QUEEN’S CRESCENT NW5: FOOD, DRINK, COMMUNITY
Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town, was laid out in 1862. It is named after Queen Victoria and was on the route in her carriage to take the air at West End
Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town, was laid out in 1862. It is named after Queen Victoria and was on the route in her carriage to take the air at West End
Camden is home to some fantastic pubs, ranging from the historic hostelries of Hampstead through to the grungy Rock ‘n Roll boozers of Camden Town. In this blog I am
Mechanised bread Did you know that Camden Town for many years was the centre for baking bread (and cakes!) This was due to the Aerated Bread Company – the company
This summer 103 remarkable and beautiful fibreglass globes have appeared in many sites across Britain. They can be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool and Swansea as well as
Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta OBE (21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) is the author of 15 adult novels, four children’s books and 2 plays. She was a prolific and pioneering writer
Camden Town represented a crucial turning point for the great French poets Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) and Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Their time at 8 Great (now Royal) College Street has a
Background Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) is now most famous for his novels, but he was also a very influential character in his time. He also had many connections with Camden.
In the beginning This blog post is about entertainment in the part of Holborn known as Ely Place and Hatton Garden, an area of land between Holborn, Leather Lane and
Many locations in London can lay claim to being central to the birth and history of British Punk Rock. Did this musical and cultural earthquake, which had such an important
Music Halls: Between Coffee Houses and Cinemas Music halls derived partly from the 17th- and 18th-century coffee houses but more directly from entertainment in saloon bars and taverns. The first
Although Amy Winehouse and Camden are in some ways synonymous, Amy was in fact an Enfield girl. She was brought up in Chase Street in Southgate, part of Enfield chase.
A star is born Marie Lloyd was born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood on 12 February 1870 at 36 Plumber Street (now Provost Street) in Hoxton, east London. Approximately fifteen years