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Books

Community Pinboard: Boats, Books and Bank Holiday Japes

1.Browse A Floating Market. Head up along the manor’s prettiest canalways to Little Venice where you’ll catch an array of shops all housed in cute …

Shopping

Why It Matters: Could K-Town Become Chain-Free?

The other day I was in Windsor. Although a beautiful place, looking down the main drag felt like anywhere in the UK, the vast majority …

Music

Gabby Young’s new vid for Walk Away shot on Hampstead Heath

We’ve featured Gabby and her ‘Animals’ several times but couldn’t resist doing so again, partly because this time there’s double Kentish love with NW5-dweller Gabby …

Community

Community Pinboard: Entertain your kids. Visit the Theatre. Eat Chicken (no, not there!)

1. Own A Pony (for a day). Our own dinky pocket of country living (that’s Kentish Town City Farm to you) offers a chance this …

Life Tips

Life Tips #22: Paul Langley, Cramer’s Butcher, York Way

‘At Christmas time I’d have my head stuck in all the guts. Sometimes even in the gut bin upside down, legs poking out’

Health & Fitness

Why It Matters: A Traditional Sports Shop In Kentish Town

It’s been around forever. And yet still this longstanding retailer has to fight for its place in the community. Robert Brighouse meets its spirited owner

Art

Community Pinboard: A Third Soho House outlet? Plus Caravan King’s Cross & more Streetfeast

1. A Third Outlet from Soho House? Yesterday during a hard-hatted snoop round – in which we learnt that Chicken Shop has a speakeasy vibe …

Health & Fitness

Inspirational Olympic Day Out: Triathlon in Hyde Park

As one of the only ticket-free events in the London 2012 schedule, the Men’s Triathlon in Hyde Park yesterday was a chance to get fully …

Health & Fitness

How We Converted the Olympic Park to The Kentishtowner

With Olympic ticketing almost as central to the national dialogue as the weather this summer, we thought it only right for the Kentishtowner to pay …

Health & Fitness

Olympics In The Manor: Kayaking on Regent’s Canal

Captivated by this week’s Olympics kayaking? Then why not try it right here in the manor. Yes, it usually conjures up images of adrenalin-fuelled white …

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.