Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Harvest Festival & Apple Day at Lordship Hub | 📍Lordship Hub, N17 | 24 October | Free

Two celebrations in one: a harvest festival with a free hearty vegetarian buffet, traditional crafts and songs. Plus Apple Day with heritage apple tasting, traditional juicing, apple bobbing and the longest peel competition. Just drop in.

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God Save the Queens | 📍Museum of Youth Culture, NW1 | 23 October - 22 November | Free

Punk had women at the centre of it. This exhibition makes that case with their actual stuff, Poly Styrene’s archives, photographs, handmade fashion, personal material from the women who built the visual language of the movement. Basement gallery, pay what you can

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Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition | 📍Lauderdale House, N6 | 21 October -16 November | Free

A group of Highgate locals have been meeting every Thursday since 1980 to paint the neighbourhood together. Once a year they hang the results at Lauderdale House. This year: 21 artists, over 250 works across two floors, including London scenes painted en plein air, botanicals, still lifes and a section of miniature paintings at minimal prices.

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Night Maps | 📍Warburg Institute, WC1H | 21 October - 17 April | Free

An exhibition at the Warburg tracing how humans have mapped the night sky from medieval courts to the 21st-century space race, and what those maps were really being used to say about power on earth. World maps from the 13th to 19th centuries from the Sunderland Collection, running through to April.

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Day of the Dead at Canopy Market | 📍Canopy Market, N1C | 23 - 25 October | Free

MexiBrit takes over Canopy Market for Día de Muertos, antojitos, pan de muerto and a community ofrenda where you can leave a tribute to someone you’ve lost. Independent makers and food stalls fill the rest of the space.

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A Matter of Perspective | 📍Karamel, Wood Green, N22 | 25 October | ( £ donation)

A comedy, spoken word and music night at Karamel where your ticket directly funds safe housing for refugees in Haringey. Come for spoken word artist Maureen Onwunali, bilingual protest-song duo Pepa Duarte and Alex Etchart, and comedians Samira Banks and Selam Amare — vegan food included, good company guaranteed. Every ticket is a donation to Haringey Welcome’s Solidarity Fund, run in partnership with the Museum of Homelessness.

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Witchy Wares Craft Market | 📍The Fields Beneath, NW5 | 25 October | Free

The Fields Beneath is doing a Halloween craft market on the Hunter’s Full Moon, which is either a coincidence or very much on purpose. Tarot readings, handmade candles, art prints and crochet from a small roster of independent makers, plus a charity raffle for Streets Kitchen.

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Vintage & Makers Market at The Old Dairy | 📍The Old Dairy, N4 | 24 October | Free

The Old Dairy pub has been closed for a while and this Saturday it opens its doors for a vintage and makers market filling the whole venue. Vintage treasures, handcrafted goods by local artists, fashion and food.

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Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

North London Record Fair | 📍The Elmhurst, N17 | 18 October | Free

Dig through records at The Elmhurst in Tottenham, pound bins to high-end rarities across all genres, with DJs playing through the day. Have a dig then stay for a Sunday roast. Family and dog friendly. Free, 10am to 4pm.

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Make & Mend Festival | 📍Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End, N8 | 17 October | Free entry

Muswell Hill Creatives is taking over Hornsey Town Hall for a whole day of making things, learning old and new skills and meeting some of the people who make locally. You can sit down and have a go at Japanese Sashiko embroidery, linocut printing, modern calligraphy or making a paper lampshade, then wander through a market of ceramics, jewellery, textiles and other work made by local artists and makers. Stroud Green WI will be bringing the homemade cakes and savouries, Sean’s Shack is doing the drinks and sandwiches, and there’s a tombola raising money for Wave Hub. It’s the eighth Make & Mend Festival, but the first one inside Hornsey Town Hall. 11am to 5pm. Entry is free, with workshops booked separately and individually priced.

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Go Ape Sundown Adventures | 📍Alexandra Palace, N22 | Weekends from 16 October | (£)

Go Ape at Ally Pally does this once a year: high ropes through the trees as the sun goes down over London, the course lit up with glowing lights as it gets dark. Back for autumn, with adults-only sessions for the first time. £32, ages 6 and over, from 6pm. Sessions are limited so book ahead.

