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Author Archives: Sophie Talbot
Do you want a say in how KX is designed and planned?
The Government’s Localism Act introduced another way to have a say on local planning issues. As a result a group of local people have set up the King’s Cross Neighbourhood Forum. If you’d like to get involved fill in a … Continue reading
Vulnerable people banned from KX N1C – can it be true?
In a shocking article carried by today’s The Independent newspaper it appears that LB Camden has joined with with the property developers of the massive N1C scheme, home to Granary Square and the new University of the Arts building, to exclude or … Continue reading
Posted in Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands
Tagged Affordable homes, Argent, Camden, Camden Council, Drug abuse, Families with children, FoI, Freedom of Information Act, Granary Square, Housing, King's Cross Central, Mental health, N1C, Rent arrears, Social engineering, Social housing, University of the Arts, Vulnerable people
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Calling all ballroom or Lindy Hop enthusiasts – do you fancy a Strictly experience?
At the KXE mailbox we’ve just received this from Graham Howes – sounds fab! “We are running an Arts Council and Unity Theatre Trust funded development workshop of a new epic play called MISSING PIECES which has Ballroom and Lindy Hop and … Continue reading
Samsara – one day art installation at Granary Square
SAMSARA DAY COMMISSIONS HAYWARD GALLERY RECYCLING ARTISTS ‘ROBOTS ARTS COLLECTIVE’ TO CREATE THE LARGEST MANDALA EVER MADE FROM LONDON OLYMPICS RUBBISH AT KING’S CROSS ON MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER Granary Square will be transformed for the entire day on Monday 17th … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Entertainment
Tagged Granary Square, Olympics, Recycling, Robots Arts Collective, Samsara
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Duck weed harvesting on Regent’s Canal
Duck weed, also known as water lentils, grows at an incredibly fast rate in nutrient-rich water and has been rife on the Regent’s Canal this summer. It looks like thousands of tiny cress plants. It’s packed with protein so is … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Canal and River Trust, duck weed, duckweed, Regent's Canal, St Pancras lock, water lentils
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Wild New Territories celebrates urban wildlife in KX
Wild New Territories is an exhibition showing new visual art, media and performance works that explore the interplay between the urban and the wild. The artists are a broad cross-section of award winning and emerging, artists from a variety of geo-political … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Community groups, Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands, Noticeboard
Tagged Alma Tischler Wood, architecture, Art, Bo Myers, Brunswick Square, Camley Street, Charities, Community, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Dana Claxton, Diego Samper, Edgar Heap of Birds, Foreign Investment, Gillian Wearing, Glenn Lewis, Gordon Cheung, Henry Bragg, Jamie Griffiths, Kathy Kenny, Kings Cross, Local groups, Mars Kaliszewski, Max Kimber, Michael Landy, Michael Morris, Regent's Canal, Ron den Daas, The Foundling Museum, Urban wildlife, Vincent Trasov
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Calling all community groups in King’s Cross!
Back in April community groups working within a half mile of the perimeter of KX Station got together to talk about how we can get the best from the new developments happening here. We came up with some great ideas, … Continue reading
Our Nat paints her Somers Town Green
Arriving at Walker House in Somers Town today, there was a definate whiff of the sea and I swear I could hear the sound of the merry-go-round at the end of the pier. Brighton? Oh no… this is London (not) … Continue reading
Kings Cross Environment 