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Family

Why It Matters: Taking Parenting Lessons in Camden

There’s nothing quite as brutal as the school summer holidays to test parents to their organisational, emotional and financial outer limits. Juggling the daily stresses …

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Why It Matters: Euston Circus

The name Euston Circus might not be overly familiar amongst residents of K-Town but I bet most of you have experienced this unpleasant, somewhat perilous, …

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Why It Matters: Crossroads Women’s Centre

This grassroots organization has been in Camden from its beginnings in 1975 as a squat in Drummond Street, near Euston Station

Shopping

Why It Matters: Could K-Town Become Chain-Free?

The other day I was in Windsor. Although a beautiful place, looking down the main drag felt like anywhere in the UK, the vast majority …

Health & Fitness

Why It Matters: A Traditional Sports Shop In Kentish Town

It’s been around forever. And yet still this longstanding retailer has to fight for its place in the community. Robert Brighouse meets its spirited owner

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Why It Matters: Creating Your Own Olympics Legacy

How’s your Olympics so far? Surely even the most sceptical of naysayers must have been swept up by the spirit of the Games by now? …

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Why It Matters: National Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road

From the top deck of any bus going along Hampstead Road you can see, if you look carefully, the word ‘temperance’ spelt out in the …

Family

Why It Matters: Doorstep Olympic Pursuits

The Olympic Torch comes to Camden on Thursday, and Kentishtowners can finally see for ourselves what all the fuss is about, before the world’s most …

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Why It Matters: ‘West Kentish Town is welcome,’ says KTNF’s Caroline Hill

It’s great that so many people feel very passionately about joining Kentish Town Neighbourhood Forum and its boundaries. The problem with any drawn boundary is …

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Why It Matters: Camden’s Hidden School Places Black Hole

In boroughs such as ours, where the number of primary school places does not match the number of 5-year-olds, kids can simply slip into the void

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