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Get Active at the Proactive Islington Sports and Cycling Festival

By abi_silvester

Great to hear it! I didn't join in myself, but looked really buzzing when I walked past :)

By abi_silvester at 14:27 on 18/06/10

During a World Cup, we tend to do a lot more watching of sport than actually taking part, but if you want to get off the sofa and do something a little more energetic this weekend, you might want to head over to the Emirates Stadium for he Proactive Islington Sports and Cycling Festival (no vuvuzelas allowed - at least, not until us local residents are safely out of earshot, please!) Taking place between 12 and 6pm tomorrow, Saturday...
Where will you be watching the World Cup?

By darien

I wanted to watch the World Cup in my house, but my girlfriend won't let me.

By abi_silvester at 13:21 on 02/06/10

There seem to be only two topics of conversations happening in pubs at the moment: where you're going to be watching the World Cup, or where you're going to avoid it. In most parts of London, the options would only extend to 'local boozer' or 'screaming at the telly at home', but this being Islington, there are some fairly unusual and utterly civilisted ways to watch the World Cup, from screenings in cinemas to football-inspired poetry...

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Watch the World Cup at the newly refurbished Screen on the Green!

By abi_silvester at 15:27 on 06/04/10

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Arsenal V Barcelona, 1945 tonight

By abi_silvester at 17:04 on 31/03/10

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