Culture
Free Weekend: A Musical Tour of North London
From The Kinks to Imelda May and beyond, we whisk you around some of the area’s musical tributes
Thursday Video Club: ‘Rabbit Hole’ by Lois & The Love
I first saw Lois & the Love at Club NME in KOKO last summer, after a timing mix-up resulted in having to eke out an …
Community Pinboard: A Kentish Town boundary?
1. Why West Kentish Town Matters No Talacre (Kentish Town’s much-fought over ‘Green’)? No Kentish Town City Farm? On Tuesday we attended the first Kentish …
Wednesday Picture: Holmes Road, Pathway to Industrial Kentish Town
Patchwork planning is the legacy of the area’s strongly industrial roots combined with a feel of perennial neglect
Review: Hop Farm Festival, Kent
Friday afternoon a text pinged: let’s go to Hop Farm tomorrow. Using two satnavs, a map, an AA print out and even signposts, the next …
Community Pinboard: Vintage Fair, Free Arty Parties and Have Your Say about K-Town
1. Tell People What You Want From Kentish Town Got an opinion or two about the manor? A bunch of folk are trying to create …
Wednesday Picture: Who links Rochester Terrace to Brighton West Pier?
Stretching northwest from Camden Road, Rochester Terrace Gardens and its surrounding streets form an unusually calm and peaceful patch of south Kentish Town. In fact, …
Review: Saint Etienne, Palladium
Some of you will know that Saint Etienne are one of our favourite local bands; we’ve caught them live throughout the nineties and noughties, everywhere …
Where was Camden’s nuclear bunker?
It was dug out by the council in the hope that town halls would exercise some form of jurisdiction when the bomb dropped
Review: Sparks, Bush Hall
In 1974, hot on the heels of my first Bowie gigs, I heard and instantly loved ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of …
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