News & Gossip
In Pictures: Storm damage on the Heath
Thanks to photographer Sally Lyall Grant who dodged downpours to grab these shots this afternoon. Plus a car trapped in nearby Malden Place
Heard about the Highgate Mums?
Yesterday, Buzzfeed published “24 Things Uttered By Highgate Mums” – based on the hit Twitter feed. But what do K-Town’s more down-to-earth parents make of it?
Big Question: Supergentrification – will it price us all out?
A debate on gentrification has been raging underneath Giles Coren’s piece all week. And today the Guardian reveals that the modern-day financial elite is threatening to oust all but the ultra-rich and ultra-poor
King’s Cross Square set to open this month – with a Victorian festival to celebrate
It’s been a boarded-up building site for years, it seems. But September 26 sees the opening of the much-heralded King’s Cross Square. And there’s a weekend-long party to mark it
Why does Kentish Town tube station taste of fish finger?
Kentish Town: a fish finger sandwich. Tufnell Park: sliced beef. How fragrant the weird and wonderful world of synaesthesic James Wannerton must be
In Pictures: Queen’s Crescent Festival 2013
So what went down at this annual community bash? And don’t forget to check out our gallery of pics from both the festival and rebooted Saturday street market
In Pictures: new hip hop station Itch FM takes over the closed Map Cafe
The longstanding cafe may have shut, but at least a creative new venture launched at the venue over the weekend
Should Camden Council be producing a regular magazine?
Camden Council announced last week their intention to publish a magazine 10 times a year – at a cost of nearly £17K per issue. But should our council be competing with titles like Camden New Journal, Ham & High and Kentishtowner? We investigate
In Pictures: a snoozing partygoer in a supermarket trolley
Party all night, sleep all day: mystery bloke snapped in abandoned chainstore chariot on Falkland Place
Lightning strikes the Kentish Town graffiti. Well, nearly…
Boom! Reader Dan Cory tweeted us this pic of lightning in the small hours crackling high up in the K-Town skies
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