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A group of seven oak and hornbeam trees in Coldfall Wood, an ancient woodland and nature reserve, are threatened with felling. Haringey Council have agreed to cut them down following a request from property insurers who maintain that the trees are causing subsidence to a nearby property. Haringey have agreed to suspend the felling pending…

FOLLOW-UP MEETING The former care home at Cranwood House, located at the junction of Muswell Hill Road and Woodside Avenue, has been sitting empty for many years and more recently has been used as a men’s night shelter. Haringey Council has submitted plans for a new housing development to be placed on the site after…

Thank you to all those who entered our short story competition. The independent judges, writers and journalists Valerie and Trevor Grove, were impressed by the high standard of the entries. Congratulations to John Crompton who was awarded first prize for The Americano. The joint runners-up were John Reid with his story Alien-nation, and Martin Burstyn…

HAVE YOUR SAY The former care home at Cranwood House, located at the junction of Muswell Hill Road and Woodside Avenue, has been sitting empty for many years, and more recently has been used as a men’s night shelter. Haringey Council have now released plans for a proposed housing development to be placed on the…

We are inviting our members – budding writers and those with maybe more experience – to take part in our short story competition. This brainchild of our Chairman, John Hajdu, may help to pass the coming darker evenings while the world around us is changing in unexpected ways. You may wish to encourage your friends…