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 ...

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 ...

Along with the rest of the capital’s Heath walkers, both occasional and regular, I first encountered Funny Weather, NW5’s entirely delightful new coffee shop and bookstore, after a blustery circuit of ...

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 ...

If you walk up Highgate Road towards Hampstead Heath, behind the last railway bridge there is a small street. Turn down that, and then another short road, and on Mortimer Terrace you arrive at an ...

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 ...

Andy Macleod on the tragic tale of a Kentish Town band who didn't become rich or famous - but had a manager who did Back in the early nineties, I was the lead singer in an indie band called The Pointy ...

What has a forgotten caff in Kentish Town got to do with a tale of a thwarted romance and the untimely death of a movie star? Michael Gothard in 1966. Photo: Britmovie.co.uk We were enthralled by a ...

This newly arrived Japanese diner on Fortess boasts a lovely little pared-back interior with nigiri, sushi and sashimi, poke, katsu curry and yakisoba on the menu. 118 Fortess Rd, London NW5 2HL If ...

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 ...

Warning: this article contains adult themes and sexual language. Some things are reliable in life. The Wizard of Oz at Christmas never fails to make me tearful. Cat videos on Instagram always raise a ...

The reinvention of urban spaces is a fascinating thing. Over the last decade the area has seen a fair few, from disused railway arches becoming breweries to abandoned tube stations repurposed as ...