Let’s feast. Photo: PR And now, in summer 2025, a forthcoming must-do date for your calendars is Sunday 20th July, as Rossella’s alfresco dining event returns, a vibrant day-long celebration of food, ...

It’s good news to see one of NW5’s most iconic Victorian buildings home to a new cultural hotsoot. Housed in the recently vacated former Zabludowicz gallery, Camden Arts Projects is a brand-new ...

Donate just £2 to Kentishtowner Inside the rebooted Lord Stanley. Photo: own At a glance, in 2025 it looks pretty much the same, but the eagle-eyed (or pub regulars) will spy that the toilets are now ...

Backstreet boozer the Colonel Fawcett, tucked away on Randolph Street near Camden Road Overground, has been going strong for just shy of 15 years. And it’s always balanced its foodie credentials with ...

And yet it only opened the other day. The Canonbury Lane venue has, of course, enjoyed various incarnations over the years (you might remember it as Four Sisters or 25 Canonbury Lane). But sipping my ...

Since reading about The Great Indian everywhere in January, from restaurant news site Hot Dinners to Observer critic Jay Rayner’s column, it’s been firmly on the must-try list. Surjan Singh, otherwise ...

The other night we swung by the launch of Camden and Islington’s LGBT+ History Month 2025, pictured above, attended by the mayors of both boroughs, as well as performers and other local notables. Held ...

1. Bobby Womack Comes To K-Town. Forget ‘Rihanna in the manor’ – athough, yes, that was quite exciting (she even swung by Map Cafe, don’tchaknow) – a real superstar descends on NW5 this weekend. Hot ...

It was sad to hear yesterday that Panadera is closing later this month. Situated on the lower reaches of Kentish Town Road, it’s the lovely little spot near local institution Bintang and ice cream ...

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 ...

So, it was au revoir recently to the longstanding Saint Espresso – and hello to this latest opening on Kentish Town Road. Lilac originates from Nottingham, but it appears to pop up all over the place.

“We’re very excited to be opening our sixth pub-and-rooms in Kentish Town (formerly the Lady Hamilton),” said managing director Mitch Tillman. “We will be reverting back to the pub’s original name ...