Camden Community Radio

Young people!- book your Summer trips with Maiden Lane Community Centre this Thursday 6.30-8.30pm. On Friday, 5-10 yr-olds go on trip to Diana Memorial Park. Everyone! Picnic at Hampstead Heath on Monday and another at Castlehaven on Saturday. Monday is MondoLingo language night at Grand Union Pub, NW1; Tuesday night sees a feminist intergenerational reading of Shulamith Firestone’s work at 1-6 Tavistock Place, Tel: 02073874328; Saturday: Funday Takeover at Maiden Lane Community Centre – 02072679586 or 07415354784 and Open Mic at Hanway Social Club, Hanway Street Submit one work of art to Swiss Cottage Gallery for the 2015 Open Exhibition – bring your picture down on 25th July, 1st August or 8th August between noon and 4pm. (max 1mX1m). Walls on Walls Arts Project is gathering local stories to portray in various parts of Camden. Read By: Freddy Chick, Joe Hughes, Marian Larragy, Danielle Manning & N. N. Dee Maiden Lane Community Centre :: Swiss Cottage Library

A hugely exciting week with all sorts to look forward to. It doesn’t matter if you 5 or 105 years old, we’ve got you covered. There’s a summer party at the Roundhouse, summer school at the WAC Arts, gardening classes at Castlehaven and more!! Package by: Danielle Manning, Angela Routley, Joseph Hughes, Freddy Chick Roundhouse Beach :: Camden 50 Summer Party :: Kenwood House under 5 Friday :: Maiden Lane Community Centre :: Castlehaven Gardening Drop In :: WAC Arts Summer Program :: Camden Tour Guides :: Camden Give It A Go Festival :: Back to Homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (7:47 min / 11 MB)

It’s a double header this month with one story looking to the past and another to the future. Looking back is a story about a Faith Walk lead by the outgoing Mayor of Camden. (Warning: this piece includes some very fine acting from CCRadio’s team!) For the future, we have an interview with Georgia Gould, a local councillor who is concern about how we misrepresent youngsters. Packages by: Danielle Manning & Freddy Chick with contributions from Ann Carroll, Angela Routley, Laura Gallop and Joseph Hughes Back to Camden Community Radio :: Follow Camden Communit Radio on Twitter :: File Download (18:19 min / 25 MB)

Camden is in full summer swing! Get fit at fee outdoor gyms or discover artworks in the sunny streets with a London Art Trail. Have a party at Camden Lock Live or a more sedate time at the Camden Arts Centre. If you’re looking for a chance to volunteer for work experience or pleasure then go along to the Camden Volunteer Fair. It’s the last chance to experience the City of London Festival this week and there’s a new play on at the Tricycle. Package by: Angela Routley, Joseph Hughes, Freddy Chick London Art Trail - Cancer Research UK :: Volunteer Centre Camden :: Free Outdoor Gyms :: Lock Live Festival :: Hannah Collins: Camden Arts Centre :: City of London Festival :: Tricycle Theatre Production :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (4:49 min / 7 MB)

London’s summer is getting up and running despite the dodgy weather. The City of London Festival takes place across the city this week; BUDDING ARTISTS NEEDED at the Open mic Summer Sizzler in King’s Cross; Drop-In to the Roundhouse if you’re 16-25 and want to pick up new skills; Camden’s radical theatre is celebrated in a guided walk and a special RADA performance; a marathon of Choir music in Wren’s churches to wrap it all up! Presented by: Angela Routley, Laura Gallop, Joseph Hughes, Freddy Chick City of London Festival :: Summer Sizzler open mic :: Roundhouse Drop In :: Radical Theatre walk :: RADA performance :: Wren choral marathon :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (6:02 min / 8 MB)

Celebrate summer at the Cally Festival at Caledonian Road; catch winner of the London Music Awards classical music prize, Belle Chen at the Royal Academy of Music; indulge your love of all things Vintage at St Stephen’s Hampstead in a pop up vintage fair; check out the exciting new community artwork Walls On Walls at the Castle Road Estate; listen to contemporary London choir at the Union Chapel. Cally Festival :: Belle Chen :: Vintage Fair at St Stephen's :: Walls On Walls :: London Contemporary Choir - Union Chapel :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (5:40 min / 8 MB)

As the summer gets into gear, Camden is coming into full bloom! Look out for a lecture about the legacy of the Magna Carta at the British Library; anyone with children should head to the Maiden Lane Community Centre on Friday for an art project and again on Saturday for a Family Fun Day; on June 13th Highgate will reach fever pitch with the Fair in the Square; Keat’s House is celebrating life all this week; there’s a new production at Theatro Technis linking ancient Greece to our modern crises. Script: Freddy Chick and NNDee Presented: Joseph Hughes and Freddy Chick Magna Carta lecture - British Library :: Maiden Lane Community Centre - events :: Petrie Museum :: Highgate Fair :: Oh Democracy! - Theatro Technis :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (7:15 min / 10 MB)

