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Pinboard Jan 24: Reader Offers, Burns Night – and who is Hope?

By on January 24, 2013 in Pinboard

1. Reader Offer – Another Packed Week at Zabludowicz. NW5′s atmospheric contemporary arts space is pulling out all the stops this month. Tomorrow night from 7-9pm there’s a bash to celebrate Art Licks Magazine’s 10th issue, with experimental band Das Hund performing live. Then don’t miss the final weekend of Disappearing Into One, the curatorial [...]

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Pinboard: Top 5 Places Open On Christmas Day

By on December 20, 2012 in Pinboard

These sunny mornings have been wonderful, right? Shame it’s torrential now. And if the prospect of a damp Christmas – with its triumvirate of turkey, TV specials and extended family – is daunting, don’t fear as The Kentishtowner will be publishing as usual, other than on the BIg Day itself. I know, I know. Dedication, [...]

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Kentishtowner Awards: Best For Families 2012

By on December 11, 2012 in Awards, Family

There are some who bolt for the ‘burbs when starting a family, and there are others who need little convincing as to the advantages of a central NW childhood. Attractive days out and good facilities surround us: most are within walking distance, and many are free of charge. The majority of these have been around [...]

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Free Weekend: It’s A Dog’s Life in NW5

By on June 22, 2012 in Free Weekend?

If you live dog-free in our odd but shapely chunk of north London, you may not be aware that we’re inhabiting a tangible canine heaven. A neighbourhood where two legs share equal status with four – from the pedigree, the quietly individual and the cheerfully pedestrian, to the vaguely confused and downright uncategorizable. A rogue, [...]

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Top 10 Beer Gardens in Kentish Town

By on June 1, 2012 in Drink

Kentish Town has earned its reputation as home to some of London’s best watering holes primarily on the strength of the ale, or the quality of the kitchens. But during the summer months, the priority moves squarely to outside space. From pokey back passage to sprawling urban oasis, via roadside tables and improvised pavement reclamation, [...]

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Lion & Unicorn: Oh my!

By on February 9, 2012 in Drink, Food

OK, so Mrs Kentishtowner finally relented. And not just relented, but positively dragged us down there. Why? Because People Whose Opinions She Trusted have, recently, been raving about the Lion & Unicorn. ‘They’ve removed the suburban curtains and most of those unsightly high tables and chairs,’ she said, with an approving nod, as we stepped [...]

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First past the post…The Bull & Last

By on May 6, 2011 in Drink, Food

So we intended to do a review of the newly-opened Lion & Unicorn today, but, to be honest, we’re not sure, and haven’t sampled the food or theatre yet, so rather than dismiss it we’ll let it bed in a bit. It’s not that we don’t like the joint: the walled garden, the rather self-consciously [...]

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Did Emma Hamilton really drink in the garden at Heroes?

By on April 15, 2011 in Drink, History

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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