Why Earth Natural Foods is still Kentish Town’s eco-pioneer
We speak to assistant manager Jo Syz about how the high street store remains at the cutting edge
Earth Natural Foods
Local Talent Q&A: Alice Greenfield, filmmaker and photographer, 24
Earlier in the summer we put out a call to local artists to send in their work. We display the entrants weekly
Local Talent Q&A: Aisling Duffy, printed textile designer, 29
Our summer-long showcase of the area’s eclectic mix of artists, photographers and makers
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Allan Jenkins, editor, Observer Food Monthly
‘What has my career taught me? That a homeless kid brought up in care can become an award-winning editor’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Michael and Victoria, dessert entrepreneurs
‘Your view on life and money definitely changes when you’ve gone from well paid City lawyer jobs to not being on a salary at all’
Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Jesse & Susanna, tattoo parlour owners
“My secret? I don’t care if you don’t like tattoos.”
Why It Matters: Rio’s – Kentish Town’s great leveller?
My real name might be David but, using the nom de plume Jenbel (don’t ask), I got myself into a spot of bother with Mrs Kentishtowner after challenging a review of The Lion & Unicorn – whilst accidentally coining the phrase Monoclesque Stylism. Enough about that already but, in a roundabout way, it did get …
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Best Independent Shop 2011: Owl Bookshop
1. Owl Bookshop 2. Earth 3. B&S DIY Shop With the UK somewhat of a world leader in bland identikit high streets, it’s refreshing to consider the range and calibre of independent shops on offer in the area. Votes came in for a truly diverse range of establishments, from the well-known to the gloriously obscure. …
Gabby Young’s Top 5 in Kentish Town
Gabby Young at the Bull & Last (dreaming, no doubt, of a warm scotch egg) Photographer: Tom Medwell Mrs Kentishtowner loves nothing more than an eccentric local. And none more so than Gabby Young And Other Animals , an eight-piece collective who headline KOKO tonight for what they reckon is their biggest show ever. Kentish …
Owl’s About it?
She might not be an obvious beauty, but she sure as hell hides some secrets in her frilly drawers. No, we’re not talking about Mrs Kentishtowner; we are, however, eulogizing the pleasures of Kentish Town Road, a high street so modest its traffic lights are probably glowing red as we speak. Ignore the bump of …
