End of the pub they couldn’t close
THERE’S this thing when a pub close to your home shuts down. You lament the closing of another north London battle cruiser. You tell everyone there’s too many [READ ON]
Camden Town
Mandela walked this way
IF you walked down Lyme Street last week you would have seen a ‘to let’ sign (below, right) at the very spot Nelson Mandela stopped at in Camden Town ten years [READ ON]
Whitewashing Winehouse
THERE are at least five bits of street art in Camden Town dedicated to Amy Winehouse: two Bambis (Bayham Street and Camden Road), one next to the Portuguese deli up in Albert [READ ON]
iCamden: Apple illuminates NW1 in time for Christmas
FESTIVE baubles hang from the lamp-posts in Camden Town… and there has been a bit of a ‘is that it?’ sensation from those who have spotted them. But in a [READ ON]
Busking row: Enter Mr Megaphone
YOUR man Mark Thomas, the campaigning comic who seemed to be the chief organiser of the protesting People’s Kazoo Orchestra, could not be seen at the Town Hall last night. [READ ON]
Sunday file 3/11/13: ‘Wasn’t Beresford one of the Wombles?’
Posting here on Sunday nights, bits and pieces, tweets and links that didn’t make a full post during the week. * SPURS-SUPPORTING Daily Mail columnist Richard [READ ON]
Arsenal to re-sign David Gest’s diamante man?
IT’S a tough time to be an Arsenal fan right now… if the most important thing to you is spending lots of money on new footballers. After trying to sign about 12 [READ ON]
Sneaker Street, NW1
STRUNG across Buck Street, Camden Town, a row of trainers and Converse boots hang from the overhead cables. There used to be one or two up there, but they’ve been [READ ON]
Brassy buskers make Inverness Street their stage
PITY the poor police community support officers charged with trying to move this gang on from Inverness Street. Is busking banned in Camden Town or not? I’m not wholly [READ ON]
Should they scrub out HOPE?
IF these haven’t been commissioned, I’m not sure we’re allowed to condone or encourage painting on walls. But there’s something about the [READ ON]
