Culture
Camden Market’s Day of the Dead festival is coming
The four-day celebration makes use of the whole market and canal with Mexican-themed food, live music and pop-ups
See Kentish Town immortalized in artist Valerie Phillips’ new book
From Pang’s Fish Bar to the fishing shop on Malden Road, NW5’s least likely locations are all here
The world’s first Vagina Museum opens in Camden Market
The museum is inclusive and open to people of all ages, genders and sexual orientations, say the founders
Walden Books celebrates 40 years in Chalk Farm
Founder David Tobin on the story of a local literary institution
Using colour to change your space
Local contemporary rug studio, Sonya Winner launches two new stunning vibrant contemporary rugs this week for London Design Festival
The Sandersons: Live gigs in an NW5 living room
Throwing gigs for 50 people in your own living room might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s proved a hit for one local
World’s largest philosophy and music festival at Kenwood
HowTheLightGetsIn brings leading thinkers, politicians, musicians and comedians to a weekend-long bash like no other, set deep in the urban woods on Hampstead Heath
You can now climb to the top of Caledonian Park Tower
It’s had a multi-million pound revamp with new heritage centre and cafe too
A Kentish Town cinema has secretly been built
Swish new screen with seating for over 100 in NW5 – who knew? There’s no box office, but here’s how you can get in
Clean Break: four decades of women-only theatre
The pioneering Kentish Town charity celebrates with a series of events highlighting their work as a positive force for change in prisons, and out in the community
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