Camdenist

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

Latest Editions

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

Weekly Archive

Explore five years of newsletters

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

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

Camdenist

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

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!

Camdenist

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