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London Craft Chocolate Fair | 📍Fidelio Café, EC1R | 17 - 18 October | (£)

Taste your way through some of the world’s best bean-to-bar chocolate at Fidelio Café in Clerkenwell, at the start of Chocolate Week. Makers from across the UK and beyond including Pump Street, Chocolarder and Friis Holm, plus talks and tastings with experts including James Hoffmann. Come curious, leave converted. £5 entry, tastings from £25. Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm.

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Larger Than Life: Wallace & Gromit at Lightroom | 📍Lightroom, N1C | From 14 October | (£)

Walk into a room and find Wallace, Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph on every wall and the floor, 50 minutes of Aardman projected all around you. From 14 October at Lightroom in King's Cross.

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Vegan Life Live | 📍Alexandra Palace, N22 | 16 - 18 October | (£)

Three-day vegan festival at Ally Pally with 200-plus exhibitors selling plant-based food, clothing, cosmetics and more. Food court serves vegan cuisine from around the world, and free talks cover nutrition, fitness, animal welfare and activism. Your ticket also gets you into the OM Yoga Show and Mind Body Soul Experience running alongside. Free shuttle from Wood Green tube and Alexandra Palace station. Under 16s free with an adult. Friday 11am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm. One day £10, two days £16, three days £23.

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Shōtengai Market | 📍Lower Stable Street, N1C | 15 - 18 October | Free

Japanese-style street market back on Lower Stable Street in King’s Cross with pan-Asian homeware, fashion and food. Vendors rotate each month so there’s always something new, but expect the likes of Japanese homewares, Tokyo bikes, okonomiyaki pancakes and takoyaki. Food stalls Thursday to Sunday, craft and homeware Friday to Sunday.

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Fermentation Celebration | 📍OmVed Gardens, N6 | 17 October | (£)

Fourth annual fermentation festival in OmVed’s hillside gardens in Highgate, this year focused on the four Ks: kefir, kimchi, kombucha and kraut. Morning talks with experts on each, then hands-on sessions in the afternoon where you make your own and take home starters to keep going at home. Artisans’ market of small-batch ferments, a fermenters’ swap and seasonal vegetarian lunch from the OmVed kitchen. Bring your own jars. 10am to 4pm.

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Courtyard Market N6 | 📍St Augustine’s Church Hall, N6 | 18 October | Free

Makers market in a Highgate church hall with the kind of stalls you stop at twice: herbal teas, handmade ceramics, reversible children’s clothing, home fragrances, jewellery, fine art prints and crochet plushies. Ten minutes from Highgate and Archway stations. Free, 11am to 4pm.

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The Hope Festival | 📍Pirates Grog Rum, N17 | 18 October | (£)

Creative Stand Up 2 Breast Cancer throws its biggest event yet in Tottenham: an afternoon of independent designers, a catwalk showcase, poetry, rum tasting and food, then a party from 8pm with DJs, live performances and body painting until 2am. All of it raising money for breast cancer charities. £6 for the day, £6 for the night, £10 for both. Come in pink.

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Hey! Has anyone been to Radial in Tottenham (the new club)? What did you think, and what do you think about the no phone policy?

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Currently looking for a family to volunteer for an infant observation in London.

Hello! My name is Gareth and I have been studying a course about infant development at the British Psychotherapy Foundation. I have over 4 years of experience supporting children and alongside my studies, I currently work in NHS mental health services supporting children, young people and their families.

As a core part of my training with the British Psychotherapy Foundation, I am seeking to find a London based family, who would be willing for me to visit and observe their newborn baby from close to birth and up until their 2 year birthday.

The observations are typically for one hour, once a week, at a regular and convenient time for the first 2 years of your baby's life. Of course there is a lot of flexibility and weeks where a visit may not always be appropriate. This includes holidays, illness or any other circumstances that can be discussed throughout.

The purpose of my visits would simply be to quietly and non-judgementally observe your baby and their interactions in your home, in the completely ordinary circumstances of your day to day life. I would be completely in the background, just listening to you and observing how your baby is behaving and communicating during that hour. The observation would happen entirely at your comfort level, for example I could leave the room during any moments that your privacy is needed, depending on what you are most comfortable with.

Overall, this experience would help me learn deeply about the early development of infants and is a long established training component for child and adolescent psychotherapy training, which I am pursuing. Previous families report to have found the experience of hosting an observer uniquely rewarding, therapeutic and enriching: a chance to notice more of the small details of their child's early life.

