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‘I was sacked from War Child for exposing the truth’

Co-founder of the north London charity David Wilson explains why he became whistleblower - and what happened next
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What exactly is the Torriano Meeting House?

Come to a room imbued with myriad poetic voices, living and dead, giving it a unique atmosphere
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Top 5: Tips on erotic writing

A two-day conference in Camden next month offers budding authors how to do a Fifty Shades
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‘It was a garden, undeniably, and I wanted it’

In which novelist Charlotte Mendelson describes her desperate search for a tiny pocket of land in NW5
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Is 2017 the year of the Sports Geek?

Tufnell Park-based writer and journalist Rob Minto thinks non-sports fans should be armed with a few statistics, just to cut through the noise
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Review: NW by Zadie Smith

Last night's 90 minute BBC2 adaptation has been acclaimed from all quarters. Here's why you should read the novel
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Laura Barnett: ‘Even the place names in north London seem exotic’

Author Laura Barnett on scoring a smash hit with her debut novel, partly set in Highgate and the surrounds
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The rise and rise of Highgate Mums

When Dan Hall overheard snippets of conversations in N6 cafes, he didn't expect there'd be a book and a TV series in it
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Gillian Tindall has a new book out

The Fields Beneath author and Kentish Town's queen of non-fiction on her new work The Tunnel Through Time
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5 Mins With: Gary Mclaren, Owl Bookshop

Meet a familiar face who's been behind the counter at Kentish Town Road's bookshop for 30 years

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