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Gabby Young on Day One of London Fashion Week

By on February 18, 2012 in Fashion
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It’s Xmas. Shop where it’s at.

By on December 9, 2011 in Fashion, Shopping

The lights are dazzling on Kentish Town Road, the tree seller is parked outside the station, and newly-arrived Miss KT – giddy at the prospect of her first Christmas in NW5 – is already on her seventh consecutive night out (yes, it was her you saw stumbling, ‘bab in hand, out of E.Mono last night). [...]

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My Own Pop-up Idaho

By on November 29, 2011 in Culture, Fashion, Film, Film &Theatre

We don’t really want to publicise this as it’s getting ever-busier and we do require that sofa-for-two at the back, but you know us; we simply can’t help ourselves. And so here’s a quick missive to alert readers to the last two FREE screenings at the Zabludowicz’s ace pop-up cinema. This season it’s all about [...]

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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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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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Fashion: Blustons in this month’s Vogue

By on July 12, 2011 in Fashion, Kentish Town, Random

Oh my. Does the long overdue Bustons revival start here, in the August issue of Vogue? Let’s hope so. A true London classic. 213 Kentish Town Road.

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The Kentishtowner’s Top 10 of 2010

By on December 22, 2010 in Art, Cocktails, Fashion, Food, Foodie, Gastropub, Health & Exercise, Kentish Town, Kentishtowner Recommends, Market, Pub, Shopping, Streetlife

It’s the last entry of the year so, wrapping up our first season here at the KT, we’re pleased to unveil our inaugural Kentishtowner Top 10 for 2010. #1. Southampton Arms. Why? Roaring fire, wood-panelled interior, directional lighting, brain-fryingly strong ciders, dayglo ales, pork ‘n’ apple baps, a friendly crowd (you really do start talking [...]

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Made In Camden

By on November 22, 2010 in Chalk Farm, Culture, Drink, Fashion, Food

Made In Camden should be the best thing to happen to Chalk Farm for ages. Although part of the Roundhouse, this new bar and all-day brasserie has its own entrance and vibe: cosy booths, stylish pendant lighting and big windows, through which you can observe the always-entertaining antics of the Chalk Farm Road brigade. The [...]

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Annroy Gallery

By on November 10, 2010 in Art, Fashion, Queen's Crescent, West Kentish Town

Just past the railway arches on Grafton Road, and backing onto famous Spring Studios, is acclaimed Dazed & Confused photographer Rankin’s Annroy Building. “I wanted people to feel it was a photographer’s building,” he says. “I wanted to make people think of a roll of film, of a contact sheet, when they saw the outside.” [...]

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