The Bible of Kentish Town
Brilliantly non-dry, The Fields Beneath, originally written in the late 70s, reinforces the nagging feeling that history is cyclical
History
Did Emma Hamilton really drink in the garden at Heroes?
Spring is in the air and new boozers are being birthed in NW5 like sticky lambs. The crumbling Lion and Unicorn, on Gaisford Street, is about to re-emerge as a swanky “food pub” with a refreshed upstairs theatre to boot (a peek through the windows drew a gasp of delight from Mrs Kentishtowner the other …
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Victorian Swimming Baths
Given the moniker the ‘St Pancras’ of leisure facilities (by people far cleverer than ourselves), the Prince Of Wales Road Victorian baths spent 5 years in refurbishment and £25 million later opened in summer 2010 as the jewel of the (Kentish) crown. If you like swimming and stuff, head there pronto. Me, I’d rather scoff …
