Things To Do
The story of Holmes Road Studios
How dozens of tiny architecturally designed homes came to house homeless adults in Kentish Town
4 tips for a healthy winter – by local osteopath Austin Plunkett
From avoiding sprains to using your smartphone to motivate you, listen to some sage advice from a local osteopath
Video: Watch Kentish Town City Farm’s goats order a takeaway
Forget everything for 58 seconds with this cute little short film – that’s for a brilliant cause
From plot to plate: the school community kitchen with wood-fired pizza oven
Writer and teacher Tom Moggach on a five-year project to bring Rhyl Kitchen to life in West Kentish Town
Bored of the Heath? A trio of proper lockdown walks
From forest saunters to extended waterside hikes, take your pick from these three corkers
Kentishtowner at 10: classic links from the last decade
From Rio’s to lost clubs, the City Farm to columns by Giles Coren: the most read articles from the last decade
Kentishtowner at 10: a decade celebrating hyperlocal
It’s been ten years since our first tentative blogpost. Here’s what happened since
12 local reasons to be cheerful
Forget boarded-up shops, rain and Covid with these new openings, relaunches, discounts and more
The story of Insidestore – and a complete gift guide
How NW5’s flagship lifestyle store came to Fortess – plus insider tips on what to buy this Xmas
Arancini shuts its doors after a decade – and other sad closures
What can we do about boarded-up shops? Arancini is the latest across Chalk Farm and KT
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