIO IURISSEVICH QUENTIN MONGE Publisher TotALITY UK LtD CovER EMMA SLEIGHT STEVE BURDETT By Woodberry Down's New River Path, East Side. Photography by Jon Stevens Every time I visit this area I find I moved to Woodberry Down in something new to tempt me, March 2015 and I love it. Stoke from tapas or Turkish treats to Newington has brilliant pubs and Published on behalf of afternoon tea – it’s a melting I like the parks with their joggers, Open everyday for breakfast, lunch & dinner and everything inbetween. pot of flavours and secret foodie live music and freelancers – but Unit A Residence Tower, Goodchild Rd, London N4 2LY delights. most of all North London just feels like home. 4 | SOURCE zercafe.co.uk SOURCE | 5 against swimming the stream Ever since he designed and built his own smokehouse in the courtyard of his warehouse home in Stoke Newington six years ago, Ole Hansen has been making waves in the fine food industry and he now supplies smoked salmon to everyone from Alain Ducasse to Nuno Mendes. We caught up with him over a shot of Fisk to discover the tricks and the textures of his trade. Words: EMMA SLEIGHT Photographer: ALUN Callendar 6 | SOURCE SOURCE | 7 The achingly cool confines of an artistically dilapidated cul-de-sac in Stoke Newington might seem a strange place for someone to practise the traditional craft of smoking fish. As Ole Hansen bounds around the corner to meet me, it’s easier to imagine this shockingly tall Norwegian striding through the Scandinavian snow of his homeland than it is stalking around warehouses in North East London – but as soon as he steps into the tiny smoking rooms where his enterprise first began six years ago, surrounded by drying salmon skins and bowlfuls of steel fish hooks, he looks completely at home. Smoking is in Ole’s blood; his great- grandfather, Lyder-Nilsen Lydersen, first devised the family’s special recipe for smoking salmon back in 1923 and both his grandfather and Ole himself still use it today. It’s an appreciation for preserving this classic method, combined with a strong sense of food nostalgia that spurred Ole into reviving and reinventing the family industry:“I remembered this taste from my childhood when I was sitting on the treeless tundra of north Norway. I had just been fishing trout with my father. I took out a packed lunch that my mother prepared with homemade bread and my grandfather’s smoked salmon.