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Collective 159: now open for business

It’s a whopping three thousand square foot. And right now is being converted into 10 ultra-stylish flexible market stalls. A clichéd “Camden Market” this is not

Art

Enjoyed the Museum of Everything? Try this pop-up art fair

One of the curators behind the seminal celebration of outsider art is trying to raise funds to save an iconic local church. Worth investigating?

Community

Fat Gay Vegan presents the Brecknock Road Vegan Festival

Acclaimed blogger and foodie Fat Gay Vegan hosts a unique festival this weekend on Kentish Town’s most easterly strip

Life Tips

In Pictures: Blustons

Exclusive new shots by local photographer Tom Storr of Kentish Town’s most iconic Grade II-listed shop and its owner Michael Albert

Art

Shopping: buy a Gospel Oak limited edition print by Russell Loughlan

Where the hell is the famous tree? Artist Russell Loughlan pays homage to it in his signature style

Art

Shopping: Buy an artwork inspired by Kentish Town City Farm

What would happen if the two and four-legged inhabitants of the UK’s oldest City Farm ran amok across the neighbourhood? Illustrator Sophie Jamieson has the answer

Print Editions

Where to pick up your FREE September print edition

Our free September print issue is out and packed with brand new exclusive features, including Giles Coren on how Chicken Shop came to roost

Community

Imported vintage wares come to the Dandy Lion Market

What has market founder Leslie brought back from her summer travels in California?

Health & Fitness

Why It Matters: Running

In the last of our sports-based Why It Matters columns, mother-of-two Meredith Heneghan on why nothing gives her a greater feeling of freedom than setting out into the unknown on a long run

Art

Top 5: weirdest things you can buy in Pete Doherty’s shop

It’s been in the news all week after rumours of fag butts for sale as smoked by the likes of Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss. So we popped down to sniff out the five oddest things lurking in Doherty Martin & Co’s Rag and Bone Collection in Camden Stables Market

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