Newsletter - 29th Jan 21

Saviour of Culture awarded, plus a brilliant food offer

Your Lockdown Lifeline: weekly feel-good reads, exclusive deals and local highlights to enjoy from home, prepared with love by the team at Camdenist

 AWARDS: Week 4, Saviour of Culture 

Covid lockdowns have been punishingly harsh on our beloved arts and culture organisations, with many facing an existential threat. The places we gather to be entertained, to learn and to share some of life's most vital moments may currently lie dark, but as this week's 

Saviour of Culture award 

shows, the creative spirit simply can't be quarantined. From a shortlist of truly brilliant nominees, our judges have selected the work of Euston's famous dance school The Place. During lockdown, they moved their entire education programme online, and have maintained a vital social lifeline to for locals, and dancers all around the world. 

Read today's profile story, featuring their dynamic CEO, Clare Conner, who reveals why The Place was suited to weathering the storms of the pandemic.

 VIDEO: London Zoo's Bedtime Stories 

With the gates closed but thousands of hungry animals still to feed, the crisis at 

ZSL London Zoo

is ongoing. To make sure their plight is not lost among the many other problems of Covid, the keepers have started Tails from the Zoo. It features them reading a series of suitably animal-themed bedtime stories for kids, streamed over the next month. Catch them every Saturday and Sunday, for one night only ,at 6.30pm on the Zoo's Facebook page. You'll also find some very cute footage of animals enjoying last week's snow 🐪.

   OFFER: Half price Maize Blaze  

This week's exclusive offer for readers of Camdenist's Weekly C-Mail comes from Colombian streetfood originators Maize Blaze, who remain open daily in West Yard, Camden Market. As always, Just Mention Camdenist when buying your food and the first 5 people to do so this week will get a whopping 50% off their order. Fantastico! They also offer contact-free pre-orders and all the usual home delivery options on their flavour-bomb meaty/vegan marching boxes and sides.

   EXPLORE: Psychoactive plant art  

NW3's

Camden Art Centre

is (of course) currently closed, while its silent galleries are adorned with art celebrating human beings spiritual relationship to plants. From ancient mythologies to psychoactive plant-induced visions, 

The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree

explores our love of vegetal beauty and intelligence. Fortunately, there's a 360 degree virtual tour of the show that's free on the website. 

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   READ: In celebration of Queen's Crescent housing  

Camden's imposing 1970s estates have always provoked mixed emotions. Some people lament the loss of the original terraced properties that would no doubt be worth over £1m a pop today had they remained, while others adore the bold vision and successful utility of blocks like Weedington (pictured) in NW5. With another wave of development threatening some of the 70s structures, however you feel about them, it's nice to read an enthusiastic love letter to the architecture, like this one.

Free 45-minute Covid test results

Did you know that if you live or work in Camden and have to go out to work, or have no Covid testing available from your employer, Lateral Flow Covid-19 testing is now available in 4 centres across the borough? The tests produce results in a super-fast 45-minutes, and are specifically designed for people who are symptom-free. 

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