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About Clare Hill

Clare is a writer and editor who lived in King’s Cross for a decade. She is passionate about local history, transport and food. Contact Clare by commenting on her posts or go to http://www.clarehill.net

Fatal stabbing in King’s Cross

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Clare Hill

There are unconfirmed reports of a murder in Argyle Street, just south of St Pancras station. Around 7 uniformed police officers were tonight manning a cordon covering the entire street, in place since the early evening. At least 5 plainclothes … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc | 5 Comments

Lost in a King’s Cross labyrinth

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Clare Hill

The prospect of experiencing an evening of random art happenings in a labyrinth inside an old stable in King’s Cross sounded promising. The website of the King & the Minotaur is a maze itself, giving away not much more than … Continue reading →

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The dark art of creative patronage

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Clare Hill

An art commissioning agency, All Visual Arts (AVA) that recently based itself in King’s Cross, has opened its first exhibition. The exhibition space and offices are tucked away down the cul-del-sac, Omega Place, across from Housman’s Bookshop, in an unprepossessing … Continue reading →

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A tale of two stations

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Clare Hill

The luxurious five-star hotel at St Pancras opened last week, icing on an already over-the-top cake. All the more reason for King’s Cross station next door — older, dumpier and currently festooned with scaffolding — to seem like an ugly … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross local history, Kings Cross Station Refurbishment | 2 Comments

Get paid for generating electricity or grill your local services

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Clare Hill

Here's a couple of council events being held locally, which were sent to me and may be of interest to others: one on 'Feed-in Tariffs' for solar power generation and the other on community safety — a multi-agency Q&A session. … Continue reading →

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Cuts protesters bring Euston Road to a halt

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Clare Hill

Around 150 people protesting against spending council cuts were occupying intersection of Euston Road, Midland Road and Judd Street, outside Camden Town Hall as of 7.30pm tonight. The often congested A501, or Euston Road, normally moves at a snail's pace … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | 1 Comment

A King’s Cross club for ‘supermodels’

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Clare Hill

A couple of middle-aged men are milling about in the light of a doorway of an otherwise dark street off Pentonville Road. The door belongs to an anonymous 1960s 3-storey building, enigmatically carrying a sign with only a stylised art … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross local history, Transport | 3 Comments

Congolese protest opposite embassy in Gray’s Inn Road

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Clare Hill

The busy one-way stretch of Gray's Inn Road in King's Cross was awash with fluorescent yellow today at 4.30pm, as a clutch of police officers and two riot vans kept an eye on 50 or so protesters on the footway … Continue reading →

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