Category Archives: Community stuff

She’ll be apples

The London Orchard Festival takes place Sunday week in the green heart of King’s Cross – Camley Street Natural Park. London Orchard Project, the charity organising the event with the London Wildlife Trust ask: “Ever sampled a Merton Wonder apple, … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Hot corner: ‘revolutionary socialists’ open centre

The neighbourhood may well be cementing – or re-cementing – its status as a leftie hotbed lately with the opening of Firebox, an events space and café run by Counterfire, who describe themselves as a group of revolutionary socialists. Opening … Continue reading

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The Sparkplug gets Evening Standard support

Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund “London is a shameful tale of two cities. In the richest capital in Europe almost half our children live below the poverty line. “These children and their families – the Dispossessed – are cut off from … Continue reading

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The Calthorpe Project invites your comments

The Calthorpe Project’s vision is to transform a disused part of our site (highlighted in the image below/attached) into a multi-purpose building that will bring benefits for the local community and small businesses. Our aim is to create an attractive, sustainable and … Continue reading

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What’s in a name? The Neighbourhood Forum for KX

I’ve watched from afar the birth pains of a neighbourhood forum for King’s Cross. Those first, seemingly small, steps for any organisation are always difficult and often painful, and this is no different. Neighbourhood forums are an initiative of the … Continue reading

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The Africa Express hits KX – and KXCommunity Projects has got tickets to give away!!!

Hailed as the most revolutionary force in popular music for two decades, Africa Express brings together musicians from different cultures, genres and generations to break boundaries and offer a new perspective on Africa and its music. It all began in … Continue reading

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