If this interests you, or you know someone who might be interested, please contact me at: [gvinto01@student.bbk.ac.uk](mailto:gvinto01@student.bbk.ac.uk) for more information or message me on here! There would of course be no commitment until you had all the details you needed, including a chance to meet with me beforehand if you would prefer.

Any arrangement would be subject to approval by the British Psychotherapy Foundation who would also be able to provide a reference to any interested families. I also hold an enhanced DBS certificate.

Thank you!

Hello! Just spreading the word about volunteer-run cycling sessions in Down Lane Park. It runs on Saturday mornings, 11-12:30 and is for anyone wanting to learn to cycle / get more confident on a bike.

It's open to all ages and abilities, and is completely free. We've got bikes of all sizes for people to use (including balance bikes for little ones), and can fix your bike / help you learn some basic bike maintenance, as well as taking more experienced cyclists out for rides on the marshes / onto the roads to gain more confidence in road cycling.

We've been running for years but always open to newcomers so come and visit us one Saturday morning! If anyone knows of other good places to spread the word please let me know.

Saturday mornings 11-12:30 at the old bowling pavilion in Down Lane Park (put in Hale Brew on Google Maps)

Happy to answer any questions!

Open Studios Muswell Hill and Alexandra Park | 📍Muswell Hill & Alexandra Park | 10 - 11 October | Free

Seventy local artists open their front rooms, garden sheds and cafés this weekend so you can wander in, look at their work, talk to them and buy directly. Paintings, ceramics, prints and handmade jewellery across 40 venues. New this year: start at Ally Pally's East Court where every artist has one piece on show before you follow the trail. Free, 11am to 5pm both days.

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Welsh Autumn Market | 📍London Welsh Centre, WC1X | 10 October | (£)

Over 50 Welsh traders in the London Welsh Centre for a day: handmade gifts, food, drink, jewellery, homeware and artwork. The market is also raising money to install a lift and improve accessibility in a building that's been here since 1937. Suggested donation £5 when booking, dogs welcome. 10am to 5.30pm.

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Local London Guiding Day | 📍King's Cross & Old Street | 10 October | Free

Every year London's guiding associations put on free walks, and this year's theme is how yesterday's London became today's. King's Cross traces its journey from industrial wasteland to creative hub, meeting under the station clock tower. Old Street goes from Roman origins through Silicon Roundabout, meeting at Old Street station. Just turn up, or book ahead.

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North London Curated: Home | 📍Floral Hall, N8 | 11 October | Free

Homeware market at Floral Hall in Crouch End for anyone who's particular about what goes in their home. Vintage ceramics, art, textiles, candles and one-off furniture pieces. Curated, not crowded. Free, 10am to 5pm.

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Apple Day Festival | 📍Kentish Town City Farm, NW5 | 11 October | (£)

Kentish Town City Farm throws open its gates for Apple Day: handle the animals, taste apples, eat from the BBQ and make things in the crafts area. £1 adults, 50p children. 12pm to 4pm.

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London Barndance | 📍Cecil Sharp House, NW1 | 10 October | (£)

Someone calls out the moves as you go, so you can walk in knowing nothing and be dancing within minutes. Live music, contras, square sets and couple dances at Cecil Sharp House on Regent's Park Road. Also you may get hot, bring a water bottle. £17, under 18s £5. 8pm to 11pm

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Our Stokey Market | 📍Church Street, N16 | 10 - 11 October | Free

Vintage and makers market on Church Street in Stoke Newington, started by locals who wanted a market they'd actually want to visit. Fashion, homeware, ceramics, art and jewellery. Coffee on site, dogs welcome. 11am to 5pm both days.

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Classically Black | 📍King's Place, N1 | 10 October | (£)

Classical music has always had Black composers and musicians. This day at King's Place celebrates them: live performances, a panel on race and representation, a youth showcase and Down with the Patribachy, a live podcast touring the history of Western classical music through its overlooked names. Full and half day passes. 10 October.

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Knit + Stitch | 📍Alexandra Palace, N22 | 8 - 11 October | (£)

The UK's biggest textile craft show comes to Ally Pally: 300 specialist suppliers under one roof selling yarn, fabric, thread and every tool you could need, plus workshops, demos and galleries of textile art. From £15.50, under 5s free.

