Camdenist

North London thinking, stories & culture worth your time, every Friday

Latest Editions

Apr 3, 2026

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12 min read

Don’t ban all the buskers 🫨

Local street music licensing has all but silenced this important and popular platform for aspiring performers in the Borough, and now it's getting political

Tom Kihl

Culture update: four lead stories & what happened next

Mar 27, 2026

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14 min read

Culture update: four lead stories & what happened next

Recent Camdenist headlines revisited, a big local business boost + curated things to see and do

Tom Kihl

Weekly Archive

Explore five years of newsletters

Eid, truth and the relentless search for engagement

Mar 20, 2026

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17 min read

Eid, truth and the relentless search for engagement

Another week of culture war outrage, but what do we do next? Plus loads more to see and do for the days ahead

Tom Kihl

Community

Mar 19, 2026

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4 min read

Tradestars Profile: Avni Touch

Offering mind-body health that blends a wide range of Eastern and Western practices, Avni Trivedi has brought her multi-discipline wellbeing business to North Rd

Weekly Newsletter

Mar 13, 2026

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17 min read

Taking drugs like grown-ups

A new service in Camden that will save lives, an amazing local washing machine, a Kentish Town cinema pop-up and all your cultural updates and gossip for the week ahead

Tom Kihl

Community

Mar 12, 2026

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4 min read

Tradestars Profile: The Washing Machine Project

Discover the simple device with the power to help improve the lives of women and girls worldwide, reducing pressure on the natural environment, too

Weekly Newsletter

Don't let Britpop nostalgia be the death of Camden Town's musical hotbed

Mar 6, 2026

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14 min read

Don't let Britpop nostalgia be the death of Camden Town's musical hotbed

Comedian Marc Burrows speak out, plus ideas for your week ahead, sorted

Tom Kihl

Community

Mar 4, 2026

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5 min read

Tradestars Profile: The Womankind Clinic

This week we visit a new local practitioner supporting women's fertility and overall wellbeing with hands-on treatments

Weekly Newsletter

Whispers from the past hidden in the stories of our day

Feb 27, 2026

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16 min read

Whispers from the past hidden in the stories of our day

Look up. Look down. Look all around. Plus gossip from the Camden cultural coalface

Tom Kihl

Community

Feb 26, 2026

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4 min read

Tradestars Profile: Vivarium Films

This week, our new series showcasing local entrepreneurs based at Tradestars workspace on North Road drops in to the video production studio of Borja Massa

Weekly Newsletter

Feb 20, 2026

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16 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

Camdenist

Don’t ban all the buskers 🫨

Culture update: four lead stories & what happened next

Eid, truth and the relentless search for engagement

Tradestars Profile: Avni Touch

Taking drugs like grown-ups

Tradestars Profile: The Washing Machine Project

Don't let Britpop nostalgia be the death of Camden Town's musical hotbed

Tradestars Profile: The Womankind Clinic

Whispers from the past hidden in the stories of our day

Tradestars Profile: Vivarium Films

Buckle up...😬 Here comes the future

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