Posts by Tristan Tetteroo
Freedom Narratives
The Freedom Narratives project is an open-source digital repository that includes biographical accounts of individuals born in Africa between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. This mostly comprises people who were born free but later became enslaved and who many times regained their freedom later in life. This project contributes in original ways to the…
Read MoreThe Right to Protest
It’s incredible what you come across on a small walk along the Strand. I was walking towards the Temple tube station after finishing an interview with the India Club’s Phiroza Marker, when I came across a small gathering of 6 people outside a gated building. I didn’t know what the building was or who the people…
Read MoreA Q+A with Ruth Duston, the Northbank BID’s CEO, on the Pedestrianisation Project
Who is The Northbank BID and what is your role within it? The Northbank Business Improvement District (BID) is a business collective working to enhance the area and drive local economic growth. We were officially established in July 2013, after a ballot of the local business community. There are over 70 BIDs in central London…
Read MoreSt. Mary-Le-Strand – its history and a special announcement
As promised, we reveal the bonus footage from our talk with Canon Peter Babington, Priest -in-charge of St. Mary-Le-Strand about its history and a special announcement! The first video reveals some of St. Mary’s history, which we also explore in our previous post on the Island Churches, but also some stories that are not as…
Read MoreVoices from the Strand – Peter Babington, Priest in charge of St. Mary-Le-Strand
In this episode of Voices from the Strand we talk to Canon Peter Babington, Priest-in -charge of St. Mary-Le-Strand who only started last September 2020! We warmly welcome Peter to the Strand community and in this recorded conversation he regales us on his life’s calling, how the pedestrianisation project will affect the church and his…
Read MoreLondon History Day – The India Club’s Resilience
To celebrate London History Day, Strandlines presents a short interview about the social institute within the Strand: The India Club. Existing in its current location on 143 Strand for over 50 years; the India Club embodies resilience. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and threats of eviction, the India Club stands strong and will continue to do so…
Read MorePedestrianisation Project on the Strand Aldwych
As part of our series on the Pedestrianisation of the Strand Aldwych we Q +A with Cannon Ivers (@realm) , ahead of the project as the Landscape Architect and Director of LDA Design (@ldadesign.) based in London. Please comment below with your ideas about the project and keep in touch, as more pedestrianisation voices are…
Read MoreVoices from the Strand: Ben Riley @ Primal Media TV
As part of our ongoing series ‘Voices from the Strand’, where Strandlines visits and talks to businesses, institutions and people in the Strand, we present a conversation between Ben Riley, Head of Development @ Primal Media TV, and Tristan Tetteroo editor at Strandlines . Ben Riley was so kind as to share his time with us…
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