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Published:
2:56 PM March 3, 2021
Updated:
1:26 PM March 4, 2021
DJ and booker Michael Davies, also known as Miche, raised thousands for charity with a 24-hour online set.
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A Hackney Wick DJ drew thousands of listeners and raised almost £3,000 for a mental health charity with a 24-hour stint on the decks.
Michael Davies, known as Miche, is a “serial crate digger” who books acts at a listening café called Spiritland in King s Cross.
Currently furloughed, he decided to put his DJ skills to the test and bring people together online for a worthy cause on the weekend starting February 20.
Michael said: “It was amazing. There was a lot of people coming through and it kept me going really – I did the full 24 hours on my own.”
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Lauren Baker
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A Hackney Wick environmental art activist has promised to plant nearly 9,000 trees to combat deforestation.
Lauren Baker, 38, who works from a studio in Hepscott Road, encourages her clients to plant a tree every time they buy a piece of her art.
She collaborates with the charity One Tree Planted, which charges $1 a tree.,
She said: “Last year I focussed on environmental art activism with my piece that was called Letter to Mother Earth, where I spoke an open apology on behalf of the human race to mother nature. I projected that ten metres on the walls of the Tate in July 2019, and launched my campaign to plant 8,888 trees just after. I’ve been planting trees ever since.