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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 …

Community

Community Pinboard: When Does Chicken Shop Open? And Free Booze at Cote!

1. Pizza East/Chicken Shop: To Open August 28. Things are taking shape on Highgate Road as the modern glass frontage of the former Grand Union …

Art

Watch Jeremy Deller’s Inflatable Stonehenge, um, Inflate

You’ve only got a few hours to sample another of the cultural delights of Summer 2012 as it makes a fleeting visit to the manor …

Must Do

Free Weekend? Walk the Boudicca Way, Norfolk

Readers will know my propensity for a good ramble, especially around the great metropolis, whether it’s a day’s stroll or week’s continuous hike. And this …

News & Gossip

Olympic #torchrelay lights up Camden Roundhouse

It was the surrealness of it all that struck us most. As we strolled with hundreds of others across the sun-lit streets of NW1, people …

Art

Community Pinboard: It’s Summer Now – with (Olympic) bells on.

1. Ring My Bell? You may be aware that the work that opens the Olympics is Martin’s Creed’s All The Bells, which takes place tomorrow …

Family

Why It Matters: Doorstep Olympic Pursuits

The Olympic Torch comes to Camden on Thursday, and Kentishtowners can finally see for ourselves what all the fuss is about, before the world’s most …

Must Do

Free Weekend: Explore Olympic Weymouth, Dorset

Broody skies hung heavy as we trundled along the coast. Our offspring had long expended all distractions a train carriage might offer, the promise of …

News & Gossip

Thursday Video Club: Rick Edwards’ Curby

I’ve been playing Curby in Kentish Town for as long as I’ve lived here – nearly 11 years now. The kerbs on our quiet residential …

Community

Community Pinboard: How hot is Tufnell Park?

The rise and rise of Fortess Road. Plus where to house the folks when they come to visit

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