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British Library to host hip-hop Canterbury Tales

New versions of the Wife of Bath, Prioress, Pardoner and Miller’s Tales to be part of a televised broadcast at the British Library this Monday

Art

Two to catch: artists Stella Vine and Natalie D’arbeloff

One exhibition’s in Primrose Hill, the other’s in Tufnell Park. So why not make an afternoon of it and take in both?

Community

Christmas stuff – from City Farm to Night Market

Do it by day. Or by night. With mulled wine. Or without. All around us this weekend, folk are doing their best to get us to part with our cash

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Stay local: 15 ideas for turkey-free last minute Christmas Shopping

Two weeks to go so why leave the neighbourhood when it comes to those necessary purchases? We pick some deserving gems

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Chef Oliver Rowe joins the Windsor Castle

The local boy made a splash with his King’s Cross venture Konstam a few years back. Now he’s at the helm of a reinvented Clapton boozer that’s well worth the fifteen minute hop on the Overground

Food

Free Weekend? Do Holloway Road

You’ve probably travelled its length on buses, in cars or on foot. But have you ever stopped properly to explore?

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King’s Cross Laser Christmas tree – with special ‘rave mode’

With a nod towards The Cross and Bagley’s, King’s Cross Filling Station’s festive tree lights up the darkened warehouses where nightclubs once stood

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Queen’s Crescent Xmas Market – and more on Small Business Saturday

Support the local high street, market traders and indy artists this weekend with a special day – and not a big box discount store scrum in sight

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Sue Tilley on how the Regent’s Park Estate inspired new high camp show

Cult performer Scottee is back next week with a festive revue, Camp (on the Estate). So he asked his Aunty Sue – Sue Tilley of Lucian Freud’s ‘Benefits Supervisor Resting’ fame – to write a piece for us about a much-loved area now threatened by HS2

Art

What on earth is Studio Ex?

Artist Natalia Zagorska-Thomas opens her Camden Street flat once a year for a 10-day pop-up exhibition that launches tonight

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