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Phyllis Akalin

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As seen in: The Times, The Australian, Kölnische Rundschau, SWLondoner, North West Londoner, South East Londoner, North East Londoner
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Sorcery, secrets and surprises: inside London’s last magic shop

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By Phyllis Akalin
| North East Londoner
Entertainment A red painted door leads into a little known corner of magic in London. International Magic, created in the early 1960s, is the last remaining magic shop in the capital. The family business, run by Martin MacMillan and founded by his father, Ron MacMillan, was once one of at least eight other magic shops, but changing high streets have squeezed out all but one. “That’s a sign of the times,” MacMillan said. “It’s down to us now.
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Home Alone and turkey dinner — find out how Brits celebrate Christmas in 2023 | South West Londoner

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By Phyllis Akalin
| SWLondoner
Life You can be too old for a lot of things, but, according to Brits, you can never be too old to watch Home Alone at Christmas. It has been 33 years since Home Alone graced our screens for the first time, but it is still the most popular Christmas film in the UK, a survey showed. A majority of Britons, 21 per cent, said the 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin was their festive favourite. Culkin, 43, was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles last week.
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Islington HIV testing coverage falls behind most London boroughs Original

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By Phyllis Akalin
| North East Londoner
News Islington has the second-lowest HIV testing coverage of all London boroughs, data shows. Last year, just a third of people eligible for an HIV test when attending specialist sexual health services were tested for the condition, according to (UKHSA). This is a fall of 14.5 percentage points from the previous year, when nearly half of eligible people were tested, and less than half the testing coverage from 2019, when more than two-thirds of eligible Islington residents were tested.
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