Category Archives: Things to do

Voyeurism comes to King’s Cross!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Stephan Schulte

At first when I passed the activity on Good's WayI thought it was just another old building being demolished, but then I realised that there was no building on the site and what I was seeing was a building be … Continue reading →

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The People’s Supermarket opens in Bloomsbury

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Clare Hill

Alright, it's not in King's Cross, but not far off, and worth a special note for uniqueness. The People's Supermarket is a co-operatively owned social enterprise — a 'conventional' supermarket (scaled down a little) selling everyday grocery items and staffed … Continue reading →

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Lisa – ‘A Meteor with Attitude’

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Sophie Talbot

Folk opera is a feast of song The dynamic Lisa Pontecorvo is described as ‘a meteor with attitude’ in the song opening ‘Lisa – a folk opera’, to be presented in Edward Square N1 at 4pm on Tuesday 8th June, … Continue reading →

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Tesco Kings Cross Caledonian Road opening times for bank holiday

Posted on May 2, 2010 by William Perrin

Tesco Kings Cross on the Caledonian Road is open from 0700 to 2200 on Bank HolidayMonday according to their automated phone service (May Bank Holiday 2010 0845 6779821).  You can see the opening hours of the 21 Caledonian Road store … Continue reading →

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Nandos Kings Cross – York Way opening times and directions

Posted on May 1, 2010 by William Perrin

Nandos Kings Cross is very close to Kings Cross station, just over the road from the main exit at 12-16 York Way N1 9AA (Nandos map).  Come out of the front of the station, turn left up the side of … Continue reading →

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Sound Map of the Caledonian Road

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Stephan Schulte

The following was submitted by Ian – hopefully our friends at the Guardian will not mind our re-publication… Just discovered a brilliant sound map of Caledonian Road on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/interactive/2010/apr/26/caledonian-road-sound-map It's downloadable so you could listen to it … Continue reading →

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The Jim Geddes Collection is now available for friends and fans

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Stephan Schulte

Jim Geddes, local King's Cross resident who died in 2009, left an extraordinary body of sculpture, ceramics, paintings, drawings and textiles in the house he lived in for some 30 years – 24 Caledonian Road.  The work was all collected … Continue reading →

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The Mechanical Aquarium & More…

Posted on April 27, 2010 by William Perrin

The Mechanical Aquarium, a site-specific moving artwork in the Fish & Coal buildings by local artist Richard Sharples, is now fully booked. Apologies to those of you who missed the boat – we were inundated with bookings. However, we are still looking for … Continue reading →

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