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Wednesday Picture

The view from Parliament Hill: then and now

Our most famous London lookout, pictured before and after the skyscrapers

LGBT

The secrets of South End Green’s infamous gents’ toilet

Did you know London’s sexiest Victorian public conveniences are on our doorstep? With – my word! – quite a story to tell

Bench Tales

The moving stories behind memorial park bench inscriptions

For 18 months Stephen Emms wrote a Time Out column on the singular tales behind park benches. We republish The Times Magazine feature that kicked it off

History

Who was behind Camden School For Girls?

Former pupil Anna Bear on the pioneering woman who campaigned for girls to be able to sit public exams and go to university

Art

Wednesday Picture: the secret history of Mall Studios

At the top of the alleyway that connects NW5 with swanky NW3 lies what should surely be a world-famous arty quarter. Except it’s barely known

Wednesday Picture

Wednesday Picture: A skyscraper-less view from Parliament Hill

It’s as if today’s thrusting glass and steel dominated skyline has just melted away. The Gherkin, Cheesegrater and Shard erased, while the brick chimney stacks of lost local industry scatter the landscape instead.

Art

See Kentish Town’s pubs as never before…in Bermondsey

Chilean artist Nicolas Sanchez spent the winter months on nocturnal walks shooting his local watering holes at closing time. These are the haunting results

Film

St Paul’s Cathedral appears in Kentish Town. Kind of

How on earth did the famous dome end up squatting in Talacre Gardens?

Community

Wednesday Picture: Cally Festival – and the story of Caledonian Park Clock Tower

The third Cally Festival takes place this weekend. So if you stroll over there, don’t forget to take a moment to admire one of London’s most underrated landmarks

Community

A love affair, suicide – and a little cafe at 96 Torriano Avenue

What has a forgotten caff in Kentish Town got to do with a tale of a thwarted romance and the untimely death of a movie star?

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