Why It Matters
Why It Matters: the Kentish Town economy
It’s not often that our local politics make the front pages of a national paper. But last month’s Guardian report that Camden council plans to …
Why It Matters: Street Herbs & Rooftop Meadows
We’ve all heard the stats by now: bees – which pollinate one in three mouthfuls of our nosh – are in decline. Over 95% of …
Why It Matters: Recording Our Alternative Theatre
Dr Susan Croft on the importance of a movement that emerged in the late 1960s Did you know that Kentish Town is central to the …
Why It Matters: Books For Free NW5
There’s nothing worse than waste. Even worse when there are inordinate amounts of significance, history, learning potential and knowledge wrapped up in that “waste”. One …
Why It Matters: Classical Music – in the Neighbourhood
The perceived problems of classical music – too dull, too pompous, too posh, too learned, too much for the grey-haired – has come to preoccupy …
Why It Matters: Camden LGBT History Month
Camden LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Forum is in its eleventh year. The theme for its 2013 annual “History Month”, which runs throughout February, is …
Why It Matters: Saving Whittington Hospital
I recently visited my niece at my local Whittington Hospital, bringing back some good – and some best forgotten – memories of giving birth to …
Why It Matters: Slimming in a Group – by Susie Innes
Well we had to squeeze in something on dieting before the end of January, didn’t we? And here’s the thing: if the idea of standing …
Why It Matters: Protecting Our Cats – by Sian Pattenden
The dog attack happened in February 2012. The cat we had had for almost five months came to the front door of our block limping, …
Why It Matters: Celebrating NW5’s Oldest School
There can’t be many single-sex state secondary schools in London still going strong, in the same area, since 1862. Yet NW5’s oldest educational institution, originally …
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