North London Food & Culture

Q&A

Q&A

5 Minutes With: Sally Keable, greengrocer, the Fruit Bowl

The Fruit Bowl has been an institution outside Kentish Town tube station for 15 years. With yesterday’s news that it can stay put as the new Wahaca opens next April, meet a local hero – who lives south of the river

Art

Ich Bin: Valerie Phillips, photographer

The acclaimed NYC-born artist on gentrification, picking up chicken bones – and her favourite Kentish Town cafe

Drink

Ladies & Gentlemen cocktail bar to open in Kentish Town on Dec 12

The long-awaited and much fought-over subterranean cocktail bar takes over the former public toilets opposite the Bull & Gate. Owner Will Borrell talks us through what to expect

Books

Ich Bin: Arabella Weir, novelist and comedian

Tthe best-selling writer on interrupting people, what makes her unhappy – and doubling up her Nectar points

Design & Style

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Simon Goode, architect

“Quality design derives from creative thinking and close collaboration with the client and builder, not how much it costs”

Culture

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Chuck Anderson, writer-producer

The US-born creator of Warehouse of Dreams on living in north London, the perils of writing – and ignoring his dad’s advice

Music

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Hughie Gavin, 24, composer

In which the musician admits to pacing on the phone, spending too much time at the Grafton – and the thrill of working on a new local play

Art

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Nick Terry, artist, 27

The acclaimed local street artist on drinking at Quinn’s, scoffing “meat and chips” – and why he hates cloves

Coffee

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Rich and Klara Bernatt-Williams, Two Doors Down

The owners of this year’s most popular new coffee shop on outdoor swimming, sleep deprivation – and preferring tea to coffee

Kentish Cluster

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: James Eder, 31, entrepreneur

‘I am just trying to change the world. I guess sometimes that can sound a bit full on’

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