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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meet Woo Tang, the new arrival on Kentish Town Road that’s brought to you by the same owner who gave us Kami. It sits right beside its sushi sister restaurant, but aside from branding and physical ...

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 ...

For a while, the search for sushi on Kentish Town Road would take you to one place: Kami. That changed a little over a year ago when Kiki quietly opened just 150 metres south. From the outside, it’s ...

Right in the heart of industrial west Kentish Town is a world-class film and photographic studio that's a fave for superstars, from Madonna to Gaga Spring Studios, originally a purpose-built ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

A few months ago we took a hard hat tour around work-in-progress watering hole The Constitution, the iconic pub that’s lurked on the banks of the Regent’s Canal since 1858. Shut since just before ...