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

Latest Editions

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

Weekly Archive

Explore five years of newsletters

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

Dec 12, 2025

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15 min read

A tiny new theatre for a big new era

The Circle & Star launches, plus curated thing to do in the festive frenzy of mid-December

Tom Kihl

The heartache and hope behind these local charities

Dec 5, 2025

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19 min read

The heartache and hope behind these local charities

Plus your curated list to discover more of the most unexpected things to do in the 'hood this week

Tom Kihl

Secure doors, or more dodgy surveillance?

Nov 28, 2025

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15 min read

Secure doors, or more dodgy surveillance?

How bag screening might be a barrier to knowledge, plus culture news and things getting decidedly Christmassy

Tom Kihl

Nov 21, 2025

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20 min read

Stop Thomas Heatherwick!

The latest wranglings over local buildings, plus a huge new brewery, and hospitality comes out fighting

Tom Kihl

Nov 14, 2025

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18 min read

Conflicts of opinion: global & local

Plus deliciously lost nights in central London and curated highlights from across the Borough

Tom Kihl

Nov 7, 2025

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12 min read

🎯Can our community reach the target?

A call to arms to supercharge some great new projects, plus the usual curated highlights for the days ahead

Tom Kihl

Oct 31, 2025

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16 min read

The fightback is local💥

Reclaiming the real world AND the digital space, plus curated things to do this week

Tom Kihl

Camdenist

Stop (AI) thief!

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

Enjoy these very best bits of 2025

Optimism on the high street

A tiny new theatre for a big new era

The heartache and hope behind these local charities

Secure doors, or more dodgy surveillance?

Stop Thomas Heatherwick!

Conflicts of opinion: global & local

🎯Can our community reach the target?

The fightback is local💥

Camdenist

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