The Kentishtowner is North London’s NESTA award-winning daily online magazine(est.2010): Editors describe the magazine as ‘dedicated to cultural affairs – art, food, pubs, culture, community, history, architecture, music. Kentish Town and Camden as a borough may be at the heart of what we do, but we love the capital as a whole. We’re not bound too rigidly by geography: to prove it, we have a thriving travel section. We believe a mix of features makes for a balanced read.’
They have great reviews as well…and a yearly award scheme based on readers’ votes–Thank you to the Salonistas who made the Salon a winner!
1. Toby Brothers’ Literary Salon
Drawing by far the most votes for a single ‘random thing’ was this rather special book club. To quote one reader in their entirety: ‘Sounds posh (and it is academic) but actually it’s a fabulous friendly forum for real discussion about serious literature. You pay about a fiver per evening and spend an hour or two, over drinks, discussing a good book, play or poem. It’s like a structured book club with interested strangers. I haven’t come across anything like this before – like going back to a university tutorial in a very enjoyable way.’ Said another; ‘A wonderful way to study books one would normally not read by oneself; or if one did, one would most likely not understand!’ and also ‘a most agreeable and useful evening’.
My daughter is surprised the Salon beat the fishdogs at Camden Market.
Your daughter is maybe overly smitten with Camden Market fishdogs. Though those do sound more “random” 🙂