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Vangelis Polydorou in a still from his debut solo single Throw Me
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Vangelis Polydorou burst into public consciousness in 2016 when he sang Do You Want to Hurt Me? on The Voice. The Finsbury Park singer has since toured with mentor Boy George and has just released debut single Throw Me about searching for love online from a young gay man s perspective. “Being gay is a kind of beautiful accident, and it would be a crime to not celebrate it,” he says.
Q: Where did you grow up and was there anyone who encouraged you to perform?
A: I grew up in N19, near Stroud Green Road. I still live there, I just couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. I went to St Joseph’s Primary School and was very shy back then so no one even knew I could sing.
SCHOOL children have been given a virtual tour of the Rail Story museums at Ingrow West Station. The initiative was the first of its kind since Covid guidelines forced the temporary closure of the Engine Shed and Vintage Carriage Works. Laycock Primary School was the first to receive the newly-developed guided tour – presented by Rail Story’s Matt Arnold, with Alexandra Stockdale-Haley behind the camera. The tour began at the Carriage Works, operated by the Vintage Carriages Trust. It included a look inside the early-20th-century Metropolitan carriages and the Great Northern guard’s van and 1898 first-class carriage – complete with en-suite toilet.