Q&A
5 Minutes With: Sally Keable, greengrocer, the Fruit Bowl
The Fruit Bowl has been an institution outside Kentish Town tube station for 15 years. With yesterday’s news that it can stay put as the new Wahaca opens next April, meet a local hero – who lives south of the river
Ich Bin: Valerie Phillips, photographer
The acclaimed NYC-born artist on gentrification, picking up chicken bones – and her favourite Kentish Town cafe
Ladies & Gentlemen cocktail bar to open in Kentish Town on Dec 12
The long-awaited and much fought-over subterranean cocktail bar takes over the former public toilets opposite the Bull & Gate. Owner Will Borrell talks us through what to expect
Ich Bin: Arabella Weir, novelist and comedian
Tthe best-selling writer on interrupting people, what makes her unhappy – and doubling up her Nectar points
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Simon Goode, architect
“Quality design derives from creative thinking and close collaboration with the client and builder, not how much it costs”
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Chuck Anderson, writer-producer
The US-born creator of Warehouse of Dreams on living in north London, the perils of writing – and ignoring his dad’s advice
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Hughie Gavin, 24, composer
In which the musician admits to pacing on the phone, spending too much time at the Grafton – and the thrill of working on a new local play
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Nick Terry, artist, 27
The acclaimed local street artist on drinking at Quinn’s, scoffing “meat and chips” – and why he hates cloves
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Rich and Klara Bernatt-Williams, Two Doors Down
The owners of this year’s most popular new coffee shop on outdoor swimming, sleep deprivation – and preferring tea to coffee
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: James Eder, 31, entrepreneur
‘I am just trying to change the world. I guess sometimes that can sound a bit full on’
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