Along with the rest of the capital’s Heath walkers, both occasional and regular, I first encountered Funny Weather, NW5’s ...

Now, this is a great idea. Kentish Town Road’s Caribbean diner Hoodwood (from the owners of long-running Guanabara) is giving out free Jerk Jacket Potatoes in exchange for donated coats or jackets ...

Over the last few years I’ve written a bit about the new wave of British saunas – mostly for The Guardian’s Saturday Magazine and its travel section. I’ve sweated it out in Finnish-style former ...

With long embedded memories of North London’s loftiest village being home to chains like Cafe Rouge, Caffe Nero and Pain Quotidien, it’s refreshing to see that in the last few years it’s been ...

What and where? This healthy Lebanese “hot pot” cafe occupies a site on the lower reaches of Haverstock Hill that has endured multiple occupants over the years – most memorably Tupelo Honey. And do we ...

We’ve all got history with the St John’s Tavern. It’s always been a ‘thing’, hasn’t it? A little like the Junction in Kentish Town, in fact – even way back in the noughties. This special quality has ...

Back in 2013, author Gillian Tindall, who died last week, invited me to her “Kentish Town hideaway”. It was an honour as she was the brains behind one of my favourite books, The Fields Beneath, an ...

Jose Nava at his exhibition at the Koppel Project before his death. Photo: PR A fisherman turned self-taught artist, Jose Nava was born in 1937 and grew up in the barrios of Acapulco on the pacific ...

An enchanting leafy terrace with an artistic past: Mall Studios. Pic by Stephen Emms Just at the summit of the winding alleyway that leads from Gospel Oak to leafy Belsize Park is Mall Studios, a ...

The other night we swung by the launch of Camden and Islington’s LGBT+ History Month 2025, pictured above, attended by the mayors of both boroughs, as well as performers and other local notables. Held ...

As you’ll know if you live in the area, Highgate Road is the ancient pub-lined thoroughfare that – in 2025 at least – is where the urban buzz of Kentish Town starts to give way to the leafy streets of ...

Its story goes back to the turn of the last century - and it's been immortalised by local artists over the years Nearly one hundred and twety-five years ago, the local authority – then St Pancras – ...