The last time I wrote about Holloway Road’s Nag’s Head on these pages was – astonishingly – back in 2013, when Kentishtowner used to run what we called a “Free Weekend” section. This weekly slot ...

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

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 ...

It’s fair to say we were overwhelmed with the outpouring of emotion after last Friday’s feature on Lost London Nightclubs – not to mention the hundreds of thousands of views. It only confirms the huge ...

In which a 22 year-old writer reluctantly whips his clothes off to find out what really goes on at the notorious health club ‘Wednesday is naturist night. No clothes between 6pm-12am.’ My heart starts ...

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, ...

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 ...

Ten years ago this summer, an unassuming ice cream parlour – or so it looked to the passer-by – opened on the scruffy lower reaches of Kentish Town Road. Locals soon realised that the ambitions of ...

Word reaches us that Kentish Town’s Dirty Burger – the original location for Soho House Group’s now international burger brand – has closed down. The grill shack, hidden under a fire escape in a car ...

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 ...

Andy Macleod on the tragic tale of a Kentish Town band who didn't become rich or famous - but had a manager who did Back in the early nineties, I was the lead singer in an indie band called The Pointy ...

David Wilson (right) with bakery vans at the start off War Child. Photo: own After rebelling against a boot-camp boarding school in Dorset, I fled at 17 to work with a fellow rebel on a cattle farm in ...