News & Gossip
Thursday Video Club: Rick Edwards’ Curby
I’ve been playing Curby in Kentish Town for as long as I’ve lived here – nearly 11 years now. The kerbs on our quiet residential …
The Kentishtowner in The Sunday Times
Today we were chuffed to be featured in a Sunday Times article on our recent NESTA funding and the rise of hyperlocal sites such as …
London Pleasure Gardens Bloc Festival Fiasco
Well that was an odd night out. We went to a festival where we found it essentially impossible to hear any of the music. London …
Summer Solstice 2012, Parliament Hill
The Summer Solstice always seems to be more significant than most markers in the year. Maybe it’s because there’s something magical about the longest day …
A Statue for Amy Winehouse?
We, like millions of others, were huge fans of Amy Winehouse and enjoyed the occasional sighting of her round the manor, whether at Bar Tok …
Brecknock Road’s very own E.Mono?
Builders working on this shop refit in Brecknock Road have uncovered another classic shop sign that harks back to Kentish Town’s merchant past. It might …
Olympic Torch Relay Revealed: will it go through Kentish Town on July 26th 2012?
With 130 days to go until the London Olympics, the passage of the flame around the UK has been announced, and we’re chuffed that it …
A Pizza Good News (sorry)
Now, we know that everyone’s feeling the January blues, and that the most ridiculous media invention ever is just around the corner (“Blue Monday”, on …
The Friday Picture: Pizza Express Proposed redevelopment
Just look at this picture of the proposed redevelopment of the 1929 former North London Polytechnic building, as annotated by understandably disgusted residents at 1 …
In Pictures: Chalk Farm Road, 830am Tuesday
Last night the rioters hit Camden Town. Our pictures of the damage along Chalk Farm Road to Evans Cycles, Sainsbury’s and Domino’s Pizza
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