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Evening Standard
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Cat Olley

Why I live in Haggerston: artist Martha Freud on finding the spirit of old Battersea in the heart of east London

I was born and raised in Battersea and had always lived in west London, but my partner, Adam, was passionate about moving east and I was ready for a change. We’ve been here eight years now.

It feels like the Battersea that I knew growing up, which was a cool area of London that embraced local artists and different cultures. My family home was also on an early Victorian square with a school next door, so there is a lot that feels very familiar.

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