News & Gossip
Two More Boutique Coffee ‘n Cake Openings
Another new artisan wotsit opened in KT this week and we’re more than happy to have it. The Fields Beneath, named after Gillian Tindall’s inspirational …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ticker Tape…
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Gabby Young’s new vid for Walk Away shot on Hampstead Heath
We’ve featured Gabby and her ‘Animals’ several times but couldn’t resist doing so again, partly because this time there’s double Kentish love with NW5-dweller Gabby …
How We Converted the Olympic Park to The Kentishtowner
With Olympic ticketing almost as central to the national dialogue as the weather this summer, we thought it only right for the Kentishtowner to pay …
Community Pinboard: When Does Chicken Shop Open? And Free Booze at Cote!
1. Pizza East/Chicken Shop: To Open August 28. Things are taking shape on Highgate Road as the modern glass frontage of the former Grand Union …
Watch Jeremy Deller’s Inflatable Stonehenge, um, Inflate
You’ve only got a few hours to sample another of the cultural delights of Summer 2012 as it makes a fleeting visit to the manor …
Olympic #torchrelay lights up Camden Roundhouse
It was the surrealness of it all that struck us most. As we strolled with hundreds of others across the sun-lit streets of NW1, people …
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