It’s the Bank Holiday weekend=time to crack out the BBQ. Camden Council have compiled a handy list of the best BBQ sites in the borough; Historic Conway Hall will be open at Friday lunchtime for a tour; the Roundhouse hosts ‘The Last Word- – its annual festival of spoken word poetry and you can kick up your heels and learn how to do the Highland fling at Cecil Sharp House’s weekly ceilidh dance. Danielle Manning, Joe Hughes & Freddy Chick Top parks for a BBQ! :: Conway Hall :: The Last Word - Roundhouse :: Cecil Sharp House Ceilidh Club :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (5:31 min / 8 MB)

Faith Walks Series; St Michael’s Church, Camden Road to Belsize Synagogue; Democracy Walk from Camden Town Hall, through SomersTown to 5 Pancras Square. Swiss Cottage workshop with Maggie Hammond for creative writers, 5pm-8pm Wednesday & short story competition; Dementia at the Tricycle; Faiths Forum Walks :: Tricycle Theatre :: Swiss Cottage LIbrary :: Union Chapel :: Back to CCRadio :: Follow Camden Community Radio on Twitter :: File Download (5:25 min / 5 MB)

Joseph is back with another bumper edition of ‘Not Just for Sundays’. He brings you all the best praise and worship music with readings from the Bible alongside. This week, there’s so much of the good stuff that we’ve had to split the show into two! Sit back and relax. Presenter: Joseph Hughes Editor: Freddy Chick Back to Camden Community Radio :: Follow Camden Communit Radio on Twitter :: File Download (92:13 min / 127 MB)

Tonight at the Jazz Cafe there’s a performance by legendary singer Carleen Anderson; a new exhibition opens at the King’s Cross visitor centre celebrating 50 years of life at King’s Cross; an evening to exercise your artistic flair at the Zoology Museum at UCL; a murder mystery night also at the UCL; Kentish Town Community Centre celebrates intergenerational week; and the Roundhouse celebrates the power of the human voice all this weekend. Package by: Shirley Crabtree, Danielle Manning, NNDee, Freddy Chick, Joseph Hughes Carleen Anderson at Jazz Cafe :: 50 Year, 50 Voices; life at King's Cross :: Strange Creatures at the Grant Museum of Zoology :: Murder Mystery Night in UCL Museums :: Kentish Town Community Centre :: Voices Now at the Roundhouse :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (7:57 min / 11 MB)

Things to get out and do in Camden in the next fortnight include: an evening of performances and installations exploring our relationship with Light, at the Wellcome Collection///a new show at the Camden Arts Centre of American minimalist Jo Baer///an evening for fans of Wild Swimming at the British Library///a guided walk of Camden’s religious landmarks with Mayor Lazzaro Pietragnoli///and watch the leaders general election this Tuesday on BBC2 at 9PM! Read by: Freddy Chick, Danielle Manning & Joseph Hughes On Light - Wellcome Collection :: Jo Baer - Camden Arts Centre :: Wild Swimming in the City - British Library :: Faith Walk :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (6:17 min / 9 MB)

This month we have bring you stories about change. First, Kentish Town where change is afoot everywhere you look and which has just seen the arrival of Lidl. Is this a change Kentish Towners should welcome? Second, the Regent’s Park estate where a huge change is coming in the shape of HS2. Among the many families and businesses under threat is an incredible bike club that runs in the community centre outside the Silverdale tower. We end the show with a sing-song brought to you by a recent production at the Camden People’s Theatre, Score. Enjoy! Packages by: Danielle Manning, Freddy Chick Score at CPT (now finished) :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (15:10 min / 21 MB)

Ten magical artworks at Swiss Cottage Gallery; The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology evening of light offerings from 23rd April onwards; Fifty years of the London Borough of Camden; Human Revolution Orchestra as a special guest for ‘Ode to the Human Spirit 2015’ to celebrate UNESCO World Jazz Day at the Union Chapel. Read by: Ann Carroll, Danielle Manning, Freddy Chick & Marian Larragy Production: Ann Carroll Petrie Museum :: Ten Magical Artworks at Swiss Cottage Gallery :: Fifty Years of L.B. Camden :: Ode to the Human Spirit 2015 :: Back to Camden Community Radio :: Follow Camden Community Radio on Twitter :: File Download (3:13 min / 3 MB)

