Francesca Lister-Fell

London

Assistant Editor at Camden New Journal

Assistant editor at @NewJournal / Reporter of the Year (2025) / Get in touch: [email protected]

Articles

Banned Bully XL dog is found abandoned on Heath

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Hampstead HeathA BANNED XL Bully dog was abandoned on Hampstead Heath. The dog, described as “light brown, medium size and muscly” by an onlooker, was tied to the fence by Parliament Hill tennis courts on the morning of May 26. Police told the New Journal that a park ranger phoned the Met police at 8.30am to report that a stray dog had been left there and confirmed that it was an XL bully. The breed was banned in December 2023, and it is also illegal to abandon or allow an XL Bully dog to stray.
‘More of us should change kids’ lives as foster parents'

3 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Jenny ManktelowA MOTHER has encouraged people who have “a spare room and space in their hearts” to become a foster carer. Jenny Manktelow, 44, and her husband were approved as foster carers for the council and she said she is looking forward to her family becoming four people this June. As part of Foster Care Fortnight, Ms Manktelow has shared why she wants to get involved. She told the New Journal: “Me and my partner had discussed it a couple of years after having our son.
Big in Japan! Now maid cafe where you'll be called ‘master' as you order opens in Holborn

4 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Maids Chika (chinchilla) and Purin (pudding) prepare for the official opening of the new restaurantA NEW restaurant has opened in Holborn where customers are the “master” of the café, and are served by young women dressed as maids. But stop what you’re thinking, it’s not sexual. Maid cafés, which became popular in Japan in the early 2000s and are influenced by anime, are unlike your typical greasy spoons. Although the omelettes they serve might be similar, the service is definitely not.
‘When you step into here, you’re like the owner of this place’

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Maids Chika (chinchilla) and Purin (pudding) prepare for the official opening of the new restaurantA NEW restaurant has opened in Holborn where customers are the “master” of the café, and are served by young women dressed as maids. But stop what you’re thinking, it’s not sexual. Maid cafés, which became popular in Japan in the early 2000s and are influenced by anime, are unlike your typical greasy spoons. Although the omelettes they serve might be similar, the service is definitely not.
‘I doubt very much that they have ever sat in a wheelchair’

1 month ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Richard Burgon speaking in Kentish Town at a meeting organised by Camden Disability ActionA LABOUR MP from Leeds came to Kentish Town to hear how the government’s proposed disability welfare cuts will affect residents – after Sir Keir Starmer and Tulip Siddiq said they were unable to attend an open meeting. Disabled people from across the borough filled a large room in the Greenwood Centre, an independent living centre run by Camden Disability Action (CDA), to share how they will be impacted.
Assembly member calls for Queen's Crescent works audit

1 month ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Conservatve Andrew BoffA LONDON Assembly member said he was “investigating” if the mayor’s money was being well spent on Queen’s Crescent Market. Andrew Boff, a Tory, said he visited the market, which is currently undergoing renovation after receiving money from Sadiq Khan’s Good Growth Fund, and asked 20 traders and shopkeepers for their thoughts on the project.
Lemonia - and Lime! Famous restaurant swamped by hire bikes

1 month ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Tony Evangelou at Lemonia in Primrose HillA FAMILY-RUN Greek restaurant which has been part of the fabric of Primrose Hill for nearly 50 years says it is being swamped by hire bikes left outside. Tony Evangelou, owner of Lemonia in Regent’s Park Road, which over the years has been a favourite spot among many famous faces including actor Jude Law, singers Harry Styles and Rita Ora, said he had “put his back out ” trying to clear a path for deliveries.
Dead End Street? Developer wants to pull out of affordable housing pledge

1 month ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Labour ward councillor James Slater has been left fuming that an application has gone in to switch the units to a private saleA DEVELOPER which left a block of affordable flats half-finished and vacant for seven years now wants to sell the homes off at full market rate. Four Quarters scored planning consent and built a 20-flat scheme in Wiblin Mews, Kentish Town in 2017 – with a pledge to provide eight cheaper homes.
Morris dancing at the top of Primrose HIll

1 month ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

The Belles of London City see the sun come upWITH its village green image of greying, older chaps with beards hopping about, perhaps between a gulp of ale, Morris dancing was once fiercely protected as a traditional folk dance reserved for troupes of men. But if you had got up at the crack of dawn last week, you would have seen things have changed from how the old guard might once have wanted it. An all-women Morris dancing group appeared at the summit of Primrose Hill to celebrate May Day.
Tributes paid to ‘luminous’ Cleo at the Actors’ Church

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Zeb Soanes, Jax King, Ben Onwukwe, Sara Kestelman and Cecilia DarkerTHE “Actors’ Church” in Covent Garden was packed to the rafters with people, some who had travelled from Australia, to celebrate the life of the “luminous” actor, singer and playwright Cleo Sylvestre. Ms Sylvestre died from a stroke last year, aged 79, after a varied career across the arts, having grown up on the Regent’s Park Estate.