Culture
Wednesday Picture: The Secret Shops of Harmood Street
In the 1830s, lovely Harmood Street was one of the first developments cutting into the fields alongside Chalk Farm Road (then known at Pancras Vale). …
A tribute to not getting lost. Or – How I drew the North London Arts Map
Human beings have always had an instinct to map their surroundings. Order from chaos. Significance from nothingness. The first petroglyphs on stone depicted agricultural crops, …
Thursday Video Club: Rick Edwards’ Curby
I’ve been playing Curby in Kentish Town for as long as I’ve lived here – nearly 11 years now. The kerbs on our quiet residential …
Review: Madonna at Hyde Park
Roundhay Park, Leeds 1987: my first Madonna gig. Tickets set us back £15 each (unlike 2012, with no change from £70). In those days my …
Review: Paloma Faith at Somerset House
Whilst across town Auntie Madge was limbering up in Hyde Park, Hackney popstrel Paloma Faith last night closed Somerset House’s annual summer series. The elegant …
Wednesday Picture: How to mark the Olympics: closing Maitland Park Gym?
With perfect comic timing, Camden Councillors are limbering up to mark the opening of the London Olympics with a vote today, 18 July, that will …
Community Pinboard: Hit Camden Beach – and Lots More Free Festivals
1. Take To The Beach We’re super-excited about this. The Roundhouse, your favourite arts venue, are giving their vast terrace a makeover for whatever we …
Wednesday Picture: Malden Factories, Kentish Town (or is it Chalk Farm?)
Last week’s lively discussion on local ‘boundary’ issues was interesting: on the one hand it’s perhaps a futile (and, as one reader said, middle-class) question, …
Troubling Space at the Zabludowicz
The opening of a new curated collection at the Zabludowicz is something we always make a bit of a beeline for. Aside from the obvious …
London Pleasure Gardens Bloc Festival Fiasco
Well that was an odd night out. We went to a festival where we found it essentially impossible to hear any of the music. London …
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