The political profile of the Green Party has been rising sharply, not least in Camden where its Leader, Natalie Bennett, is standing as a prospective parliamentary candidate in Holborn and St Pancras. The seat’s been held by Labour’s Frank Dobson for more than 30 years but he’s now standing down. The constituency is on the Green’s list of its top 12 targets and Natalie Bennett says she’s going all out to win it. She took some time from the campaign to speak to Camden Community Radio’s reporter, Ann Carroll. The full list of candidates is: Natalie Bennett, Green Party Will Blair, Conservative Party Jill Fraser, Liberal Democrat Party Vanessa Helen Hudson, Animal Welfare Party Shane O’Donnell, Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol David O’Sullivan, Socialist Equality Party Maxine Spencer, UK Independence Party Keir Starmer, Labour Party Interview with Jill Fraser :: Interview with Keir Starmer :: Interview with Will Blair ::

Next year’s General Election will mark a watershed for Camden as the long serving Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Frank Dobson, will be retiring. His party have yet to announce who will take his place as candidate, but the Conservative Party have chosen theirs. Will Blair is already busy campaigning while holding down a full time job. He took time out of his schedule to come into our studio and talked to Ann Carroll about his fondness for Camden, his background, handling social media and the threat from Ukip. She began by asking him why he was standing. The full list of candidates is: Natalie Bennett, Green Party Will Blair, Conservative Party Jill Fraser, Liberal Democrat Party Vanessa Helen Hudson, Animal Welfare Party Shane O’Donnell, Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol David O’Sullivan, Socialist Equality Party Maxine Spencer, UK Independence Party Keir Starmer, Labour Party Package by: Ann Carroll Keir Starmer talks to Ann Carroll :: Labour Party Candidate Jill Fra

There’s a new Labour Candidate in Town. After more than thirty years as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Frank Dobson is standing down and the party has chosen Sir Keir Starmer to fight the seat. He’s a Barrister, specialising in Human Rights issues and was Director of Public Prosecutions for five years before leaving the post in 2013. Camden Community Radio caught up with him at Labour’s local office where he spoke about tackling the constituency’s problems, lowering the voting age and how he doesn’t like being called SIR Keir – “It’s Keir” he insists. Our reporter, Ann Carroll, began by asking him what he feels he brings to Camden. The full list of candidates is: Natalie Bennett, Green Party Will Blair, Conservative Party Jill Fraser, Liberal Democrat Party Vanessa Helen Hudson, Animal Welfare Party Shane O’Donnell, Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol David O’Sullivan, Socialist Equality Party Maxine Spencer, UK Independence Party Keir Starmer, L

Ten years ago Jill Fraser stood in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency as the Lib Dem candidate. It was said she gave Labour a bit of a scare. She’s back again with another attempt to take the seat held for more than thirty years by Frank Dobson, who’s retiring. She spoke to our reporter Ann Carroll about her political beginnings, her determination to represent the local community even if that puts her at odds with her party, and fish and chips. The full list of candidates is: Natalie Bennett, Green Party Will Blair, Conservative Party Jill Fraser, Liberal Democrat Party Vanessa Helen Hudson, Animal Welfare Party Shane O’Donnell, Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol David O’Sullivan, Socialist Equality Party Maxine Spencer, UK Independence Party Keir Starmer, Labour Party Package by: Ann Carroll Interview with Will Blair :: Conservative Party Candidate Interview with Keir Starmer :: Labour Party Candidate Interview with Natalie Bennett :: Green Party

15th April: Camden History Group hosts Danny Nissim on changes to the South Bank: 16th April: Ruth Leibman ‘The Spring Collection’ opens at WAC: 17h April: ‘Score’ opens at Camden People’s Theatre: April 22nd, ‘Workers before during and after the 1916 Rising’: Ongoing: ‘Four Visions for the Future of Housing’ is at the Royal Academy. Into your calendar for May 1st: ‘Speakeasy Jazzmen’ at Camden Square Gardens; Book ahead for London Irish Writers Summer School. Read by: Angela Routley, Daniela Manning, Freddy Chick, Joe Hughes & Marian Larragy. Edited by: Marian Larragy Ruth Leibman 'The Spring Collection' :: 'Score" at Camden People's Theatre :: Irish History Month talk at London Metropolitan University :: Working Lives :: London Irish Feminist Network :: Royal Academy :: Irish Writers in London Summer School :: Back to Cam

Spring is sprung!! It’s officially time for the lambs and daffodils to take centre stage. Get the spring back in your step with a free film night at the Grant Museum; get up an starting jumping with the Selector gig at Koko; look out for new spring arrivals at the Kentish Town City Farm; learned how to cook your spring chicken from an evening with award winning chef Diana Henry at Daunt Books; or see youth in action at a WAC arts special performance. Read by: Danielle Manning, Joseph Hughes, Pam, Freddy Chick Grant Museum film night :: The Selector at Koko :: Kentish Town City Farm :: Daunt Books :: WAC Arts :: Back to homepage :: Follow us on Twitter :: File Download (3:55 min / 6 MB)