After graduating with a degree in English Literature, working in bookshops and teaching in China, Kathleen moved home and like a million graduates before her she soon realised an escape plan was desperately needed. So she took a journalism course, got a job and moved to the city where all your dreams come true. Admittedly Kathleen’s dreams mostly involve sampling new takeaways and sitting in the park with a beer and the paper – but somehow that’s just cooler in London.
10
Jan
2013
Creative Entrepreneur, Face Invader
'I love London, but would love to see more of an effort to create a community. We could start with a national "Say Hi Day"’
29
Dec
2012
DJ Stuart Patterson
'I'm enjoying living east as I had been in west London for 15 years until last year. There's so much going on over here'
5
Dec
2012
Step On: Rowetta from Happy Mondays
'With Shaun it’s a purely professional relationship, it has to be. We don’t want to go backwards. So I just think of it as work'
6
Nov
2012
Mr Everything, Craig Charles
'There will definitely be more Red Dwarf. It was a rebirth not an end. I just love the script. Doug Naylor makes us laugh'
26
Oct
2012
Musician, Melanin 9
'The uncanny atmosphere in the streets on 7/7/ made it a day to never forget – for all the wrong reasons, obviously'
10
Oct
2012
Michael Jackson Impersonator, Navi
'It has a massive impact on my personal life. When I'm in a relationship they have to accept the whole Jackson thing'
21
Sep
2012
Beatboxing Genius, Beardyman
'I like that London never gives up on you if you're determined to keep going. But you do need to be determined.'
14
Sep
2012
Rebel Bingo Founders, Femme Ferale
'I love east London for the parties and the west for its beauty - I hate anywhere that seems mundane and suburban.'
17
Aug
2012
Singer Kyla La Grange
'When you are starting out you need to meet as many people as you can and London is really great for that'
24
Jul
2012
Singer Mika
'London is a place I choose to live not just because I grew up here but because I'm fundamentally a Londoner in every way'
