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Renee Butland (1913-2012): A True Kentishtowner
If anyone deserved the title of Ich Bin Kentishtowner, it was Irene Butland, probably Kentish Town’s oldest and longest resident. Irene lived in the same …
Community Pinboard: Green-fingered Poetry, Dance Around The World – and a Reader Warning
1. Get Out of the Garden and into the Pub. We haven’t been to the Colonel Fawcett – formerly one of our favourite openings this …
Community Pinboard: More Relaunches & A Dose of Art Too
1. The Rebirth Of What? As the race to attract the, er, post-Soho House pound quickens, two major landmarks are set to be reinvented in …
In Pictures: The Grafton NW5 launch
Friday’s Grafton launch was a packed affair with punters (and the odd celebrity) crammed around either the elegantly restored horseshoe bar, now shinily tiled, or …
Why It Matters: Camden Civic Society
I went down a few blind alleys before coming to the conclusion that if you don’t look after your own back yard no-one else will …
Community Pinboard: New Stuff for Autumn
1.Delicious Font Alert. Yes, the soon-to-open artisan cafe on Prince Of Wales Road (Wilkin Street Mews) is displaying some Times New Roman (traced in paint, …
Why It Matters: Boris Bikes for NW5
Whether having a ‘trust me, you can go left here’ argument with a mini-cab driver on a Friday night, or a ‘quickest way to the …
Community Pinboard: Giles Set To Spill the Beans! Plus Grafton Soft-launch & Brewery’s winter plans revealed
1. The Grafton Finally Opens (Softly) Tomorrow. Says co-owner Susie: ‘Folks can come down for a sneaky peek ahead of official launch on 28th (although …
Community Pinboard: Local Music Special (plus lots of food & booze, of course)
This week we thought we’d zero in on the rude health of local music scene. So we’ve plucked out some choice highlights, which sit alongside …
Lady Somerset Road Street Party 2012 in Pictures
Local luminaries proliferated at the sun-drenched annual bash
About Kentishtowner
The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.