The writer and columnist on why she loves where she lives, lying about her driving test - and the TV shows that will probably never happen ‘I can get pretty anxious about life.’ Photo: PR A features ...

For years, we’ve stared at the late Victorian plaque at the top of this building and wondered why no-one considered its original moniker during its many recent incarnations. Until this week, that is, ...

This week, Boris Johnson has been considering a decision that will affect the future of London’s most famous nightclub. If the Mayor grants planning permission for a huge development of flats opposite ...

Camden Town from Hampstead Road, 1780. Note the words ‘A change for the worse’ at the top. Image: British Library Camden Town is famed for its pubs, from unreconstructed Irish bars to the most ...

It’s Easter Sunday, and the downstairs cabaret bar is packed to the rafters. The excitable crowd await the free evening show, courtesy of drag artist Sophia Stardust – and when she takes to the stage, ...

What exactly is it? Probably the most famous sandwich shop in London, no less. Really? Yep, as its own website humbly proclaims, it “changed the sandwich.” Quite a claim, indeed, but if you need more ...

Kentish Town, Tufnell Park, Chalk Farm and Camden are just four of the 270 stations being drawn by one north Lononder The escalators at Kentish Town. Photo: Kinga Markus We have all been there: ...

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 ...

For years I lived on Grafton Terrace, where West Kentish Town blurs into Gospel Oak on the cusp of swanky old NW3. In fact, I remember, back in the noughties, one estate agent even trying to sell me ...

It’s fair to say we were overwhelmed with the outpouring of emotion after last Friday’s feature on Lost London Nightclubs – not to mention the hundreds of thousands of views. It only confirms the huge ...

It’s many years since George Michael was arrested in the public toilets at South End Green, the busy little interjunction a cupcake’s hurl from Gospel Oak. So, we thought, isn’t it high time we, er, ...

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 – ...