Yes, it’s the festive season (well, just about), but, amidst all the imminent feasting, boozing and shopping, why not stop for a second and take a good look around you?
In this issue we celebrate two ambitious (but totally different) cultural developments in the area. First off is the shiny Francis Crick Institute, pictured above with Conrad Shawcross sculpture in the foreground: an awe-inspiring centre for biomedical research, as well as public events space, it opened opposite St Pancras International earlier this month.
Meanwhile, just off Granary Square is the first work commissioned by new visual arts collective the King’s Cross Project. A 50-metre long installation by artist Rana Begum, it’ll stand in pride of place for three years.
In this issue we also hear from director John Rogers, whose documentary, London Overground, is the centrepiece of Bloomsbury’s Swedenborg Festival; and there’s a rundown of what to expect at this year’s Fringe! Queer Film fest, which takes place over five days in venues across London.
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Rather eat? We head to a hip new joint by the Regent’s Canal for some stone-baked pizza; and visit Casa Tua, the acclaimed southern Italian café-bar just south of the Euston Road.
STOCKISTS WIDER KING’S CROSS/ CENTRAL LONDON
Fixed distribution units in King’s Cross, Euston, Warren Street & Kentish Town
UAL St Martin’s (entrance to the right of Caravan), Granary Square N1C
KX Visitor’s Centre, Stable Street KX Visitor’s Centre, Stable Street
Outside Tesco Metro, 21 Caledonian Road N1
Outside Euston Station, corner of Melton Street and Euston Square Gardens
Waitrose KX, Granary Square N1C
Outside Warren Street Underground station
Outside Kentish Town West Overground NW5
Outside Phoenicia Food Hall, Kentish Town Road NW5
Other stockists include
Ruby Violet, Everyman On The Corner, Drake & Morgan, Water Rats, Youtube Space, SLAM, Casa Tua, The Place, Urbanest Student Accommodation, Skip Garden Café, Dishoom, Greek Larder, Knight Frank office, FRAME studios, The Star of Kings, Pancras Square Library, The Lighterman, The Gilbert Scott (restaurant and bar), The Somers Town Coffee House, Camden Town Hall, Skoob Books, KCBNA (Marchmont St Community Centre), 06 St Chads, The Fellow, D.A.S.H Coffee, Drink, Shop & Do, Housmans Bookshop, Camino, The Poor School, The Big Chill House, Honest Burgers, Nido Kings Cross, The Surya Centre, The Lexington, Shaw Theatre, Unite Students, Sanctuary Students, Unite Students, Lincoln Lounge, Four Cup, Rocket, Sanctuary Students, Peel Centre, Grain Store
