History
What’s the story behind Spring Studios?
Right in the heart of industrial west Kentish Town is a world-class film and photographic studio that’s a fave for superstars, from Madonna to Gaga
Shoreditchification: 10 questions you really must ask
Proud Camden boss Alex Proud has caused a storm online with an article in the Telegraph decrying the “hipsterfication of run-down urban areas”. Do you agree?
Stop for a moment and ponder north London graffiti
Is it an affirmation of existing? Or a need for people to escape, rebel, trespass? Fleur Disney examines an art form that goes back millennia
Take a walk through the lost cinemas of Kentish Town
Writer Nigel Smith and artist Sam Nightingale went in search of the former picturehouses we pass on a daily basis
In search of HOPE
We all need it right now. But who on earth’s behind the area’s most uplifting graffiti tag?
Prince of Wales Road – a cultural map
Artist Sian Pattenden on her homage to the area’s most interesting strip
Wednesday Picture: Have a nosy at Kentish Town in 2006
Four years prior to starting Kentishtowner, Stephen Emms wrote his first article about the area for short-lived daily title the London Paper. Here it is
Wednesday Picture: Remember the lost buxom figurehead of Pancras Rd?
Not so long ago, a massive pair of breasts were the first sight to greet all those who made passage towards Camden Town
Wednesday Picture: toilet door poetry – are you a fan?
Ever been intrigued by the graffiti that splatters the loos in our earthier pubs? And is it drunken rubbish, senseless vandalism – or does it say something about life?
Wednesday Picture: Underground, Overproof – the peculiar tale of poitín
Imagine this Kentish Town backstreet scene in the 1970s: a pot bubbling, the malty whiff of an illicit brew, the promise of oblivion…
About Kentishtowner
The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.
