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‘Out there the ‘60s was happening. In The Junction nothing changed’

Anthony Keating is a Kentish Town-raised poet – now “in exile” in Lancashire – who has just published his first collection

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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Oliver Harris, author

‘What did I do today? Led a seminar on creative writing, then went home and wondered if I really knew anything about it’

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So what exactly is a rubbish lesbian?

Gospel Oak-based author and columnist Sarah Westwood has just published a Kindle book which pokes fun at all the stereotypes

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Just what is the link between Karl Marx and Bananarama?

From everybody’s favourite socialist to a classic 80s girl band. In about twenty paces

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Alberteen: a very good band you’ve never heard of

Catch this acclaimed trio at Tufnell Park dive bar Aces & Eights next week

An array of books at the London Literary Salon
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So what exactly is a literary salon?

Misplaced your love of literature somewhere along the line? Rediscover it this year with a “spa for the mind”

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14 Things I learnt about ghostwriting, by Shannon Kyle

The Gospel Oak-based best-selling author has penned smash hits for Jade Goody amongst others. Here she reveals some secrets

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Secret glimpses into diaries of the famous: A London Year

An addictive new hardback offers us some intriguing insight into the area from the last two centuries

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See Highgate’s celeb vampire-hunter in the flesh

Earlier this summer our story on the Highgate Vampire turned into a mud-slinging battleground with 200 comments and counting. So why not go hear what the central figure in it all has to say?

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Missed these stories?

Our two London titles (Kentishtowner north, Below The River south) publish nearly a hundred times a month, so the chances are you’ve missed the odd article. Every Friday we point out some recent highlights

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