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’
Parliament Hill Farmer’s Market
Why It Matters: Celebrating NW5’s Oldest School
There can’t be many single-sex state secondary schools in London still going strong, in the same area, since 1862. Yet NW5’s oldest educational institution, originally set up by the public-spirited businessman William Ellis, has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. And as an old Elysian, I swung by last month, along with other alumni, for an …
Free Weekend (Lunch?): Parliament Hill Farmers’ Market
A Saturday morning stroll across Hampstead Heath to pick up knobbly carrots and oversized loaves of bread has become a beloved pursuit for foodie North Londoners. Ever since the Farmers’ Market was evicted from Primrose Hill four years ago, a weekly congregation of designer buggies, rare dog breeds and charmingly eccentric pensioners now gravitates in …
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Best Daytime Food 2011
1= Kentish Canteen 1= Mario’s Cafe 3. Map Studio Cafe Our corner of North London, if you look carefully, is spoilt by the sheer range of food options, from Ethiopian to Pakistani, Sicilian to Japanese. And so votes in this category covered a huge range of places, with high street stalwarts Phoenicia Food Hall and …
