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 is me being photobombed by Marie, With my Dad’s lorry outside the house on 64 Allcroft Rd,’ says Stan Tear.

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, ...

Ten years ago we first published our take on what is probably Kentish Town’s most surreal story ever. Since many readers won’t have seen it – and it ‘s gone on to inspire the name of a cafe called the ...

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 – ...

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, ...

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 ...

What and where? This charming pile is surely NW5’s cutest coffee spot, formerly known as Kentish Town Stores. Now it’s packed with freelancers, its first-floor co-working space rammo on any given ...

Walden Books is the last remaining ‘secret’ shop tucked away behind the ugly new student accommodation on otherwise leafy Harmood Street. Here since the early 70s, antique and second hand tomes can be ...

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 ...

First thoughts? It’s so like the Highgate Road original that it’s almost discombobulating. With its dark mahogany panelled walls, green lacquered ceiling, battered counter and dark wooden boards, this ...