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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Hafsa Issa-Salwe, 21, Business Student & Blogger

By on February 5, 2013 in Q&A

Award winning blogger Hafsa Issa-Salwe is a 21 year old business student, freelance writer and beauty enthusiast. Her blog Muslimah Beauty has been nominated for awards from Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan and recently won an award in the prestigious Procter & Gamble Beauty and Grooming Awards. What is your earliest memory? I’ve lived in Kentish [...]

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Pinboard: Celebrate 40 Years Of Kentish Town City Farm – plus Seasonal Offers & Markets Galore

By on December 13, 2012 in Food, Music, Pinboard

1. A Must-See 40th Birthday Exhibition at Kentish Town City Farm. The original urban farm is 40 years old this year – still a firm favourite in our readers’ poll – and to celebrate they’re holding an exhibition charting the farm’s activities from its inception in the 1970s up to the present day. Says organiser [...]

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Wednesday Picture: A Brief History of Queen’s Crescent

By on September 19, 2012 in Shopping, Wednesday Picture

‘Barefoot, hungry children, clad in rags, were a common sight as they raked over the refuse heaps of Queen’s Crescent market in seach of half-rotten fruit to eat. Drunken women were frequently to be met with at any hour of the day, sometimes with children in their arms…’ No, that wasn’t the front page of [...]

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Wednesday Picture: Sainsbury’s 140 Years of Progress in NW5

By on August 29, 2012 in Wednesday Picture

The impact of World War II is deeply etched into the patchwork fabric of today’s London. The post-War years saw environmental and cultural changes that still echo all around us. And this amazing photo of J Sainsbury’s brand spanking new Kentish Town ‘self-service’ concept store, taken in 1955, neatly captures the essence of those times. [...]

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Why It Matters: Bikram Yoga in Queen’s Crescent

By on January 30, 2012 in Fitness, Why It Matters

Upside down, sweat streaming into both eyes, is not a usual position for inspiration to strike. But it was at precisely that degree of akimbo when I realised that this week’s ‘Why It Matters’ had to be about Bikram North. The fact is that the UK’s first ever studio for practicing this unforgiving series of [...]

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In a curry? Read this

By on September 23, 2011 in Food

It’s not widely known that Queen’s Crescent was where one of the UK’s biggest ever curry firms first set up shop. Back in 1957, a certain Mr Pathak arrived in Kentish Town with his family. Unable to find authentic Indian food locally, they started making authentic meals to sell to the local Indian immigrant population. [...]

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Introducing Tom Kentishtowner…

By on August 9, 2011 in Culture, Fitness, Food

After events this week it’s more important than ever to celebrate our vibrant community in NW5. And to help us, we’re delighted to welcome a new contributor, who couldn’t be better equipped for the job, having been brought up in Kentish Town itself. So ladies and gentlemen, meet seasoned journalist Tom Kentishtowner. Being a father [...]

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Queen’s Crescent: Future is shining?

By on June 10, 2011 in News, Pinboard, Shopping

We make no apologies for running another Queen’s Crescent story this week. After all, as the most deprived area in NW5 it needs all the publicity it can get. And, as it happens, for once this is good news. Local papers and blogs have been alive this week with the news that the management of [...]

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Darling Buds Of Queen’s Crescent

By on May 5, 2011 in Art, West Kentish Town

Hot of the press: the illustrious folks behind new pop-up exhibition, Darling Buds, at the Parlour Gallery on Queen’s Crescent, invite Kentishtowner readers to their private view tonight from 6-10pm. The event is part of a rather intriguing month-long happening (of which The Kentishtowner is not, alas, yet privy) called Come What May. For Darling [...]

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The Kentishtowner’s Top 10 of 2010

By on December 22, 2010 in Art, Drink, Fashion, Fitness, Food, Shopping

It’s the last entry of the year so, wrapping up our first season here at the KT, we’re pleased to unveil our inaugural Kentishtowner Top 10 for 2010. #1. Southampton Arms.

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