Category Archives: Things to do

Lunchtime recitals: St. Pancras Church at 1.15pm, every Thursday ADMISSION FREE

The handy Create KX newsletter reports these interesting free local recitals: 9th August Anete Graudina – violin & Aya Kawabata – piano perform Bela Bartok’s Sonata in E minor, Joseph Suk’s Love Song and Nina Rota’s Improvisation in D minor16th … Continue reading

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Portman Butchers

This has got to be one of the best kept secrets in our neighbourhood – the Portman Butchers at 74 Caledonian Road (N1 9DN).  Forget about the supermarket – why not buy your meats and poultry from a real butcher … Continue reading

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PICTURE THIS – Postcard Competition

An invitation to everyone living, working and studying in the King’s Cross neighbourhood (Camden or Islington) to design a postcard portraying KING’S CROSS / ST PANCRAS – PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE Cross Section Magazine and Communities in Focus are hosting … Continue reading

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Cally Festival is go in Bingfield Park!

Patriic and the Cally Community Health volunteers have done a brilliant job and completely transformed Bingfield Park into a community festival – there is music, BBQs, ethnic foods, bric a brac, a bucking bronco, trumpeters from the Age of Enlightenment, … Continue reading

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Hoodies – the positive side

Local young people have put on a brilliant art exhibition at 334 Caledonian Road.  They have taken the demonised ‘hoodie’ and used it to express the influences on modern young people.  The hoodies (papier mache and collage) make a huge … Continue reading

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Preview of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

This just in from our neighbour Lisa Pontecorvo regard our new local orchestra (starting next summer). Dear All, This Saturday is a chance for you to see the education work of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the … Continue reading

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Demons and Angels at Shoreditch Town Hall

You may have heard of Kids Co (www.kidsco.org.uk), they work across London, including in King’s Cross, with our most vulnerable kids – the ones that are excluded from education, the refugee kids who have seen things that don’t bear thinking … Continue reading

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Facebook Group – ‘I Love Kings Cross !’

Facebook is kind of taking over everything on the Internet (for some) and is doing worrying things to my evenings. If you haven’t used it, it is hard to explain the attraction, but it allows you to keep in touch … Continue reading

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