It was 2015 when we first reported on the possible destruction of Holborn Studios in Eagle Wharf Road (below).

The first issue of The Arlingtonian announced that 2012 was the Year of Music at St James’.

For centuries, the area where we now live was a popular spot for archery practice.

Bring out the cake and fizz! The Arlington Association is twenty years old.

Bring out the cake and fizz! The Arlington Association is twenty years old.

There is no holding back our award-winning gardening volunteers!

There’s a new open space in the flower bed on the northwest corner of Union Square.

Has there ever been a year more deserving of a cracking community Yuletide celebration?

Has there ever been a year more deserving of a cracking community Yuletide celebration?

It’s finished at last. The new Packington Estate, four years late in completion, was finally officially opened in September, exactly 12 years since work began.

We are pleased to announce we now have a Happy To Chat bench in Arlington Square. The idea came from Allison Owen-Jones in Cardiff, who noticed an elderly man sitting alone on a bench in a busy city centre park, ignored by passers-by.

The West End of London may have been in Christmas shopping mode since mid- September but the wise men and women of Arlingtonia know that the season of goodwill only truly begins with our annual Christmas Fair in the Square.

The annual Angel Canal Festival takes place on Sunday 1 September 11am–5pm.

Roll up, roll up! It’s nearly time for the annual Summer Fete in Arlington Square.

The newly formed Friends of Union Square Gardens enjoyed their first volunteer gardening day in early March.

This year’s Islington Proms will provide the usual mix of topquality music – and more besides.

After the uncannily warm February days and the spring’s glorious show of snowdrops and camellias in the square, plus the obligatory host of daffodils, it’s hard to remember the chilly end to last year and our very merry Christmas Fair.

Showbiz comes to our local church in December when Richard Curtis and some of the stars of Four Weddings and a Funeral will be filming the 2019 Comic Relief TV appeal at St James’, Prebend Street.

Be proud. Be very proud. It’s official. Arlington Square is now recognised as the Best Small Public Square in London.

Be proud. Be very proud. It’s official. Arlington Square is now recognised as the BestSmall Public Square in London.