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600 children and young people living in temporary accommodation in Camden,

3 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

The team from Streets KitchenSIX-hundred children and young people are currently living in temporary accommodation in Camden, a council meeting heard this week. The equivalent of two primary schools’ worth of children are not living in secure housing in the borough. “And what’s most concerning for us is that number is growing,” Abi Knight, public health consultant at Raise Camden, said at a debate on homelessness and temporary accommodation at a full council meeting last Monday night.
Drum n bass legend Fabio to start label from scratch

3 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Caitlin Maskell

Fabio has provided the soundtrack to a generation of nights out A LEGENDARY drum and bass DJ still at the forefront of the scene three decades on is embarking on the next evolution of his career – launching his new label next month in Camden. “After being a veteran in this game it’s time for me to step up – if there’s a problem you’ve got to get up there and fix it,” said DJ Fabio.
Sarah Cunningham death: Tragedies on the Tube could be prevented…. but it costs too much

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Caitlin Maskell

Sarah Cunningham died after walking into a tunnel at Chalk Farm [George Darrell, courtesy of Lisson Gallery]IN the days since the verdict of an inquest into Sarah Cunningham’s death, there have been a clutch of unkind headlines. It might be called victim-shaming to focus now on what she had consumed on the night something made her walk into the tunnel at Chalk Farm underground.
Four banned from sleeping in a tent in Camden Town

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Tents in Camden GardensSOME homeless people are being banned from sleeping rough in a large area in Camden Town and have been warned their tents and belongings will be removed if they do not leave the area. The order comes two years after the then leader of Camden Council, Georgia Gould, stood up in a public meeting to declare that disposing of rough sleepers’ belongings would not happen again.
Sir Michael Palin warns of developer threat to Gospel Oak neighbourhood’s ‘soul’

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Sir Michael Palin with Lindsay Mackie and Foyezur MiahSIR MICHAEL Palin shared his love for living in Gospel Oak, a “special place that’s not pretending to be something it’s not”, at a community event on Monday night. On the same day that he finished penning his latest book – on his travels around Venezuela – the Monty Python actor journeyed down the road from his home in Oak Village to give a talk at the Queen’s Crescent Community Association (QCCA).
How Maureen took no nonsense behind the bar at ‘gangster pub’

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Tom Foot

Maureen Richards at the Lord SomersA LEGENDARY pub landlady of Somers Town who lived her life in the same street will be laid to rest next week at St Mary’s Church, where she was married. Maureen Richards worked and raised a family at the Lord Somers in Aldenham Street from 1963, running it single-handedly for many years until it shut down and demolished in the 1990s.
Review: Shanghai Dolls, at Kiln Theatre

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Gabby Wong and Millicent Wong in Shanghai Dolls [Marc Brenner]AMY Ng’s character drama explores the interwoven lives of two women from Chinese history – Madame Mao (Gabby Wong) and Sun Weishi (Millicent Wong) – and how one destroyed the other. Jiang Qing and 14-year-old Sun first meet in 1930s Shanghai at an audition for Ibsen’s The Doll’s House, and swiftly become friends, united by their passion for theatre.
Grooves: Jacob Banks; Raver Tots; Live For Palestine; Iamthemorning; Ska Festival

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Róisín Gadelrab

Jacob Banks plays The ForumA SINGING Strictly judge, family rave, ska and Latin music festivals and unique live music and club nights for every day of the week – your toughest task is to choose wisely. Here’s a little flavour of what’s coming up…• Better known for his dancing skills and playing the villain in Strictly, Craig Revel Horwood brings his Revelations – Songs Boys Don’t Sing show to Union Chapel on April 26 to celebrate the release of his debut solo album.
‘Words cannot describe how magical it is to make a photograph in an analogue way’

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Dan Carrier

Work for the Roundhouse exhibition by Myah Asha JeffersTHE camera is everywhere. Millions of photographs are taken each minute around the world and the upshot is humans today are more aware than at any time in history of their image of self. Photographer Myah Asha Jeffer’s latest exhibition Acts of Communion – part of the Roundhouse’s Three Sixty Festival – has been shot in black and white and on film, the antithesis of the instant image world we live in now.
Review: Manhunt, at Royal Court

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Samuel Edward-Cook in Manhunt [Manuel Harlan]STYLISHLY staged by writer-director Robert Icke, Manhunt is a gruelling 90-minute exploration of toxic masculinity. Before the curtain rises, Samuel Edward-Cook prowls around the stage like a caged animal. On July 1, 2010, Raoul Moat (Edward-Cook) was released from Durham Prison. He went to the home of Samantha Stobbart (Sally Messham), his former girlfriend, murdered her boyfriend and left her fighting for her life.