Aisyah meets up with childhood friend and aspiring dancer, Fariz Khir, to discuss how attending a youth centre set him on his path The Government’s decision to exclude London from its levelling-up initiatives are at the detriment to London’s youth. Youth centres across London are vital in getting London’s most deprived kids off the streets… Continue reading Youth Centres Nurture Young Dancing Talent
Category: Community
Sarah Everard: One Year on
Hamza Ahmed discusses harassment of women, a year on from Sarah Everard’s murder and looks to see what has changed and what hasn’t. On the 3rd of March 2021, Sarah Everard was walking home from a friend’s house and was kidnapped in South London. On the 10th of March 2021, her body was found in… Continue reading Sarah Everard: One Year on
Walk a Dog to Make Your Day
After seven years of living in London, the busy city life became incredibly overwhelming for my mental health and getting a dog changed my perspective on many things in my daily life. Besides the challenges of living with a dog in a flat in this city, seeing my dog love life even in the worst… Continue reading Walk a Dog to Make Your Day
Video: Back Together – Ramadan at Malaysia Hall
Malaysia Hall, located at the heart of London’s Malaysian community in Baywater, has resumed hosting Ramadan dinners and prayers after two years of staying vigilant in the face of the pandemic
Video: Career Advice for Young Journalists
BBC’s Richard Forrest gives young, prospective journalists advice KERB’s Hamza Ahmed teamed up with TwentySmthng‘s Kim Emde to interview Richard Forrest, a Senior Broadcast journalist at the BBC. He had some words of advice for upcoming young journalists who want to get their foot in the door, detailing his own journey of getting involved with… Continue reading Video: Career Advice for Young Journalists
Reconnecting with the City of London
Hamza Ahmed talks to the citizens of London reconnecting with their city after numerous lockdowns London, is a vibrant, bustling, cosmopolitan hub where every street is crowded that you can’t even see the curbside. Rush hour on public transport, beautiful vibrant parks, and hordes of persistent people trying to get past you as you walk.… Continue reading Reconnecting with the City of London
The Great River Clean-up
Aisyah spent an afternoon tidying up London’s waterways and learned how a little effort can go a long way The sun is nowhere to be found in Watling Park. There’s a constant drizzle of rain and I’m on a brookside, gardening shears in hand, suited and booted in PPE. A pair of steel toe cap… Continue reading The Great River Clean-up
You’ve Got Pigeons All Wrong
A public relations management campaign in five parts – why pigeons are deserving of some respect from Londoners It recently came to my attention that my best friend of five years is absolutely terrified of pigeons, thinking of them as Satan’s lackeys, specially curated to torture her every waking hour spent outdoors. Despite being largely… Continue reading You’ve Got Pigeons All Wrong
Congregations: The Smokers of W14
Congregations is all about the spaces people gather in, this month we speak to the smokers outside the Crown & Sceptre Just off the corner of High Street Kensington tube station lies the crown & Sceptre, one of Kensington’s best pubs and a place I regularly walk past on my way to university. The pub… Continue reading Congregations: The Smokers of W14
‘I’m not homeless, I just have nowhere to live’
Not one to walk on by, Hamza Ahmed talks to Martin about life on London’s streets London’s homeless are as much a feature of the average high street as a coffee shop or greengrocer. But what do we actually know about the people sleeping rough on our streets? There are many causes of homelessness, according… Continue reading ‘I’m not homeless, I just have nowhere to live’