Culture
Why It Matters: Art in a Kentish Town Shed
The Free Space Gallery project is a toddler now; at two years old we feel ready to utter some of our first fully formed sentences. …
Free Weekend? Explore Weighted Words at Zabludowicz
Here at Kentishtowner HQ we are more than partial – as you should by now have realized – to a bon mot or two. In …
Did you know there was a false teeth factory on Anglers Lane?
Claudius Ash made dentures from precious metals when the alternative was using the teeth of corpses
Wednesday Picture: Les Toilettes at Guanabana
Regular readers may recall that Mrs Kentishtowner, on an evening out, is sometimes more stimulated by the lavs than the food itself. Not that we’re …
Life Tips #5 – Maggie Gee, 63, Author
#1. It’s not about the carriage you go round the village in is it? In August 1983 my boyfriend Nick and I, after six months …
Why It Matters: Rio’s – Kentish Town’s great leveller?
My real name might be David but, using the nom de plume Jenbel (don’t ask), I got myself into a spot of bother with Mrs …
Secret Camden: Proud Cabaret
Oh, the evening flapped by, the atmosphere as bawdy as an 18th Century mollhouse (well, nearly)
Ooh nice signage! Busby Place
Spotted this atmospheric sign on the upper eastern reaches of NW5?
Why It Matters: The Parlour Gallery, Kentish Town
Other local galleries may be better known, sexier, or more on-trend but Queen’s Crescent’s Parlour Gallery is one that makes consistent effort to engage with …
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