Video & TV
Rick Edwards: “I have a jacket with ‘NW5’ embroidered on the back”
I feel like it’s quite fashionable to be curmudgeonly, snarky even. I’ve certainly dabbled with it in the past. But I’ve come to a heartening …
Video: “The Fried Chicken Shop: Life In a Day” Tonight on Channel 4
We know how chicken-crazy Kentishtowners are, from the likes of Sam’s and Los Pollos on the high street to fashionable haunts like Chicken Shop and …
Video Club: Roger Lloyd Pack on Kentish Town
Meet Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known for his roles in the TV shows The Vicar of Dibley and – most famously – Trigger in Only Fools and Horses
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 …
Thursday Video Club: The Rasmus, O2 Academy Islington
The N1 shopping centre is a rather soulless place. And tonight its slightly suburban 02 Academy (formerly Carling) plays host to Finnish rockers The Rasmus, …
Thursday Video Club: Dry The River, live at Electric Ballroom
‘New Ceremony’ is the current single from Dry the River, a London five-piece gazing at the shiny face of stardom. Angelic harmonies of Fleet Foxes? …
Thursday Video Club: ‘A Local Man’ by Patch & The Giant – live @Boogaloo, Highgate
This rousing tune from 7-piece London folksters Patch and The Giant combines heartfelt lyrics with an uplifting melody and chorus so catchy it’s unbelievable they’re …
Do you remember Gledhill’s classic single, Remain?
Stephen Emms worked with the Sheffield band Gledhill in the mid-noughties. Despite some early success, they never crossed over into the mainstream. And then tragedy struck
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