February, 2011

Get a Cob on

By on February 24, 2011 in Art, Camden

One of our favourite higher-brow blogs, The Arts Desk, got it exactly right this week when they asked: “Is North the new East?” Why? Well, joining Zabludowicz, Spring Projects, the Annroy and other, smaller spaces in the manor is The Cob Gallery, an innovative breeding ground for upcoming artists just a stone’s throw from Kentish [...]

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Wednesday Picture: In the Wild, Wild West

By on February 18, 2011 in Wednesday Picture

Just south of the emerald-green Westport Inn, with its lively clientele, and rock ‘n’ roll karaoke evenings, is one of the more intriguing parades on Malden Road. Here you’ll find the first of two of the longest-standing businesses in the Wild West: Bob Sharp’s ‘Fishing’ shop, with its wonderful facade, owned by his family since [...]

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New Masthead, folks

By on February 8, 2011 in Art

Well, it was about time. It’s by NW5-based artist Russell Loughlan. Pick up an original at Sharon Elphick’s on Columbia Road, E2. So do we like?

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Save Torriano; Lose Liver

By on February 3, 2011 in Drink, Food, Music

Now and again, Mrs Kentishtowner gets a craving to go east. Not necessarily to Shoreditch or Hackney, you understand, riotous though both are, but to what a slithersome estate agent might term ‘Torriano Village’, up near Brecknock Road, where NW5 snuggles up to N7. And nowhere is this postcode axis better personified than the Torriano. [...]

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Tracey Emin @ 46 Malden Road: First picture

By on February 1, 2011 in Art

First glimpse of ‘I Kiss You’ (2004), the neon-lit window of the Zabludowicz pop-up gallery at 46 Malden Road, set to open this week (Feb 5). Read full article here. We like.

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