October, 2011

Uh-oh. Miss KT is in town.

By on October 28, 2011 in Fashion

Pic by Ellie Baskett Mrs Kentishtowner is not a happy bunny. Her younger, dare we say sexier sibling, Miss KT, has just moved into a gorgeous warehouse building slapbang in the heart of NW5. ‘It’s your own fault.’ She poked her tongue out at her older sister. ‘That stupid blog thing you write made it [...]

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The Friday Picture: Oh, look it’s Woolies from back in the day

By on October 21, 2011 in History

Too hungover, this painfully sunny afternoon, to deliver anything more than a vintage picture – but isn’t it lovely? Can anyone enlighten us on its approx date? *scratches head* Failing that, do you know any miracle hangover cures?

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The Friday Picture: Pizza Express Proposed redevelopment

By on October 14, 2011 in News, Pinboard

Just look at this picture of the proposed redevelopment of the 1929 former North London Polytechnic building, as annotated by understandably disgusted residents at 1 Prince Of Wales Road. What a mess, indeed. “The Appeal Hearing is halfway through,” says Alan Morris, chair of the Prince Of Wales Residents’ Association. “It’s adjourned until 28th of [...]

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Gabby Young’s Top 5 in Kentish Town

By on October 13, 2011 in Fashion, Music

Gabby Young at the Bull & Last (dreaming, no doubt, of a warm scotch egg) Photographer: Tom Medwell Mrs Kentishtowner loves nothing more than an eccentric local. And none more so than Gabby Young And Other Animals , an eight-piece collective who headline KOKO tonight for what they reckon is their biggest show ever. Kentish [...]

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Go See: Laurel Nakadate at the Zabludowicz

By on October 10, 2011 in Art, Chalk Farm, Hidden Gem

Just a quick post to encourage you all to pop down to Zabludowicz’s latest show. Everytime we visit this gallery we can’t believe how lucky we are to have it on our doorstep. Till Dec 11 is the first solo show from Laurel Nakadate, an American artist who works with film, photography and performance. Nakadate [...]

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I say Delicious and you say Hideaway

By on October 7, 2011 in Food, Hidden Gem

No, we’re not arguing the toss about handbag house classics from the 1990s (ask yer mum). Instead, today’s mass debate revolves around two of the area’s diminutive pizza parlours. Which serves up the tastiest wood-fired wonders? Is it a) miniscule, low-ceilinged heart-of-Kentish local Delicious by Franco, run by a Venetian family who dish up more [...]

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