Tag | Secret London

The Big Review: The Oxford, Kentish Town Road

By on April 19, 2012 in Drink, Food

Mrs Kentishtowner has been thinking. ‘If human time is a succession of declining ages,’ she pondered, as we strolled up the Kentish Town Road, ‘then each age approximates less and less what the original life-force was all about.’ A siren flew past. ‘That’s it,’ she said, miming a throat cut. ‘Kaput. We’re living right at [...]

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Secret Camden: A new foodist menu at Shaka Zulu?

By on March 22, 2012 in Food, Secret Camden

There are those of you, we reckon, who would (quite rightly) question Shaka Zulu as candidate for our prestigious Secret Camden series. After all, isn’t the column reserved for non-touristy gems hidden away from the high street? Those surprising backstreet finds? Well we would have barked an emphatic ‘yes’; but after descending three floors of [...]

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Best Random Thing 2011

By on December 20, 2011 in Awards

Best random thing was a lovely category. Random can mean anything, after all, from the surreal to the juxtaposed: so it could be a plaque celebrating the life of Boris The Cat (1986-1996) on Angler’s Lane; Alistair Campbell ordering a latte in shorts and flip-flops at Kentish Canteen; or speculation as to how and why [...]

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It’s Xmas. Shop where it’s at.

By on December 9, 2011 in Fashion, Shopping

The lights are dazzling on Kentish Town Road, the tree seller is parked outside the station, and newly-arrived Miss KT – giddy at the prospect of her first Christmas in NW5 – is already on her seventh consecutive night out (yes, it was her you saw stumbling, ‘bab in hand, out of E.Mono last night). [...]

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