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

James Gillray’s Politeness,1779 [Lewis Walpole Library]IN Paris, journalist Louis-Sebastien Mercier wrote: “They imagine a Frenchman could not cross the street in London without being insulted, that every Englishman is fierce and devours raw flesh.

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

An affair to remember… Along Came LoveALONG CAME LOVEDirected by Katell QuillévéréCertificate: 12a☆☆☆☆DIRECTOR Katell Quillévéré has a personal reason for making this film. She revealed that her grandmother kept a secret from her family for almost her entire life – only revealing the truth of her wartime experience in her last days. She had had an affair with a German soldier during the occupation of France, and her oldest child was conceived through this forbidden relationship.

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Michael Church

Ronald Corp [Highgate Choral Society]THE first publication to register the death, at 74, of Ronald Corp, and with a typically gushing headline, was The Sun: “A beloved music star who performed for millions.”For all those who have sung under his inspiring direction, or listened to his intricate chamber music, this populist accolade may have come as a surprise.

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

Chris Townsend at MapTO regulars, it is more than a cafe – it’s a cultural hub of music and fashion and a picture of everything that’s cool about Kentish Town. But now Map, a cafe, music studio and performance space which has operated in Grafton Road for nearly 40 years, is facing an uncertain future after Camden Council told its owners that it must apply for planning permission if it wants to stay open after 8pm.

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Richard Harrington in House of Games [Manuel Harlan]BILLY (Oscar Lloyd), a gambling addict, is mid-therapy with bestselling author and psychoanalyst Dr Margaret Ford (Lisa Dillon), an expert in compulsive behaviour, when he pulls a gun. He claims he owes a hefty sum to the House of Games, a shady Chicago poker lounge, and is worried he’s going to get killed. Driven by concern for her client and writerly curiosity, Margaret decides to visit the gambling den herself.