Culture
The Big Review: Wasted, Roundhouse
I’ve been following poet and rapper Kate Tempest since first catching her a few years ago at NW5 writer Salena Godden’s legendary Book Club Boutique …
Why It Matters: Gigging for the Over 50s
When you get to a certain age, you still kid yourself that your peers are somehow older than you. After all, you are young. Nothing …
Thursday Video Club: BIGKids ‘Superhero’
Spot the K-Town locations in this colourful paean – and very catchy track from Mr Hudson’s new side project
Thursday Video Club: ‘A Local Man’ by Patch & The Giant – live @Boogaloo, Highgate
This rousing tune from 7-piece London folksters Patch and The Giant combines heartfelt lyrics with an uplifting melody and chorus so catchy it’s unbelievable they’re …
The Big Review: ‘Orpheus Descending’ at The Poor School
A trip to rapidly morphing King’s Cross is never short of a few surprises. On this occasion it’s not a sweeping new concourse or world …
How is Princess Diana linked to Highgate Studios?
While royal destiny played itself out, the wallpaper factory suffered its own ups and downs
Life Tips #15: Julia Riddiough, Artist
1. You’ve got to Speculate to Accumulate in this life. So declared our belated and much admired friend P.G. Wodehouse and I think that I’m …
The Big Review: As You Like It, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Custom Practice, the London-based theatre company who aim to create ‘arresting productions of new and classical works’, have come up trumps with this engaging modern …
Do you remember Gledhill’s classic single, Remain?
Stephen Emms worked with the Sheffield band Gledhill in the mid-noughties. Despite some early success, they never crossed over into the mainstream. And then tragedy struck
The tale of the cafe at Brookfield Mansions
Seen the striking ghost signs just off the Heath at the foot of Highgate West Hill? Course you have…
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