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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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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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And now for some good news

By on January 5, 2011 in Food, Kentish Town, News

Architecture fans rejoice. It was announced last week that the iconic 1920′s former Northwest London Polytechnic building, on the corner of Kentish Town and Prince Of Wales roads, has been saved from demolition. As it should have been long ago. Look closely now – it’s even smiling. (Happy New Year by the way. Was yours [...]

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Queen’s Crescent Market

By on November 26, 2010 in Art, Chalk Farm, Coffee, Culture, Food, Gospel Oak, History, Kentishtowner Recommends, Queen's Crescent, Walks, West Kentish Town

There’s nowhere else in the area like it. Some say it’s rundown and depressing, others that it’s unpretentious and one of the last pockets of real London. Go decide for yourself tomorrow (or every Thursday/Saturday), when the street market (one of the oldest in the capital) runs from 9am -3pm. If you arrive from Chalk [...]

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Cabin Cafe

By on November 17, 2010 in Coffee, Food, West Kentish Town

I’ll be honest, I’ve never eaten there. Walked past it a million times of course. Looks fun though, if a little confused-of-identity: Chinese on the one hand – value noodles, chow mein – and greasy spoon on the other. But it occupies the corner of a pretty crossroads, with the verdant exterior of the George [...]

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Southampton Arms

By on November 10, 2010 in Drink, Gospel Oak, Hidden Gem, Kentishtowner Recommends, Pub

Oh yum. A slither of a bar, with everything you could wish for: roaring fire, stripped boards, pork baps with apple sauce, home-made sausage rolls – and a vinyl-only music policy. Gets a little too busy thanks to Time Out showering it with awards, but still the most charming pub in north London – and [...]

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Call yourself a Kentish Towner? Then do the Camden Boundary Walk

By on November 10, 2010 in Culture, Health & Exercise, Pub, Walks

A couple of years ago I had a short-lived series in Time Out on walking the borough boundaries in London. It was axed when the magazine decided to reinvent itself (as what, I’m not sure). But here, from the archives, is an epic 16 mile hike around the borough of Camden – which – if [...]

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