Us

Founder & Editor
Stephen Emms founded The Kentishtowner in 2010. He moved to the borough in the mid-90s and has written for broadsheets including The Guardian, Independent, and Sunday Times. He founded the music and arts-based agency, EMMS Publicity in 2001. His blogging history began back in 2006 with Bench Marks, which covered the stories behind memorial benches in London, later becoming a popular weekly column in Time Out.

Editor
Tom Kihl runs Kihl Media, a boutique digital agency providing editorial content and social media strategy to brands, record labels, festivals, TV shows and more. He’s a longterm hack who worked previously as Deputy Editor of DJ Magazine and Managing Editor at Ministry of Sound and has lived in the area all his life.

Contributors

Natalie Gardiner works in online music PR. Her current obsessions include cupcakes, folk music and train journeys. Oh, and Terry Pratchett.

During office hours Georgia Grimond can be found at The Economist or Intelligent Life. The rest of the time she bounces between home (south K-Town), the Heath or The Abbey. She blogs at tworemaining.com. @tworemaining

Louise Hogan is an NGO associate coordinator, commuting between Islington and East Africa. She lives in NW6 but makes regular day trips to NW5. @lahogan4

Ellie Baskett is a freelance sub-editor and writer, who swapped country living for Kentish Town. She has worked for publications including Shortlist, Stylist and Marie Claire.

A born and bred Kentishtowner, Alice Lascelles is Bars & Spirits Editor of Imbibe, the drinks trade magazine she co-founded in 2007. She freelances for Financial Times, Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Time Out and more.

Michael Hann is associate editor, music, at the Guardian. He has lived in Kentish Town since 1995. He doesn’t mind Pedro’s cafe, not at those prices. @MichaelHann

Tim Sowula works in comms on global education, climate change and civil society projects for the British Council. He likes to swim. @TimSowula

James Beevers is a recent immigrant to NW5. Having set himself a personal challenge to be well acquainted with our bars, cafes and quirks he’s well placed to provide the occasional commentary about life in Kentish Town. James doesn’t write for a living but promises only his best. @JB_1

Mark Williams ‘writes a load of old guff about films for Who’s Jack.’ He has lived in Tufnell Park for a a few years now, and hopes to one day receive a loyalty card for The Pineapple. @redwoolenshirts

Louise Perry works in fashion, dahling, and is something of a Kentish Town fancier. Often found travelling in the general direction of NW5 from her Brixton home. Or staring at the hot man in the Agile Rabbit. And now she’s decided she might just write something about it. @Lou_Cheese

Gabby Young is a musician who records as Gabby Young And Other Animals, and has lived in Kentish Town these past few years. She headlined at KOKO in Camden at the end of last year after releasing her first album, which got quite a few critics in a spin. The new one is out soon. Aces. @GabbyYoung

Jaillan Yehia has been a native of Kentish Town since aged 11. Having taken the 134 and the C2 to various roles in journalism, PR and advertising, she is now a freelance travel writer, blogger and committed pyjamapreneur. Visit her website here @savoirthere

Amanda Gallant is a photographer/writer from Seattle who has made NW3 her replacement home – the rain is the same either side. Forging the way for all non-obnoxious Yanks in the UK, she’s fearless when travelling south of the river, but no, she could never live there! @athegallant

Nikki Verdon is our very own Camden refugee in N16. Lived in Gospel Oak and Camden for 15 years before venturing out of her comfort zone. Ex fashionista; now mum to 2 boys and wife to Mr V.

Toby Doman is a part time DJ, PR bod and former south London dweller. Toby has embraced life in NW5 since the big move and there is already a special corner in his heart for the City Farm, the Southampton Arms and E Mono. @TobyDoman

Susie Innes lives on the Archway Road and has essentially lived her entire life within a six mile radius. She has worked in Advertising forever and is now acting as a consultant and independent commericials producer. @susieinnes

Layout & Design
NW5-based artist Russell Loughlan created the iconic logo and sells his work at Sharon Elphick’s on Columbia Road. Lucky him.

To contribute to The Kentishtowner please email us with an idea: info@kentishtowner.co.uk