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Pinboard: Archway Market, Camden Rocks, Tower 47 and June’s highlights at The Forum

1. New FREE June print issue out tomorrow lunchtime! So we’ve been hidden away in a dark room for the last couple of weeks putting …

Must Do

Free Weekend? Hike the 16 mile Camden borough boundary

Call yourself a Kentishtowner? Try walking the Camden loop this bank holiday weekend

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Pinboard: Amy singsong, art along the PoW – and a letter from Jay Gatsby?

1. Bank holiday shenanigans start here You could probably do worse than kickstart the bank holiday with a few beers and a croak at slightly …

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The story behind Sian Pattenden’s Kentishtowner Cultural Map prints

“There are bound to be a few places I’ve left out,” says Sian, with a sigh. “It’s not necessarily comprehensive”

Shopping

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Grace Poulter, 24, Future & Found

[quote] My guilty pleasure? It’s got to be ice cream” [/quote] Grace Poulter has worked at Fortess Road interiors shop Future & Found since July, …

Drink

Free Weekend? Explore Stoke Newington – and a Top 5 pub guide

[quote] It’s a genuine wow moment: rundown, boarded up and the perfect setting for horror films” [/quote] So it’s a sunny late spring morning, the …

Community

Jonathan Simpson is the new Mayor of Camden. Here’s his Top 5

Yesterday saw Kentishtowner Jonathan Simpson become Camden’s “rock ‘n’ roll” mayor for the second time. And here he is, in all his finery, posing on …

Art

Pinboard: a date set for Kentish Town Carnival – and other spring festivals

1. K-Town Carnival Date – now set for Sunday June 16 There’s been much talk recently about the cultural health of the area. So now, …

Drink

Free Weekend? Explore Bristol – a beginner’s guide

Graffiti, sharing plates – and one spectacular bridge: Stephen Emms heads to the waterside city for just 24 hours

News & Gossip

Did anyone see Ed Milliband rescue the fallen cyclist?

Today, we read in the Camden New Journal that Labour leader and high profile Kentishtowner Ed Milliband jumped to the rescue when cyclist Ella Phillips …

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The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. For more info on what we write about and why, see our About section.