The cooking is led by exceptional young head chef, Charley Samuelson. Hampstead-born, she did time under Skye Gyngell at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Its story goes back to the turn of the last century - and it's been immortalised by local artists over the years Nearly one hundred and twety-five years ago, the local authority – then St Pancras – ...

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 ...

Right now we’ve got a bit of a crush on this North Road boozer, located on the incline that sweeps down from Highgate village to the less haughty realness of East Finchley. It started in the summer, ...

“There are only five music shops in London selling a full range of instruments with the accessories and sheet music needed.” So says Lindsay Douglas, new owner of Dot’s, . After a year in which it ...

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, ...

Where exactly is it? Just where Back Lane tumbles down to meet Flask Walk, this most romantic corner of Hampstead is like being on holiday: the cobbled pedestrianized street, boutiques, the musty ...

First up, an intriguing one: next month kombucha brewery Wild Is Earth opens at Tolli on Kentish Town Road, the brainchild of Livia Palmiero, the long-running store owner’s eldest daughter. The idea, ...