Memorial service for man who died sleeping rough in Fitzrovia park
A memorial service will be held this Friday (21 September) at a church soup kitchen for a man who died while sleeping rough in Whitfield Gardens public open space. The man, known as Igor, was...
View ArticleThe estate agent known as ‘King of the Showrooms’ during rag trade heyday
Irving Howard Brecker is one of the founding partners of the Robert Irving Burns estate agents in Margaret Street. He and his two colleagues set up the business in 1962. Irving Howard Brecker has been...
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In memoriam: Mike Pentelow (1946-2020)
Mike Pentelow enjoying music and a drink at the King and Queen pub in September 2018. It is with great sadness that we report that Mike Pentelow, editor of Fitzrovia News, author, and friend of many...
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In memoriam: Dave Ferris (1942-2020)
We are saddened to hear of the death of Dave Ferris. He was from 1976 to 2001 a community development worker at the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, and was part of the Fitzrovia News editorial...
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Tributes paid to Mike Pentelow, editor of Fitzrovia News
Mike Pentelow enjoying music and a drink at the King and Queen pub in September 2018. Fitzrovia News has been overwhelmed with the number of tributes paid to Mike Pentelow, editor-in-chief of the...
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Mike Pentelow: much-loved journalist, communist, and author
By Peter Kirker Mike Pentelow enjoying music and a drink at the King and Queen pub in September 2018. Mike Pentelow, who died suddenly at home in April, was a long serving contributor to Fitzrovia...
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Dave Ferris: neighbourhood worker who led collective action and fostered a...
By Nick Bailey, Helen Haigh, and Mairi Mills Dave Ferris (left) with partner Adrian Dowson. Dave Ferris, who died in April, was a community worker at the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre for more than...
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I have lost a friend and colleague on Fitzrovia News
Mike Pentelow enjoying music and a drink at the King and Queen pub in September 2018. The death of Mike Pentelow is very sad -- I still can’t believe he’s gone. I have lost a friend and colleague on...
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Mike Pentelow was loyal, generous and funny
By Fiona Green Mike Pentelow in make up for a play. Photo: Fiona Green. Mike and I became friends when he first came to Fitzrovia. He had heard that Martin and I held a “safe house” in Tottenham...
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Writing my latest novel took me back to the land of my birth to explore the...
Fitzrovia and remote, rural Wales are worlds apart, and I wanted to bring them together in my latest and fifth novel, Saturdays are Black or White. Brian Jarman grew up on a farm in Mid-Wales but...
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Maria Mastris obituary
Outside the flat in Hanway Street with her extended family in the late 1960s . Maria, second from left hugging her nephew's wife; her son Anastastios, front centre; husband Menicos behind son; and...
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‘Where were you darling?’ Ted Merwood on acting with himself on stage
Ted Merwood as Ebenezer Scrooge. Photograph by Johan Lygrell. Long-time Fitzrovian, Ted Merwood, born on the Isle of Wight, came to London as a young man and trained as an actor, singer and dancer. He...
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The streets of London revealed some rarely heard voices
Jennifer Kavanagh spent 15 months collecting stories from people living and working on London's streets. Photo: Heather Martin. A few years ago I came across Henry Mayhew’s London Labour and the...
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Adrian Ensor – a photographic journey in black and white
Adrain Ensor outside his darkroom in Grafton Way. Photo: Tori. Adrian Ensor is one of Britain’s finest black and white photographic printers and has been working in his basement darkroom just off...
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Tributes paid to mural artist Brian Barnes
The Fitzrovia Play Association Millennium Mural on the Goodge Place wall of the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre. Designed by Brian Barnes, and painted with the help of local children in 2000. Photo:...
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Obituary: Judith Dainton – The Fitzrovia Years
Judith Dainton in 1986 standing outside the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, a community space she was instrumental in creating. Image: The Fitzrovia Trust. Judith "Judy" Dainton, who died in January,...
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Obituary: Judy Dainton – The Mount Pleasant Years
Judy Dainton at home in Calthorpe Street. Photo from her Facebook profile. Years before I came to work alongside her I would see Judy Dainton sitting outside our local watering holes, The Pakenham...
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In memoriam: Sreto Borojevic (1966-2022)
Sreto Borojevic in September 2022 enjoying a drink in one of the many cafes he visited. It is with great sadness that we report that Sreto Borojevic died suddenly and peacefully at home on the evening...
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Announcement: Rita Furzey
We were saddened to hear that Rita Furzey died very suddenly at the end of 2022. She lived in Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia. She was a long-time resident and a well known personality in the...
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Obituary: Sreto Borojević
Sreto Borojević in September 2022 enjoying a drink in one of the many cafes he loved to visit. My friend Sreto Borojević, who died aged 56-years-old last October, was a refugee from the break up of...
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