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
Owl Bookshop
Kentishtowner Awards: Best Independent Shop 2012
Compiling the results for today’s Award confirmed just how many proudly independent businesspeople there are trading successfully in the area right now. Almost every type of shop got a look-in, from repeated enthusing for places like B&S DIY and A+K Warehouse to praise for unassuming corner shops such as Leverton Stores: ‘Great ripe fruit ‘n’ …
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Pinboard Special: Top 10 Xmas Shopping Tips in NW5
Kentish Town is not necessarily a place you might expect to tick off the bulk of your Xmas shopping. But with a bit of thought you can keep it local by using our guide below. If we’ve missed a favourite, simply add it at the bottom – it ain’t personal, we simply just can’t cover …
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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. …
It’s Xmas. Shop where it’s at.
The lights are dazzling on Kentish Town Road, the tree seller is parked outside the station, and newly-arrived Miss KT – giddy at the prospect of her first Christmas in NW5 – is already on her seventh consecutive night out (yes, it was her you saw stumbling, ‘bab in hand, out of E.Mono last night). …
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 …
