History
Drink
What was a King’s Cross boozer like in the 1940s?
The Scottish Stores on Caledonian Road has a fascinating story. We hear how one man has recorded his family's long association with it
History
Exclusive photos: Where Thomas Heatherwick will transform King’s Cross
Former Bagley’s nightclub prepares to raise the roof once more, as grand new design is approved for the Victorian-era Coal Drops
Gasholder Park
A love letter to Gas Holders
While King’s Cross prepares to celebrate its gas holders with the opening of a huge new public park, elsewhere across the UK, these geometric landmarks ...
Granary Square
Remember the TDK Cross Central festival?
We spoke to Richard Garrow Newport, reminiscing about his years throwing a huge all-night festival right in the centre of London
History
Knowledge Quarter #6: Donne Robertson, Wellcome Collection
The final installment in our KQ introductory series visits Euston Road's famous charitable trust
History
What was King’s Cross like at the turn of the millennium?
Stephen Emms remembers a walk up York Way one evening back in 2002
History
Knowledge Quarter #5: Martin Sach, London Canal Museum
Never learnt the fascinating history behind the inland waterways of King's Cross? We meet the man behind the Canal Museum, part of our Knowledge Quarter ...
History
Amazing photos: inside Bagley’s nightclub in 2015
London’s biggest rave venue has sat silent for 8 years. We hit the dusty dancefloor and took a trip… back through time
History
The Cross Nightclub: past, present & future
Work is underway to restore the historic Fish & Coal Buildings to their industrial former glory, but we won’t let their rave history go uncelebrated ...
History
What’s the British Library’s Magna Carta show like?
Why do two medieval Latin words still have such resonance? And how can a whole exhibition relate to one document? The answer is to go ...
