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Wednesday Picture: Malden Factories, Kentish Town (or is it Chalk Farm?)
Last week’s lively discussion on local ‘boundary’ issues was interesting: on the one hand it’s perhaps a futile (and, as one reader said, middle-class) question, but on the other it’s of interest...
View ArticleCommunity Pinboard: Hit Camden Beach – and Lots More Free Festivals
1. Take To The Beach We’re super-excited about this. The Roundhouse, your favourite arts venue, are giving their vast terrace a makeover for whatever we have left of this dismal summer. And they’re...
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Community Pinboard: Boats, Books and Bank Holiday Japes
1.Browse A Floating Market. Head up along the manor’s prettiest canalways to Little Venice where you’ll catch an array of shops all housed in cute canal boats. This flotilla of vintage stalls, books...
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Review: NW by Zadie Smith
Our Books section has been rather lacking of late. Which is a bit shocking as fiction is quite definitely my thing. Anyway, Zadie Smith’s new novel NW seems like a good place to pick things up. I...
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Community Pinboard: Green-fingered Poetry, Dance Around The World – and a...
1. Get Out of the Garden and into the Pub. We haven’t been to the Colonel Fawcett – formerly one of our favourite openings this year – for aeons. But this Saturday might require a return visit for some...
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So What’s a Local Bookclub Really Like?
Like me, you’ve probably seen posters all over Kentish Town advertising the Byte the Book club at Map Studio Café. Like me, you probably make a mental note to go ‘at some point’ and then promptly...
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Wednesday Picture: A Kentish Town Novel Set in the 1940s
Did you know there was a popular novel set around Leverton Street and Falkland Road? Tomorrow’s Past is a 1940s family saga written by local author Emma Dally back in 1995. And in 2012, its original...
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Pinboard: All Change At The Junction? Plus Map Cafe, KERB Streetfood & KTNF
1. The Junction Tavern Sold First the Bull & Gate, now the Tav. Yes, we were sorry to hear that Kentish Town’s most loved gastropub was sold last week to yet another chain. Yikes. But at least this...
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Why It Matters: Books For Free NW5
There’s nothing worse than waste. Even worse when there are inordinate amounts of significance, history, learning potential and knowledge wrapped up in that “waste”. One such? The innumerable tons of...
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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Justine Solomons, Founder, Byte the Book
Justine Solomons runs Byte the Book, a writing and publishing collective which embraces opportunities to connect authors with readers in the digital age. She puts on regular events at The Club at the...
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Why It Matters: Torriano Meeting House
This is a warm room in a draughty city – an almost hidden chamber, that opens its doors every Sunday night at 7.30pm to poets and listeners of poetry. This is a place where weekend writing workshops...
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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Michele Hanson, columnist and author
Michele Hanson is one of the UK’s most popular columnists. She lives in Tufnell Park, these days mostly on her own with her dogs. Previously a school teacher for 25 years, she escaped the chalk-face...
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Pinboard: free offers, free events – and another reader artwork comp
1. Dont miss free stuff in our April print edition – and the first ever Camden Lock Farmers’ Market! Have you picked up a copy of our free April print issue yet? As well as lots of brand new features...
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More from Rio’s? Author Suzanne Portnoy visits the ‘Nam
Earlier this year, Suzanne Pornoy caused a sensation when she wrote about her experiences at Rio’s Naturist Spa on Kentish Town Road. Now, as her new book is published, she reflects on her adventures...
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Wednesday Picture: Spies in Kentish Town?
Kentish Town author Joe Craig pens the Jimmy Coates series, action-thrillers aimed mainly at the 8-13 crowd (or, as The Times called it, “The Bourne Identity for kids”.) And his tales are often set in...
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Ich Bin Kentishtowner: Caitlin Davies, author, Camden Lock and the Market
Caitlin Davies was born and bred in Kentish Town, although she now lives in Holloway. A writer, journalist and teacher, she's the author of five novels and three non-fiction books. Her latest two are...
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Pinboard: What’s new at The Grafton? Plus local markets + Skate King’s Cross
This week: Queen's Crescent, a free all-day festival at Camden Lock, the 40th anniversary exhibition of Kentish Town City Farm - and top authors at Owl Bookshop.
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Happiness is an Option: 12 part serial starts here
Your girlfriend’s left you. You find another woman’s diary on a park bench. What to do? Archie Bryant’s decision sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy.
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Happiness is an Option: Chapters 3 & 4
Your girlfriend’s left you. You find another woman’s diary on a park bench. What to do? Archie Bryant’s decision sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Our 12 part summer serial set on...
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Happiness is an Option: Chapters 5 & 6
Your girlfriend’s left you. You find another woman’s diary on a park bench. What to do? Archie Bryant’s decision sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Our 12 part summer serial set on...
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