September, 2011

Bored Tonight? Then check out Anja McCloskey.

By on September 27, 2011 in Bored Tonight, Camden, Music

Tonight, if you’re feeling a little bit NW1-ish (thanks to @JB_1 for coining that on a recent tweet), we urge you to check out one of our sister company’s charges, former Irrepressibles member Anja McCloskey, who is live onstage at 9pm at the Wheelbarrow. To whet your appetite here’s the video for her current single, [...]

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In a curry? Read this

By on September 23, 2011 in Food

It’s not widely known that Queen’s Crescent was where one of the UK’s biggest ever curry firms first set up shop. Back in 1957, a certain Mr Pathak arrived in Kentish Town with his family. Unable to find authentic Indian food locally, they started making authentic meals to sell to the local Indian immigrant population. [...]

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Ooh la la, Cafe Renoir!

By on September 15, 2011 in Coffee, Food

You could have knocked Mrs Kentishtowner down with a feather. Really you could. For just the other day Cafe Renoir emerged with a chic new look, all Farrow and Ball taupes and Kentish Canteen je ne sais quoi. But is it just an X Factor impersonation of the real thing – or is it, um, [...]

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Hairy Art Hole

By on September 8, 2011 in Art, Music, Shopping

Hairdressers. Despite their proliferation across the main streets and back alleys of NW5, they’re not something we give much thought to. Maybe it’s to do with yours truly having as much need for a barber as a fish has for a bicycle; and as for Mrs Kentishtowner, well she won’t entertain the idea of a [...]

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Private View at The UnShop: Tonight, 630pm

By on September 2, 2011 in Art, Shopping

Being huge fans of Gillian Tindall’s book on Kentish Town, this invite caught our eye the other day – an exhibition which takes its cue from the book’s title, The Fields Beneath, to explore the idea of hidden images and beauty. So, if you’re in the manor tonight, curator Tom Allen (from Transition Kentish Town) [...]

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Up The-

By on September 1, 2011 in Drink, Food

Hello again. It’s been a while. How is everyone? We’re happy to report that the Kentishtowner’s staycation was a success, despite mostly sullen skies, and took in Whitstable’s oyster shacks, our very own cottage in Deal, and the sweeping beaches of North Norfolk, where – good God! – the sun actually shone and, on Holkham [...]

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