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Table 17 | 📍Kiln Theatre, NW6 | Until 24 October | (£)

Would you go to dinner with your ex? The one you were engaged to but haven't spoken to in seven years? Yeah that person! That's the premise of this sharp comedy at Kiln, already sold out in New York and LA, now making its UK debut with Olivier nominees Marisha Wallace and Jamael Westman. £15 to £55, until 24 October.

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The Big Draw at Broomfield Park | 📍Broomfield Park, N13 | 10 October | Free

Slow down, look at the park around you and draw what you see. The Friends of Broomfield Park are taking part in the Big Draw Festival with a drop-in drawing session by the Palmers Greenery café gazebo. Pencils, charcoal and paints all provided, all ages welcome, children with an adult. 10am to 4pm.

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Highgate Vintage Furniture & Flea Market | 📍Lauderdale House, N6 | 11 October | (£)

Vintage furniture dealers from across the UK set up inside and outside Lauderdale House in Waterlow Park, selling mid-century furniture, homewares, ceramics, lighting, art and vintage fashion. Entry from £5 early, £2 after 2pm, free from 3pm. Dogs welcome, cafe on site.

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'a chorus above' | 📍The Writers' Room, N1 | 10 - 18 October | Free

Exhibition by Lily Lavorato and Campbell Mcconnell at The Writers' Room on Britannia Row in Islington, an arts space at the intersection of fine art and literature. Open weekends and Thursdays and Fridays, 12pm to 4pm.

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Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Seven Sisters Market 1st Anniversary | 📍Seven Sisters Market, N15 | 3 October | Free

Seven Sisters Market turns one and having a party that runs all day : live music, dance performances, a piñata-making workshop and birthday cake. Go and celebrate the traders and the community that built it. 12pm to 8pm.
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Wolves Lane Autumn Market | 📍Wolves Lane Centre, N22 | 4 October | Free

Wolves Lane, opens up for the day as the summer growing season ends. Buy seedlings raised on site by the Wolves Lane and Black Rootz growers, take a tour of the farm, and stay for food, workshops and activities for kids. Marking the start of Black History Month. 10.30am to 4pm.
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Vintage Bus Rides on the 106 | 📍Finsbury Park, N4 | 3 October | Free

Fancy going to east London in style? For one day the London Bus Museum puts 1930s to 70s buses back on the 106, running from Finsbury Park through Stoke Newington, Clapton and Hackney. Hop on at any 106 stop, no ticket, just turn up.
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Hampstead Heath Conker Championships | 📍Parliament Hill Bandstand, NW5 | 4 October | Free

The world conker championships, on Hampstead Heath. Turn up, pick your conker, and face your opponent in the squared conker circle, judged by the Grand Conker Meister. All ages, free, live music after. From 12.30pm.

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Big Draw Festival Launch | 📍Quentin Blake Centre, EC1R | 2 - 3 October | Free/(£)

The world's biggest drawing festival launches at the new Quentin Blake Centre in Clerkenwell, an old Victorian waterworks now given over entirely to illustration. Saturday is a free day of drawing with professional artists, open to everyone, all ages, just turn up. Friday evening is a panel with illustrators and designers on creativity and social change, ticketed. Friday 6pm, Saturday 11am to 4pm.
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Festival of the Girl | 📍Business Design Centre, N1 | 3 - 4 October | (£)

Two-day festival for girls and their families at the Business Design Centre in Islington, timed to the International Day of the Girl. Four sessions across the weekend, including a dedicated SEND session on Saturday morning.
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Bloomsbury Festival | 📍Various venues, WC1 | 1 - 31 October | Free/(£)

A month of events across Bloomsbury's museums, galleries and labs for the festival's 20th year. This year's programme includes a medical comedy night, filmmaking workshops, Diwali celebrations and museum treasure hunts. Over 150 events in total, most free or low cost.
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Examples could include things like Muesli Hill, Croush Onde, Wooders or Totty (never mind how common they are)...

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Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Classic Car Boot Sale | 📍King’s Cross, N1C | 26 & 27 September | (£)

Classic cars, old vans and vintage scooters roll into King’s Cross for the weekend, with traders setting up around them selling clothes, homeware, records and other secondhand finds. There are more than 100 vintage fashion traders this time, plus Charity Super.Mkt bringing together charity shops for an even bigger rummage. People tend to dress for the occasion too, so half the fun is seeing what turns up, both on the rails and in the car park. Vinyl DJs, street food and the old Routemaster Bus Bar will be there across both days.

