Vinoteca opens biggest site yet at One Pancras Square
Vinoteca: horseshoe bar. Photo: PR Ten years after their first shop in Farringdon, today sees foodie twosome Brett Woonton and Charlie Young launch their most ambitious Vinoteca site yet. Based at One...
View ArticleMUST DO: late March
‘A practical solution.’ The largest ever exhibition of Magna Carta. Photo: PR DON’T MISS: the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta One of the world’s most famous documents, Magna Carta has inspired some of...
View ArticleMUST DO: check out the new Lewis Cubitt Square and Park in King’s Cross
Almost bucolic: Lewis Cubitt Park News just in: the official opening of Lewis Cubitt Square and Park takes place in King’s Cross on Saturday. Let’s hope the weather cheers up, eh? This is quite a big...
View ArticleMUST DO: Courtyard Festival, King’s Cross
A hundred of the best Welsh beers and ciders to peruse in King’s Cross. Photo: Green Man So what the devil is it all about? Courtyard is a hugely popular area of the Green Man Festival, which offers...
View ArticleMUST DO: Harvest Festival at Alara Wholefoods
Warm up round the bonfire this weekend at this very quirky Harvest Festival. Photo: SE At first glance it’s just a large corrugated iron warehouse on an industrial estate stuffed to the gills with...
View ArticleOMG! Look at the wine bar and growler refill at Waitrose King’s Cross
Pull up a stool: the Wine Bar. Pic: SE The mighty new 29,000 square foot Waitrose store, right in the centre of 67 acres of new buildings at King’s Cross, opened last night in the restored Grade...
View ArticleMUST DO: CôBa restaurant, York Way
Damon Bui: ‘I see it as a way to honour both my parents’. Photo: CôBa Damon Bui’s mum and dad arrived in Australia as Vietnamese refugees not speaking any English. Having witnessed their struggles in...
View ArticleOMG! An Xmas tree made out of 365 sledges
It looks like a tree from a far, but it’s a ‘thing’. Got it? Photo: JS Down on Granary Square in King’s Cross – you know, where the fountains light up at night, and the students drift back and forth...
View ArticleThe Scottish Stores opens in King’s Cross
Beautiful restored signage: the pub has been taken back to basics. Photo: SS Never heard of it? Well, the Scottish Stores is the original name for what was until recently The Flying Scotsman – y’know,...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Lumiere London at King’s Cross
Click to view slideshow. So the much-anticipated Lumiere London festival kicks off tonight with King’s Cross very much the focal point, although it engulfs much of the West End too, from Leicester...
View ArticleMUST DO: Casa Tua King’s Cross
A quiet backstreet with view over Holy Cross Church. Photo: GM The tiny Royal College Street original opposite Camden Road station has become an institution over the last few years, whether for a...
View ArticleRuby Violet is coming to King’s Cross
Julie Fisher at the original Ruby Violet, Fortess Road NW5 © Danielle Woods Kentish Town’s hugely popular (and innovative) gelateria makes its frozen debut bang in the middle of King’s Cross next...
View ArticleMUST DO: a punk pop-up shop… at the British Library?
POP-UP: Punk shop at the British Library It’s like a 1970s record shop: punk wares at the BL. Photo: PR Tomorrow sees the opening of the British Library’s pop-up shop, part of a punk season to mark the...
View ArticleBeen to this hidden lounge bar under the streets of King’s Cross?
Comfortably furnished to nestle down for a long night in. Photo: PRA secret grey door. A keypad to let yourself in. This former dive and gambling hangout is now an L-shaped elegant speakeasy, boasting...
View ArticleMUST DO: An arty day out on the Kent coast – for nada
Examining the space “between meaning and perception.” Image © Misguided, Julia RiddioughMuch of Margate-based artist Julia Riddiough’s work uses found images. “I collect any interesting printed...
View ArticleEveryman on the Corner: a new cinema in King’s Cross
Bucolic: Lewis Cubitt Park. The temporary 32-seater cinema is at the south-western tip. Photo: SE Ahead of its permanent three-screen local arrival in 2017, upmarket cinema group Everyman is ushering...
View ArticleMUST DO: Bottomless booze, free street party – and unconsciousness
COMMUNITY: Cally Festival 7000 locals on this iconic thoroughfare. Photo: CFOne of the area’s longest running yearly bashes is back this weekend. As usual it’ll be taking over and closing the area’s...
View ArticleMUST DO: Strawberries & Screen returns to Granary Square
SPORT: Strawberries and Screen is back Strawberries & Screen: a right racket. Photo: PRThis annual event has quickly become an institution in Granary Square. Once again you can watch all the live...
View ArticleMUST DO: Camley Street Harvest Festival
Atmospheric, community-minded – and free: Alara Harvest Festival. Photo: PR At first glance it’s just a large corrugated iron warehouse on an industrial estate stuffed to the gills with organic...
View ArticleMUST DO: Oktoberfest, German Gymnasium
Still, at least it’s covered in the unlikely event of rain. Ahem. Photo: PR Starting today (16th September), the iconic grade-II listed building squished between St Pancras and King’s Cross stations is...
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