It’s the last entry of the year so, wrapping up our first season here at the KT, we’re pleased to unveil our inaugural Kentishtowner Top 10 for 2010. #1. Southampton Arms.
December, 2010
Check into the Institute Of Kentish Town
A brief second entry today to plug this excellently-named 5 day pop-up exhibition at the Parlour Gallery, Queen’s Crescent. Its mission? To “gather information through drawings, found objects and mapping, and explore ideas surrounding place and community.” But wait, come back! It’s quirkier than that. The Institute’s resident artists – Nic Harper, Jocelyn Allen, Milka [...]
Light up, Light up
Mrs Kentishtowner does like to leave the postcode now and again, especially with the Christmas party season in full swing. But the one place that ruffles her feathers is Belsize Park. Maybe it’s a bit like England and France – you know, too close for comfort. Or maybe it feels caught, like middle age, between [...]
All Aboard Camden Lock Underground?
Thanks to reader Conrad Ford today for his suggestion on a piece on the defunct South Kentish Town Underground Station (now an attractive “Cash Convertors”, see above.) South Kentish Town was a Northern Line station which closed in a strike in 1924, never reopened due to lack of use. Mr Ford suggests that one idea [...]
Owl’s About it?
She might not be an obvious beauty, but she sure as hell hides some secrets in her frilly drawers. No, we’re not talking about Mrs Kentishtowner; we are, however, eulogizing the pleasures of Kentish Town Road, a high street so modest its traffic lights are probably glowing red as we speak. Ignore the bump of [...]
A man walks into a police station…
‘Really, is there anything that isn’t happening round here?’ asked Mrs Kentishtowner, as she waded in last night, arms aching from the Christmas shopping. She was, of course, referring to Kentish Town Police Station’s surprise entry into world news. Yes, our very own crime-busting copshop was where dashing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – and, ahem, [...]
The next Broadway Market?
OK, so the picture makes it look deserted (Mrs Kentishtowner preferring to do her shopping at the crack of dawn) but a vibrant Italian market, which attracted a nice metropolitan mix of locals, descended on Queen’s Crescent on Saturday. Fondling the huge selection of breads, olive oils, cheeses and pastries, several Irish ladies, who had [...]
Quadrant Grove: the link between Marx and Bananarama?
At first glance, you’d never think this tiny tree-lined street – all white picket fences, rose gardens, and immaculately-turned out children – bears much cultural weight. But we at the Kentishtowner have made an astonishing discovery: that it connects everyone’s favourite socialist Karl Marx with the people’s girl band, Bananarama. Stay with us here: in [...]
Kentish Town Waltz by Imelda May
Cynics would argue that it must have been a quiet morning at the Standard yesterday, what with the home counties besieged by snow, as our beloved postcode received no less than a whole page of coverage. The news? Kooky Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May, a former NW5 resident, has released a ‘tribute to Kentish Town…and its [...]
Mario’s Cafe
Years ago, when Pulp’s masterpiece ‘This Is Hardcore’ was dropping like a stone out of the charts, Mrs Kentishtowner (then a rather svelte Miss Gant’s Hill) would like nothing more than to commiserate Jarvis’ misfortune over a lunchtime bowl of minestrone soup at Mario’s Cafe. It’s not hard to fathom why it was, and continues [...]
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Wednesday Picture: Let’s make a K-Town cinema or arts space actually happen!
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Why It Matters: Busting the delayed motherhood myth
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Pinboard: a date set for Kentish Town Carnival – and other spring festivals
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Free Weekend? Explore Stoke Newington – and a Top 5 pub guide
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Why It Matters: Kids Club Kampala
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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Grace Poulter, 24, Future & Found
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Why It Matters: Busting the delayed motherhood myth
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Why It Matters: Kids Club Kampala
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Newsflash: two cinema chains seeking a K-Town venue
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Free Weekend? Explore Stoke Newington – and a Top 5 pub guide
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Sinead: Well put charlotte and agree wholeheartedly. i ha...
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Mavis Pilbeam: Sian may be interested in the exhibition at the We...
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Neil: Is this is a particularly KT problem?...
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Stephen Whitehead: For a lot of people I know, they've put off havin...
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Cat: I am so pleased someone has finally said this publ...