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Wednesday Picture: Kentish Town Panorama – and the old Assembly House

Regular readers will know that our manor is proper ancient – dating back to 1206 – and has many claims to fame. But did you …

Wednesday Picture

Where did Karl Marx actually live in Kentish Town?

Here’s where to find the domiciles of NW5’s most famous resident

Art

Free Weekend? Try the Tate a Tate Guerrilla Audio Tour

Whether an art lover, a protest junkie or just your average culture vulture, hostile soundscape takeovers are where it’s at. Three totally unofficial, free audio …

Health & Fitness

The story of Prince of Wales Baths (Kentish Town Sports Centre, if you must)

‘In the wash house, scary, tattooed women went about mangling the family smalls’

History

The turbulent past of a sleepy Kentish Town cul-de-sac

Navvies, quarrels, dead chickens, bomb casualties and refugees. Who knew the colourful secrets of Maud Wilkes Close?

Music

Which street connects Soul II Soul with Jeremy Beadle?

For one eager young hack, Rochester Place in the 1990s was briefly the epicentre of a media era

Art

Why It Matters: Art Auction For Japan, Flat Planet, Soho this Wednesday

Kaori Homma, Japanese-born artist and Associate Lecturer at University of Arts London. As told to Jaillan Yehia. With a group of fellow artists from King’s …

Music

Thursday Video Club: Gabby Young’s ‘In Your Head’

It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon. Time for a new weekly column celebrating the best tracks out there. And yes, for this inaugural edition we declare …

Wednesday Picture

Wednesday Picture: Where the hell is the Gospel Oak?

It’s question we’ve all asked, as we weave through the estates, pass under the dank viaducts on the way to Parliament Hill Fields, or pop …

Theatre

Why It Matters: Giant Olive at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre

Tucked away in leafy Gaisford Street above the Lion and Unicorn pub is a vital organ, kept alive by a passion for storytelling, and a …

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