North London Food & Culture

Shopping

Design & Style

Sonya Winner: the unexpected story behind Dartmouth Park’s rug studio

Sonya Winner’s striking rugs break the rules, making art as at home on the floor as the walls. We visited her York Rise studio to hear her unexpected story

Coffee

A day out in…Crouch End

The N8 enclave makes a lovely weekend mooch, with great options for coffee, lunch, indie shops and boozing

Buck Street Market
Eating & Drinking

Buck Street Market opens this summer in Camden

NW1 finally gets its own recycled shipping container streetfood and retail market

Coffee

Goods Grocery and Affinity Cafe reboot Highgate Road

Two new reasons to visit its upper middle stretch – before a pint at The Southampton

Health & Fitness

This I’ve learnt: Richard Weetch, skateboard shop owner

Longtime boarder and head honcho at Camden Road’s Three Amigos tells us how he did it – in his own words

The exterior of Earth Natural Foods
Food

Why Earth Natural Foods is still Kentish Town’s eco-pioneer

We speak to assistant manager Jo Syz about how the high street store remains at the cutting edge

Camden Grocer
Food

The Camden Grocer has opened in North Yard

New cafe and store sells coffee, groceries, wine, cheese – with a coffee bar and options for lunch

camden watch company
Design & Style

Camden Watch Company: ‘We add subtle local details’

Designer Anneke Short talks bus routes, the uniqueness of NW1 – and their biggest celeb fan

The Travelling Skirt, Old Mother London
Shopping

Spotted Old Mother London on Malden Road?

We chat to the one-woman show behind this very creative pop-up in west Kentish Town

LaToyah, the Events Manager at Map Studio Cafe
Music

Map Studio Cafe: North London’s best-kept secret?

There’s live music, a hip hop radio station, open mic, home-cooked food – and local booze on tap

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