April, 2011

Duck, NW5 – here comes the Crawl.

By on April 28, 2011 in Culture, Music, Pinboard

Or should that be tortoise? So this year they’ve thrown Kentish Town into the mix. Yes, for the first time, the industrious, annual Camden Crawl staggers north up Kentish Town Road until it collapses, light-headed, and perhaps a bit icky, at The Forum. (En route it swings by such stellar venues as the Abbey Tavern, [...]

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Life In A Kentish Town

By on April 15, 2011 in Art, UK Travel

So we were lucky enough to be invited to the opening of Turner Contemporary in Margate, and because of its status as a Kentish town – and also to counteract the evil Brian Sewell’s bilge here – we have decided to post some lovely photos in an attempt to woo you Kentishtowners to the glorious [...]

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Did Emma Hamilton really drink in the garden at Heroes?

By on April 15, 2011 in Drink, History

Spring is in the air and new boozers are being birthed in NW5 like sticky lambs. The crumbling Lion and Unicorn, on Gaisford Street, is about to re-emerge as a swanky “food pub” with a refreshed upstairs theatre to boot (a peek through the windows drew a gasp of delight from Mrs Kentishtowner the other [...]

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Gallery Watch: Leighton Space, Liminal & Guts For Garters

By on April 1, 2011 in Art, Culture, Hidden Gem, Pinboard

Another week, another gallery or three. But it’s nice to see this one opening outside the West Kentish Town ghetto and in the previously artistically-untapped “Leightons” area just east of the Assembly House pub. Leighton Space , says the blurb, provides the “opportunity for professional artists to show work at all stages and in a [...]

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