Take the Overground to Upper Holloway, or tube to Archway or Highgate. Starters from £8, mains from £15, The Crown, 86 ...

This unassuming restaurant a few minutes’ walk from Holloway Road tube has an interesting backstory. The brainchild of Ecuadorian chef Angel, it’s his first solo venture after working for 16 years at ...

Back in 2013, author Gillian Tindall, who died last week, invited me to her “Kentish Town hideaway”. It was an honour as she was the brains behind one of my favourite books, The Fields Beneath, an ...

Jose Nava at his exhibition at the Koppel Project before his death. Photo: PR A fisherman turned self-taught artist, Jose Nava was born in 1937 and grew up in the barrios of Acapulco on the pacific ...

In the unlikely event that you didn’t know, one of Camden’s most stunning watering holes finally reopened the other week. Sister pub to the nearby (and much newer) Tufnell Park Tavern, the Lord ...

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 ...

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 ...

For years, we’ve stared at the plaque at the top of this landmark Kentish Town Road building and wondered why no-one considered using its original Victorian moniker during its many recent incarnations ...