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I swapped the bustle of Hackney for the sweeping Tuscan Hills (and a full-blown Italian heatwave) during the first week of August. I was there to take part in a …

The mud and cold were a not-so-welcome change from last year’s balmy temperatures, but the music was just as fabulous. I covered WOMAD as part of the Rhythm Passport team and here’s a selection …

The Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars – a more charming bunch you’d be hard pressed to find. Sadly they’re not playing a UK gig this time, just passing through on their …

Sarah is a Growing Communities patchwork gardener, working here at the Kynaston Road market garden, which is practically over the road from where I live on the High Street. There …

Kike is a human rights lawyer and an old friend of mine – we lived and worked together in Guatemala in 2007. I saw him in Spain with some other friends …

I bumped into Abigail, a book editor, on Stoke Newington High Street on Thursday night as she was waiting for her kebab. She was dressed very strikingly with her printed …

Jay seemed a bit of a natural, striking some professional poses as I was making his portrait, and I asked him about it. Only turns out he worked as a …

This is Kathryn Geels, a photographer, writer/journalist and publicity officer for London Independent Photography (LIP). Originally from Brisbane but a pretty established Londoner these days. I help run the LIP …

My neighbour Philippe Malouin. He’s a brilliant furniture and interiors designer from Canada originally but now living on the top floor of my building. His flat is very stylish, not …

Craig Stevenson, a fellow photographer and member of London Independent Photography. This portrait was taken on the Dalston Rooftop Gardens, a bar and venue crowning the building that also houses …