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Things To Do

What is Camden Beach at the Roundhouse actually like?

So we were going to swing by on Friday night, but the rain poured and it was easier to take shelter under the arches at …

Food

Free Weekend: Explore Rye, East Sussex

Rye is film set quaint, but it’s only when we climb the church tower – a perilous scramble up wooden step-ladders, along foot-wide corridors and …

Books

Community Pinboard: Hit Camden Beach – and Lots More Free Festivals

1. Take To The Beach We’re super-excited about this. The Roundhouse, your favourite arts venue, are giving their vast terrace a makeover for whatever we …

News & Gossip

The Kentishtowner in The Sunday Times

Today we were chuffed to be featured in a Sunday Times article on our recent NESTA funding and the rise of hyperlocal sites such as …

Music

London Pleasure Gardens Bloc Festival Fiasco

Well that was an odd night out. We went to a festival where we found it essentially impossible to hear any of the music. London …

Music

Free Weekend: A Musical Tour of North London

From The Kinks to Imelda May and beyond, we whisk you around some of the area’s musical tributes

Books

Community Pinboard: A Kentish Town boundary?

1. Why West Kentish Town Matters No Talacre (Kentish Town’s much-fought over ‘Green’)? No Kentish Town City Farm? On Tuesday we attended the first Kentish …

Life Tips

Life Tips: Michael Albert, Owner, Blustons

‘My children are doing other things so all I can do is try to sell it as a going concern – and at least no-one can change the frontage’

Community

NESTA Award The Kentishtowner ‘Destination Local’ Funding

We won! Regular readers will know that in May we applied to NESTA, the innovations charity, for one of 10 available grants to fund the …

Art

Community Pinboard: Vintage Fair, Free Arty Parties and Have Your Say about K-Town

1. Tell People What You Want From Kentish Town Got an opinion or two about the manor? A bunch of folk are trying to create …

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