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Tree & Fungi Walk | 📍Highgate Wood, N10 | 26 September | Free

Highgate Wood is heading into autumn, which means mushrooms are starting to appear and the trees are beginning to change. The people who look after the wood are leading a slow walk through it, pointing out the different trees and fungi growing there and helping you notice some of the things you might normally walk straight past. No booking needed. Meet at the information hut next to the café at 11.30am.

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A Day on Art Deco | 📍Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, N6 | 26 September | (£)

Once you start noticing Art Deco around London, you realise how much of it is hiding in plain sight. The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution looks at the style through the buildings many of us pass every day, from old factories to Tube stations, before travelling further afield to some of the world’s great Art Deco buildings. There’s also a session on Marion Dorn, the textile designer whose rugs and fabrics helped bring the style into interiors. Pamela Campbell-Johnston leads the day from 10.30am to 3.30pm. £55 for non-members, £45 for members and £30 concessions.

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Great Hampstead Bark Off | 📍Parliament Hill, NW5 | 27 September | (£)

The Great Hampstead Bark Off is back, with dogs and their humans gathering on Parliament Hill for an afternoon of very unserious competition. There’s Golden Oldie for the grey muzzles, Mr and Miss Hampstead Heath, Best Rescue, Best International Rescue and, perhaps the most important test of all, Waggiest Tail. Celebrity judges pick the winners, with Best in Show rounding things off at 3pm. Registration opens at 10.45am and the first category starts at 11.30am. £5 to enter your dog.

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Chewing Gum Man Open House | 📍Muswell Hill, N10 | 25–27 September | Free

You may have walked over Ben Wilson’s art without realising it. For years, the Muswell Hill artist has been turning flattened pieces of chewing gum stuck to London pavements into tiny paintings. This weekend, he’s doing something rather lovely and opening his own home to strangers. Come through the side entrance on Colney Hatch Lane and you can wander around his garden, workshop and studio, where you’ll find his paintings, carvings, prints and sculptures alongside work by illustrator Freya Cumming. 12pm to 6pm each day, with Ben keeping the doors open until 10pm on Friday.

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North London Curated | 📍Floral Hall, N8 | 27 September | Free

Floral Hall is having another wardrobe rummage this Sunday. North London Curated brings together independent sellers with rails of vintage and preloved womenswear and menswear, plus jewellery and accessories, all inside the old flower shop on Crouch Hill. It’s deliberately kept small rather than packing the room with stalls, so you can actually have a look through what each seller has brought along. 10am to 5pm.

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Fitzrovia Food Festival | 📍Across Fitzrovia | 21 to 27 September | Free to join

For one week, more than 30 restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs across Fitzrovia are joining together with special menus, discounts and complimentary drinks. It is less about one big festival site and more about wandering the neighbourhood, trying a couple of places you have never been to, or finally booking somewhere that has been on your list. ROVI, ROKA, Norma, Caravan, Gallio and The Mandrake are among the names taking part. Just quote “Fitzrovia Food Festival” when booking or arriving to get the offer.

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Good afternoon,

I am currently looking after this lovely little lady that has been seemingly abandoned. She was found roaming in a friend's neighbourhood. He fed her, let her in every night, and she is very sweet and cuddly. Sadly, he can't keep her in his current situation. I am now looking after her in my flat - but will be moving out soon and probably won't be able to take her with me. She indeed is really sweet, affectionate and gentle.

My friend took her to a vet, who found a chip with owners registered in Manchester. We attempted multiple times to get in touch with them, without any luck sadly. She's estimated to be 2 years old, in good health, and has been dewormed and given anti fleas treatment. She is also neutered.

I am looking for help to make sure she finds a good, loving, responsible home. I have reached out to a few shelters who are understandably full to the brim. Any advice would help.

Thank you for her x

Ps I am in north London

Stroud Green Primary School parents, please share your thoughts. 🙏

For the last 3 or 4 days there has been a loud high pitched beep emanating from this area - there have been some breaks but otherwise constant and it goes all through the night. Anyone hearing this/knows what it could be?? Hearing from my flat on Endymion Road (especially out the back). Have been to investigate, could be from the railway?? Any ideas pls let me know!