IT’S Harlow New Town’s 75th birthday, and everyone’s invited to the party!  Drawn from Matipo Arts’ work within the Harlow community, Harlow75 is an energetic, silly-yet-serious portrait of Harlow; what it was, what it is, and what it could be. Join us for a night…

A LOT of our interviews with Harlow’s Irish community have focused on those who came to this country after WW2. If not them, then their children and grandchildren. But this was an opportunity to speak to someone who came later on. We have interviewed Janet…

THOUSANDS of former St Mark’s students will have been taught by Mr Summerville. The former Geography teacher possessed and possesses a warmth and a calming reassurance that many many will remember. But as part of our Harlow is 75 project, we asked Dave to take…

KAY Morrison is a newly elected councillor for the ward of Bush Fair. However, Kay has a long history of political representation especially in Scotland where she was so highly regarded she was appointed Deputy Provost of Fife. That may well mean she knows how…

WE went down to Old Harlow to interview New Zealander Annalise Taylor. We wanted to take Annalise back to 11,000 miles away in Auckland and look back on her early years there. There alway seems to be a calm vibe to any New Zealander we…

FIVE years ago, we interviewed Ram Gulrajani about his life in Harlow. We hardly mentioned those years growing up in Gibraltar. In 2022, we returned to Ram’s home on the tiny British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of Spain. For some it may be…

OVER the last few years, YourHarlow has got to know consultant Deb Ghosh very well. We have spoken to him about this work at Princess Alexandra Hospital and beyond. We have also charted his charity work for a number of medical causes. He is clearly…

AS part of our series of films looking at the diverse culture of those who live and work in Harlow, we went down to Parndon Mill to interview artist Suman Gujral. Suman was born in India before moving to the United Kingdom. Our interview coincides…

TO mark the town’s 75thanniversary, Harlow Council and Your Harlow have launched a project which records the diverse history, heritage, and culture of the people and groups which are part of modern-day Harlow. The Harlow at 75 project is made up of audio-visual recordings of…

AS this is South Asia Heritage Month, we though this would be an ideal time to interview Harlow residents who have moved from various parts of South Asia to Harlow. Nila Hibbert has been a leading light in the Harlow community for many years. Last…

AS this is South Asia Heritage Month, we though this would be an ideal time to interview Harlow resident who have moved from various parts of South Asia to Harlow. Nidhi Hindocha spent her formative years in Mumbai. A wonderfully bustling, busy city. We asked…

HARLOW writer Simon Trelawney has just published his first novel called “Sherlock Holmes and the Ciphered List”. We sat down with Simon to talk about the novel, his motivation for writing and whether there will be more novels such as this one? A synopsis of…

A SIKH artist has been creating artwork on the partition of India, in a bid to educate modern audiences on a sometimes-overlooked period of history. Suman Gujral, who works at Parndon Mill in Harlow, creates pieces to reflect on the tragedies that took place during…

THIS is our second interview with a Harlow resident who hails from Canada. Lisa Fish is the deputy headteacher at Pemblerley Academy. We met her at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) annexe in Old Harlow. Lisa paints a picture on life on the east…