May, 2011

Don’t Cry For Me, O Martini

By on Friday 27 May 2011 in Drink

‘Perhaps,’ I wondered, ‘she was an illusion?’ ‘More likely,’ said Mrs Kentishtowner, ‘she was a portent of our impending doom.’ No, we weren’t discussing a Somerfield sighting of Sam Cam in baseball cap and shades; we were, however, pondering the whereabouts of a mixologist who, having served some delicious libations at Blues Kitchen, gave us [...]

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Gallery news: Leighton Space

By on Thursday 26 May 2011 in Art

Now, we have to ‘fess up. We still have yet to visit Leighton Space, the new gallery and studios just a few minutes’ walk from KT tube station. Yet here they are, already on their second (third?) exhibition, so this time round we’ve marked the calendar with a black pen -and promise to report back. [...]

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Introducing: The Gobble Downer

By on Friday 20 May 2011 in Food

Everyone has to eat, right? Even svelte Mrs Kentishtowner, who fears that one day she’ll be visible from the moon. (Her mantra? ‘Thank God that dog won’t walk itself.’) Anyway, we digress. Today sees the launch of our new monthly foodie column: The Gobble Downer (get what we did there?) And, as you’ll learn pretty [...]

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The Bible of Kentish Town

By on Friday 13 May 2011 in Books, History

It’s been out a while, but I’m finally devouring the reissue of The Fields Beneath by Gillian Tindall, subtitled a “history of one London village” (Kentish Town – for the uninitiated). Tindall, who has lived in the area for 35 years, traces our manor’s roots and explores how Kentish Town’s identity crisis and social mix [...]

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First past the post…The Bull & Last

By on Friday 6 May 2011 in Drink, Food

So we intended to do a review of the newly-opened Lion & Unicorn today, but, to be honest, we’re not sure, and haven’t sampled the food or theatre yet, so rather than dismiss it we’ll let it bed in a bit. It’s not that we don’t like the joint: the walled garden, the rather self-consciously [...]

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Darling Buds Of Queen’s Crescent

By on Thursday 5 May 2011 in Art, West Kentish Town

Hot of the press: the illustrious folks behind new pop-up exhibition, Darling Buds, at the Parlour Gallery on Queen’s Crescent, invite Kentishtowner readers to their private view tonight from 6-10pm. The event is part of a rather intriguing month-long happening (of which The Kentishtowner is not, alas, yet privy) called Come What May. For Darling [...]

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