KNIFE-CHANGING WORK
Having lived in the area for a couple of years, and endured last year’s lockdowns in a matchbox-sized flat, Finsbury Park – with its running trail, duck pond and disproportionate number of playgrounds – has become essential for my sanity and general sense of wellbeing. There’s just enough green space to briefly forget you’re in a city of 8.9-million people, and walking around takes a lunchtime-compatible 20-25 minutes. More to the point, there’s even a gym.
Equipped with pull-up bars, dip stations and concrete platforms, this free space is the work of Steel Warriors, the charity set up to tackle London’s knife-crime epidemic.
Each month, thousands of knives are taken off the streets, and in
