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Best Boozer 2011: The Southampton Arms

By on December 22, 2011 in 2011 Best Ofs, Drink

1. The Southampton Arms 2. The Pineapple 3= The Oxford 3= Tapping The Admiral This area of London has a particularly rich heritage of public houses. A stagger deep into the neighbourhood produces a boozer on virtually every street… or more often than not, a former pub. But while there’s no denying the decline of [...]

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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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Kentish Town: the best pubs in London?

By on November 4, 2011 in Drink

Kentish Town is spear-heading London’s oh-so-current real ale revival. And it’s not just us saying this – we would, of course – but other London sites are enthusing too, like here and here. So can we cobble together a chronology to all this? First, we think, came the Pineapple, a perfect real pub, ales and [...]

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Uh-oh. Miss KT is in town.

By on October 28, 2011 in Fashion

Pic by Ellie Baskett Mrs Kentishtowner is not a happy bunny. Her younger, dare we say sexier sibling, Miss KT, has just moved into a gorgeous warehouse building slapbang in the heart of NW5. ‘It’s your own fault.’ She poked her tongue out at her older sister. ‘That stupid blog thing you write made it [...]

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The Pineapple

By on November 17, 2010 in Drink, Food, Hidden Gem, Pub

Step behind new critics’ favourite the Kentish Canteen into Leverton Place and you’re transported into a faded world of Dolly Mixture-coloured cottages and cutesy terraces. Nice, if you can afford it. Yet on the corner of leafy Leverton Street lurks The Pineapple, a real Victorian pub with a mixed crowd and many a nook and [...]

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