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Pinboard: Local art special, plus where is K-Town’s club – and a terrace for The Grafton?

1. Why can’t we have a sunny terrace at The Grafton? It’s safe to say The Grafton epitomises the positive spirit of independent businesses making …

News & Gossip

How did we take this unusual view?

How’s this for a fine view of Kentish Town on a sunny May morning? Bus-choked street, queue outside Bean About Town, sun bouncing off icing …

Art

Pinboard: Films, rooftops, clubs – a bank holiday special. And an unexpectedly great market?

1. A road movie at King’s Cross Filling Station? Quick, quick, quick. It’s the last weekend for the outdoor Everyman Cinema, which is based at …

News & Gossip

Why It Matters: a foodbank on our doorstep

[quote] So a tragedy of 21st century Britain has a small silver lining: foodbanks are community driven” [/quote] 2012 wasn’t just about the Olympics. It …

Must Do

Free Weekend? Explore Swain’s Lane

Why sweat it out on a train to Brighton when we have a charming ‘resort’ of our very own – within stumbling distance? Kentishtowners are …

News & Gossip

Kentishtowner ‘commended’ for Best Digital News Service in Newspaper Awards 2013

Readers may remember our shortlisting alongside some big guns in the Newspaper Awards 2013 for the UK’s Best Digital News Service. And on Wednesday night …

Art

Pinboard: free offers, free events – and another reader artwork comp

1. Dont miss free stuff in our April print edition – and the first ever Camden Lock Farmers’ Market! Have you picked up a copy …

News & Gossip

Why It Matters: a new footbridge to K-Town station

Did you know there’s soon to be an extra entrance and pedestrian footbridge over to Kentish Town station for access at night? Councillor Phil Jones …

Health & Fitness

Why It Matters: An inspirational aerobics instructor

Reader Lana Gibson on her legendary K-Town teacher A few years back, I started attending aerobics classes in a cavernous hall at the Mornington Sports …

Art

Pinboard: Queen’s Crescent on the up? Help Shebeen. And who won Pub of the Year?

1. The rise and fall and rise again of Queen’s Crescent Market? Regular readers will know how much we love Queen’s Crescent Market, and so …

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