Q&A
Public Speaking: Harry, fishmonger and butcher
In the first of a new series, the popular long-standing shop-owner on wanting to be a construction engineer, leaving Iran – and why he loves food
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Boy George, singer and musician
‘I suppose in the end the worst thing anyone can say is “I don’t love you”’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Poppy Cooper, massage therapist
‘My two-year-old marched up to a burly skinhead who’d dropped his crisp packet and barked, “Oi. Pick that up!”’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Ken Faulkner, Architect
‘My earliest Kentish Town memory? When I was still in the States I heard St Etienne’s Mario’s Cafe for the first time’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Kentish Town Cats
‘The most important lesson life has taught us? Never, ever, trust a stoat’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Maitreyi Maheshwari, Senior Curator, Zabludowicz Collection
‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Probably that I lacked humour. That was horrible.’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Caitlyn and Sophie, stallholders, Cupcakes & Shhht
‘What makes us unhappy? People who don’t use salt and butter in everything.’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Helene Greenwood, singer-songwriter
‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Stop singing!’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Ian Morris, co-owner, Map Gift Shop
‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Are you retiring soon?’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Harriette Hale, 25, musician & entrepreneur
‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? That I’m too young to be running a business. I beg to differ.’
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