Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
Sarah Teather was the guest of honour at the Holborn and St Pancras LibDem summer lunch today, in the home and garden of Camden councillor David Simmons and his wife, but she didn’t have to speak, which was probably a relief for both her and the guests who were lapping up the sun and the [...]
Philobiblon (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Presented in a very comprehensive briefing by Camden council staff at the St Pancras and Somers Town “area forum” last week. The London borough of Camden has just under 16,000 people on its housing waiting list, and 1,420 statutory homeless households living in temporary accommodation. Thirty per cent of Camden households are overcrowded (national figure 7%). [...]
Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Poet in the City are involved in a campaign to see that 8 Royal College Street in Camden, the house once occupied by Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine , retains its cultural heritage: In 1873 the two poets lived for a year in the house near Kings Cross and St Pancras stations. The poets had scandalized French literary society by running away together to the grubby streets of Victorian London, where...
Secondhand Smoke (Free subscription) | 26/04/2008
The poor thing, it was waiting for me at the London Central parcels depot on the far side of Camden, the northernmost extremity of St Pancras. Three times on successive days, the Royal Mail had conveyed it about London, to my doorstep, and back to storage. It must have wondered why it wasn't being received, why I was never at home to Mr/Ms Giraffe. A beast of shorter stature might have felt slighted....
SilverTiger (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Eureka Discovery Centre, Halifax As recounted in my previous post, I arrived at St Pancras Station in plenty of time, had coffee and a biscotti in the admirable Camden Food Co cafe there and went aboard my train. This left on the dot at 9:25, as scheduled. I settled down to enjoy the journey. I was [...]
Philobiblon (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
The Camden Cyclist newsletter arrives with some good news - after much lobbying council has agreed to signpost a route out of these two stations down to the main east/west London cycle route. It is possible to get out along a reasonably quiet route now details here - but only if you know the area extremely [...]
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 22/03/2008
30th March 4pm until 10pm Cellar Bar, The Constitution, 42 St Pancras Way, London, NW1, Camden Town 50s and 60s sounds, Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n Roll, Early Soul, Ska, Blues, Popcorn, Doo Wop, Instros etc My girlfriend and I are gonna be guest dj-ing at this, should be fun. Free before seven,...
