#231 - Laura

Laura in Tower Hamlets is 31-40 and is a long-distance runner.

Laura didn’t think she was able to run for long distances. She was inspired by an intensive training session with Project Awesome, a fitness club for young professionals who meet early in the morning next to the Mayor’s office for some high intensity workout. Laura soon realises the limitations she has are self per […]
#230 - Eleanor

Eleanor in Southwark is 31-40 and is an artist.

As part of a pub quiz years ago, Eleanor made a reproduction of a famous photograph using Play-Doh. Her team won the round and for Eleanor this started the art project 'Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh'. She recreates photographs in Play-Doh, takes a picture of the Play-Doh artwork, publishes it on her Tumblr blog and […]
#229 - Hasina

Hasina in Redbridge is 51-60 and is a funeral director.

Hasina is the founder and CEO of Compassionate Funerals in Wanstead. Disappointed by the service at her own mum's funeral, Hasina wanted to provide a female-led funeral service that set out to better serve the diverse communities of London and beyond. In the film, Hasina tells how her job sometimes really affects her a […]
#228 - Venetia

Venetia in Wandsworth is 31-40 and is an artist.

Venetia is a Wandsworth-based artist and illustrator who has been inspired by the flowers of New Covent Garden Market and its architecture. Venetia creates striking illustrations from her visit to the market; we watch the process of her creating her work. […]
#227 - Morgaine

Morgaine in Richmond is 41-50 and is a food futurologist.

Dr Morgaine Gaye is a food futurologist, she predicts future food trends. In her film, Morgaine tells all about the science behind why we like what we like to eat! […]
#226 - Allan

Allan in Camden is 61-70 and is a gardener and editor.

Allan is a keen gardener growing flowers and produce alike. He explains that his love of gardening is a kind of therapy. Allan was fostered from a young age and found comfort in his first packet of seeds given to him as a boy. He is now the editor of the Observer Food Monthly. […]
#225 - Clive

Clive in Wandsworth is 71-80 and is a photographer.

Clive has been photographing Covent Garden Market since 1967. He describes how the vibrant social atmosphere of the market inspired him to tirelessly capture its image for forty years, across the three locations in which the market has existed, right up to its most recent new location. He explains how the market has […]
#224 - Damian

Damian in is 41-50 and is a fruit and veg seller.

Damian is a fruit and veg market seller in New Covent Garden Market. In this film he talks about the community of the market and the important processes involved in the selling and marketing of food. […]
#223 - Tom

Tom in Hammersmith and Fulham is 21-30 and is a candy maker.

Tom works at Spun Candy, a sweet factory based in East London. Tom specialises in creating colourful lollipops and is skilled at recreating people’s faces on sweets! […]
#222 - Steve

Steve in Hackney is 41-50 and is a baker.

Steve is a baker at Beigel Bake on Brick Lane. He’s been there for 15 years and has seen the area changing. In this film he explores the story of the history of the area and of the shop and tells you how the pronunciation of ‘bagel’ is a source of argument. This film was made by new Greenwich social enterprise […]
#221 - Jim

Jim in is 31-40 and is a friend.

Jim makes a farewell dinner for his good friend, filmmaker Ross who is leaving the city to move to Glasgow. While preparing the special meal, Jim talks candidly about some of the challenges of living in London. […]
#220 - Jane

Jane in Enfield is 51-60 and is a Meals on Wheels driver.

Jane has been working for Meals On Wheels for 11 years, spending her days delivering a hot meal to the elderly residents of Enfield. She takes real pride in caring for the people she works for, going above and beyond the call of duty - including the time that her actions dramatically saw her save one of her clients’ […]
#219 - KS

KS in Lewisham is 31-40 and is a food Instagrammer.

KS eats at London restaurants every day, several times a day. As @ks_ate_here, he shares tasty pictures on Instagram and Twitter with nearly 60 000 followers. Food Instagrammers are a community, we learn in the film. […]
#218 - Henok

Henok in Westminster is 11-20 and is a refugee and student.

