People
Why It Matters (2): A Gym Class For 4 year olds at Talacre?
Here is something of which you may not be aware; on the other hand maybe you were there shivering yourself. But this morning, there were …
Why It Matters: Art Auction For Japan, Flat Planet, Soho this Wednesday
Kaori Homma, Japanese-born artist and Associate Lecturer at University of Arts London. As told to Jaillan Yehia. With a group of fellow artists from King’s …
Life Tips #8: Kristin Baybars, 79, Toy Shop Owner, Gospel Oak
‘Constant change is wretched. My window display hasn’t altered since the 70s.’
Why It Matters: Giant Olive at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Tucked away in leafy Gaisford Street above the Lion and Unicorn pub is a vital organ, kept alive by a passion for storytelling, and a …
Life Tips #7: Jon March, 32, Vicar at St Luke’s, Kentish Town
1. Be careful what you say you’ll never do. Studying a degree in theology I had no intention of being a vicar. My Dad’s one, …
Why It Matters: Art in a Kentish Town Shed
The Free Space Gallery project is a toddler now; at two years old we feel ready to utter some of our first fully formed sentences. …
Life Tips #6: Clare Davidson, Voice Coach
1. It’s essential to love what you do. I meet such varied people, from politicians and priests to corporate high flyers and of course actors; …
Why It Matters: ‘Many Cultures, One Community’
In many respects Kentish Town is typical of other London neighbourhoods in that its population and infrastructural development expanded exponentially from the mid-19th century into …
Life Tips #5 – Maggie Gee, 63, Author
#1. It’s not about the carriage you go round the village in is it? In August 1983 my boyfriend Nick and I, after six months …
Why It Matters: Rio’s – Kentish Town’s great leveller?
My real name might be David but, using the nom de plume Jenbel (don’t ask), I got myself into a spot of bother with Mrs …
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