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The Bible of Kentish Town

By on May 13, 2011 in Books, History

It’s been out a while, but I’m finally devouring the reissue of The Fields Beneath by Gillian Tindall, subtitled a “history of one London village” (Kentish Town – for the uninitiated). Tindall, who has lived in the area for 35 years, traces our manor’s roots and explores how Kentish Town’s identity crisis and social mix [...]

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Call yourself a Kentishtowner? Then walk the Borough Boundary…

By on April 21, 2011 in Camden, Community, Health & Exercise, Hidden Gem, Kentish Town, Walks

A couple of years ago I had a short-lived monthly series in Time Out on walking the borough boundaries in London. It was axed when the magazine decided to, um, reinvent itself. But here, from the archives, is an epic 16 mile hike around the borough of Camden – which – if you have nothing [...]

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Did Emma Hamilton really drink in the garden at Heroes?

By on April 15, 2011 in Drink, History, Random

Spring is in the air and new boozers are being birthed in NW5 like sticky lambs. The crumbling Lion and Unicorn, on Gaisford Street, is about to re-emerge as a swanky “food pub” with a refreshed upstairs theatre to boot (a peek through the windows drew a gasp of delight from Mrs Kentishtowner the other [...]

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Victorian Swimming Baths

By on November 10, 2010 in Health & Exercise, West Kentish Town

Given the moniker the ‘St Pancras’ of leisure facilities (by people far cleverer than ourselves), the Prince Of Wales Road Victorian baths spent 5 years in refurbishment and £25 million later opened in summer 2010 as the jewel of the (Kentish) crown. If you like swimming and stuff, head there pronto. Me, I’d rather scoff [...]

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