At just 16 years old, Henok fled the totalitarian state of Eritrea. He tells how he had no money and no family to help him. We met Henok at The Cardinal Hume Centre in Westminster on a filmmaking workshop. Henok worked with us to film and edit this film. Arriving in London was very stressful, but now Henok tells us he' […]
#217 - Nadia

Nadia in Hammersmith and Fulham is 41-50 and is a supporter of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

A one-off 1000 Londoner film about Nadia, who is one of the many Londoners affected by the Grenfell Tower fire in recent days. We travelled to Kensington this morning to hear the perspectives of those impacted by the tragedy and met Nadia there. She tells us about her friends who were living in the tower, and about […]
#216 - Duncan

Duncan in Hackney is 51-60 and is an architectural model maker.

Duncan is an architectural model maker. For him, models are "a view of the future". Pipers Model Makers recreate the whole of the City of London. We meet Duncan during the London Real Estate Forum when the City model moves from its usual spot in the Guildhall to Mayfair, requiring four hours of dismantling and a day o […]
#215 - Sam

Sam in Southwark is 31-40 and is a culinary experience designer at Bompas & Parr.

From elaborate models made of jelly to flavoured fireworks displays, Sam's passion for food has lead to the creation of a vast array of multi-sensory dining experiences. The culinary images that only existed in our dreams or Willy Wonka stories, are brought to life in Sam's studio. […]
#214 - Ahmad

Ahmad in Camden is 31-40 and is a refugee entrepreneur.

Ahmad recalls his experience leaving Aleppo after the outbreak of war, and explains how he uses food to share his country's culture. With his friend Maarten, Ahmad hosts the 'Aleppo Supper Club' in West London. Find out more on: www.facebook.com/alepposupperclublondon www.instagram.com/alepposupperclub www.twitt […]
#213 - James

James in Brent is 51-60 and is IT Engineer.

James Wannerton from Brent describes his experience of living with synesthesia, a neurological condition that combines his senses causing him to taste things he sees and hears. […]
#212 - Dina Brawer

Dina Brawer in Barnet is 41-50 and is studying to be a female rabbi.

Dina is a feminist Orthodox Jew and studying to become a rabbi. She is passionate about adopting a new approach to observing Judaism, offering pop up workshops and seminars outside the synagogue. […]
#211 - Averil

Averil in Westminster is 71-80 and is a retired vascular surgeon.

In spite of her working class background, Averil Mansfield was able to become an accomplished vascular surgeon and the first female professor of surgery in the UK. She remembers her career fondly: for her, surgery is "like opening a Christmas parcel". […]
#210 - Winnie

Winnie in Lambeth is 31-40 and is a writer.

Winnie M. Li is a writer, filmmaker, and activist. Nine years ago, Winnie was raped in a park in Belfast. She tells how surreal it was to hear other people making assumptions about her rape and about how she overcame it by sharing her story in writing. Her debut novel Dark Chapter is out in June 2017. […]
#209 - Jasmin

Jasmin in Newham is 21-30 and is a young mum and housing activist.

Jasmine is a young mum who fights for ‘Social Housing not Social Cleansing’ as part of the Focus E15 campaign. Jasmine is a passionate activist who wants to keep her community strong and equal. […]
#208 - Valerie

Valerie in is 61-70 and is a former UN Under-Secretary-General.

Baroness Valerie Amos CH PC was the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she was active in British diplomacy and politics as a British High Commissioner to Australia, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. […]

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#231 - Laura

Laura in Tower Hamlets is 31-40 and is a long-distance runner.

Laura didn’t think she was able to run for long distances. She was inspired by an intensive training session with Project Awesome, a fitness club for young professionals who meet early in the morning next to the Mayor’s office for some high intensity workout. Laura soon realises the limitations she has are self per […]

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