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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

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

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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

Weekly Newsletter

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

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

Weekly Newsletter

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

Weekly Newsletter

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

Camdenist

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

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?

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