Category Archives: Things to do

Boxing at the Cally Festival

David Ryan MBE brought the boys from the Times Amateur Boxing Club in central Kings Cross out into a specially constructed ring on the Cally.  Just as i finished interviewing him on what boxing does for young men, George picked … Continue reading

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Cally Festival RIGPA prayer balloons

I took up meditation when I got ill a few years ago and i can't recommend RIGPA on the Cally Road highly enough as a place to learn and practice meditation.  RIGPA practice a Tibetan tradition that includes meditating with your … Continue reading

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Cally Festival – Albert Beale of Housmans Bookshop on Cally life

It was wonderful to see Housmans certainly one of London's best bookshops and possibly one of Britain's best out at the Cally Festival. Albert Beale is a great Cally enthusiast and this website often benefits from his comments.  

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Anya Johnson – Cally Festival organiser

There's a huge team of people to credit, but Anya did a superb job in organising much of the Festival.  Here she is on Sunday afternoon 12 hours on from a 3AM start.  Here's to next year.

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Cally Festival – local community initiatives

One of the lovely things about the festival was the way the organising team helped people with stalls for local good causes and initiatives.  Here's a few in their own words: Josette from Parents4Parents based in the Jean Stokes Centre … Continue reading

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Cally Festival – feel the crowd

The festival was great today – huge thanks to Anya, Mohammed and the dozens of people who made it possible.  Plenty more to write about it later this week but if you didn't make it have a look at the … Continue reading

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Cally Vicars at the Cally Festival

We don’t normally do religion on this site but the prospect of two men of the cloth out at a Festival on a Sunday was too much to resist.  Michael Learmont of St Andrews in Thornhill Square and Ted Fell … Continue reading

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Some Cally Festival live art Cosmo Sarson and Andy Council

I helped local artist Cosmo Sarson and Tom(?) build some giant art boards from about 0830 on Sunday morning.  We made about 50 square metres of painting surface that got filled during the day as a live art exhibition. Here's … Continue reading

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