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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I wanted to open somewhere you can just hide away,” says Jon Spiteri, resplendent in pink, as we lounge by the marble fireplace in Clerkenwell’s buzziest dining room. “We chose the word ‘club’ only ...

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 ...

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

My new book, London’s Record Shops, celebrates the greatest vendors of recorded music in the world’s foremost record-shop-city. From Brixton dub shacks and Hackney vinyl boutiques to Camden’s ...

Age: A few weeks at most – at least in this location. Friends Zia and Gul started Two Lads Kitchen to bring authentic Afghan street food to the capital; you might know them from their stalls at London ...

There are three locations in West Kentish Town with stories to tell about our most famous inhabitant. And no, we don’t mean her from 80s girl band Bananarama. This inviting red door is 46 Grafton ...