Culture
The World According to Sallis
George Sallis as Pierre in Nabokov’s ‘Invitation to a Beheading’, 2009 We don’t make a habit of upsetting folk here at The Kentishtowner, but one …
All power to the ‘P’
Like many residents, we’ve long had a soft spot for graf artist Mr P’s fabulous ‘Kentish Town!’ work, which livens up a brick wall behind …
Gallery news: Leighton Space
Now, we have to ‘fess up. We still have yet to visit Leighton Space, the new gallery and studios just a few minutes’ walk from …
The Bible of Kentish Town
Brilliantly non-dry, The Fields Beneath, originally written in the late 70s, reinforces the nagging feeling that history is cyclical
Darling Buds Of Queen’s Crescent
Hot of the press: the illustrious folks behind new pop-up exhibition, Darling Buds, at the Parlour Gallery on Queen’s Crescent, invite Kentishtowner readers to their …
Duck, NW5 – here comes the Crawl.
Or should that be tortoise? So this year they’ve thrown Kentish Town into the mix. Yes, for the first time, the industrious, annual Camden Crawl …
Life In A Kentish Town
So we were lucky enough to be invited to the opening of Turner Contemporary in Margate, and because of its status as a Kentish town …
Did Emma Hamilton really drink in the garden at Heroes?
Spring is in the air and new boozers are being birthed in NW5 like sticky lambs. The crumbling Lion and Unicorn, on Gaisford Street, is …
Gallery Watch: Leighton Space, Liminal & Guts For Garters
Another week, another gallery or three. But it’s nice to see this one opening outside the West Kentish Town ghetto and in the previously artistically-untapped …
The Sun Always Shines on KT
The sky is as blue as Papa Smurf’s chest, the graffiti above Sam’s Widges looks like it’s been touched (up) by the hand of God, …
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