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Culture-led opinion, events & more, every Friday, from a North London perspective

Latest Editions

Feb 20, 2026

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15 min read

Buckle up...😬 Here comes the future

Mental health in the era of peak digital disruption + plenty of good reasons to ditch your screen and go out this week

Tom Kihl

Feb 13, 2026

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13 min read

Our next leader might well be a raver

Rayner, Burnham, Polanski & Rotheram all walk into a bar...

Tom Kihl

Weekly Archive

Explore five years of newsletters

Community

Feb 12, 2026

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4 min read

Tradestars Profile: Kreisdesign

Kicking off a new series showcasing local entrepreneurs based at the recently opened local Tradestars workspace community

Feb 6, 2026

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17 min read

So is this how the music dies?

As local gyms zero down on the bottom line, creative expression - at every level - stands to lose out

Tom Kihl

Jan 30, 2026

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11 min read

What does community even mean to you?

The inclusive/exclusive group conundrum, plus loads of local cultural intel to improve yer life

Tom Kihl

Jan 23, 2026

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14 min read

Pubs.🍻Glorious, precarious pubs

The people fighting to save them, plus good news from some top locals

Tom Kihl

Jan 16, 2026

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14 min read

ZZZ! Discover local hot snooze dos 🛌🏻

Sauna, sound-bathing and afternoon sleeping in the middle of King's Cross, plus your responses to last week's AI plagiarism story

Tom Kihl

Jan 9, 2026

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14 min read

Stop (AI) thief!

Resisting the cheep dopamine lure of slop video ripoffs, plus lots of exciting places to check out in real life this week

Tom Kihl

Cheerful & Fearful 😀+😱: what to expect in 2026

Jan 2, 2026

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6 min read

Cheerful & Fearful 😀+😱: what to expect in 2026

The local issues and global forces set to dominate our cultural agenda in the year ahead

Tom Kihl

Dec 26, 2025

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9 min read

Enjoy these very best bits of 2025

Festive reading as we recap some of the big topics, personalities and assorted highs 'n lows we've talked about here over the last 12 months

Tom Kihl

Dec 19, 2025

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15 min read

Optimism on the high street

Assortment of bold new openings as we head towards 2026, plus loads of seasonal culture

Tom Kihl

Camdenist

Buckle up...😬 Here comes the future

Our next leader might well be a raver

Tradestars Profile: Kreisdesign

So is this how the music dies?

What does community even mean to you?

Pubs.🍻Glorious, precarious pubs

ZZZ! Discover local hot snooze dos 🛌🏻

Stop (AI) thief!

Cheerful & Fearful 😀+😱: what to expect in 2026

Enjoy these very best bits of 2025

Optimism on the high street

Camdenist

Culture-led opinion, events and more every Friday, from a North London perspective