Music & Soul: a special Kentish Town performance
A one-off double bill of musical theatre from arts company NW Live explores the challenges experienced by homecoming soldiers
A one-off double bill of musical theatre from arts company NW Live explores the challenges experienced by homecoming soldiers
Melissa Hardwick is curator of the Free Space Gallery at Kentish Town Health Centre. She tells us about their surprisingly wide range of work, and why it is under threat
The Free Space Gallery project is a toddler now; at two years old we feel ready to utter some of our first fully formed sentences. And like many precocious children, we think what we do is important – and I’m here to tell you why. The Kentish Town Health Centre, nestled behind the High Street, …
Walking casually down Castlehaven Road the other weekend we chanced upon a photo shoot in progress. It was an otherwise drab afternoon, but the studio lights bathing the pavement drew our attention, as they had done a small gaggle of others. Such inquisitiveness was being rewarded with the opportunity to have a professional portrait taken …
Back in July at the wonderful Alma Street Festival, as Mrs Kentishtowner grew increasingly giddy on local ale, we got chatting to Mel, a rather nice lady who was keen to tell us about the Free Space Gallery. Look, here she is, smiling: And hidden away in Kentish Town Health Centre on Bartholomew Road, the …