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Pinboard: Lucky Chip Kentish Town, plus Valentine’s Offers – and poop!

1. A New Lucky Chip for Kentish Town The first hipster arrival of the year has just clucked in. And it’s the third outlet from …

Health & Fitness

Rio’s Naturist Club – What’s It Really Like? By Suzanne Portnoy

For longer than she cared to remember, the author was a regular at north London’s most notorious sauna

Community

“Any sign of my cheese sandwich?” Martin James on the march of NW5’s pub-trade progress

Every couple of years or so I repeat the above question to the invariably charming bar staff at the Pineapple pub in Leverton Street – …

Books

Pinboard: All Change At The Junction? Plus Map Cafe, KERB Streetfood & KTNF

1. The Junction Tavern Sold First the Bull & Gate, now the Tav. Yes, we were sorry to hear that Kentish Town’s most loved gastropub …

Community

Why It Matters: Saving Whittington Hospital

I recently visited my niece at my local Whittington Hospital, bringing back some good – and some best forgotten – memories of giving birth to …

News & Gossip

Where To Pick Up Your Free Kentishtowner – In Print

Thanks to everyone who popped by The Grafton yesterday evening – we shifted hundreds of copies, with eager readers snapping up several at a time. …

Art

Pinboard: New Shows at Beardsmore and Cob Galleries + Dandy Lion Market

1. Pick Up Your Limited Edition Kentishtowner in Print – at The Grafton, 6pm Tonight Yup, we’ve been in the newsprint laboratory these last couple …

Q&A

Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Clare Jay, Children’s Shop Owner, Tufnell Park

Clare Jay grew up in Archway, her teenage love of live music leading her to jump about at The Forum or above the Boston Arms. …

Health & Fitness

Why It Matters: Slimming in a Group – by Susie Innes

Well we had to squeeze in something on dieting before the end of January, didn’t we? And here’s the thing: if the idea of standing …

Community

Pinboard Jan 24: Reader Offers, Burns Night – and who is Hope?

1. Reader Offer – Another Packed Week at Zabludowicz. NW5’s atmospheric contemporary arts space is pulling out all the stops this month. Tomorrow night from …

About Kentishtowner

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.