Camdenist

25/09/2026

Are you emotionally involved with your calculator? 🧮

Probably not. Yet as festival founder Hilary Lawson pointed out at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival last weekend, we regularly risk anthropomorphising our Geminis, Claudes, and GPTs by attaching human-like intelligence to what are essentially high-powered "word calculators."

That shift back toward human-scale connection is central to what we’re exploring in this week’s Camdenist newsletter; and what we're discussing tomorrow (Saturday, 26th Sept) on board the historic narrowboat Tarporley King’s Cross as part of the Vision Festival at Town Hall by Bottaccio.

We’ve also mapped out a packed weekend across the borough:

🚘 Classic Car Boot Sale returning to Granary Square & Coal Drops Yard, and Wayne Hemingway MBE will be talking about the changing face of high streets and markets at tomorrow's event.

🍎 Harvest NW1 opening its organic doors on Chalk Farm Road opposite the Roundhouse.

🍺 A sneak peek at the return of the Camden Road Arms

🎸 The Molotovs taking over the O2 Forum Kentish Town

🚴 + 30 free minutes of Lime Bike credit for our Camdenist Community members!

So whether you're pondering the future of AI or looking for analogue joy in Camden this weekend, catch the full breakdown and secure your free panel tickets to 'Analogue Joy in the Digital World' in the link below.

👇 And don't forget to subscribe to the Camdenist newsletter.

30/08/2026

Camden Town yesterday was like a northern outpost of Notting Hill Carnival with free stages popping off around every corner and enthusiastic party people - despite the odd rain shower. Plenty of love out there (and a great mix of locals and wide-eyed tourists stumbling upon proceedings 📸) Big up Love Camden Jazzie B - everyone involved should be proud. 🎉🥳

28/08/2026

As summer reaches its apex and autumn event season ramps up, our latest newsletter is packed with everything happening across the borough—from bumper summer festivals to big ideas! 🌟

We’re especially excited to highlight our official partnership with How The Light Gets In festival this September. Featuring an incredible lineup of world-leading thinkers, philosophers, and innovators, including Nobel physics laurate Roger Penrose, cult documentary-maker Louis Theroux, Odyssey translator Emily Wilson, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, feminist pioneer Sally Haslanger, former Irish PM Leo Vardakar and Succession star turned cultural provocateur Dasha Nekrasova, among many others.

🎁 Special Partnership Offer: Camdenist readers get 20% off festival passes!

Catch the full breakdown, discount details, and event highlights in the newsletter below:
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Posing big questions, plus bumper festivals as the summer reaches its apex - and the autumn looks just as packed

14/08/2026

Banning pints?! 🍺 We’re weighing in on the so-called "vertical drinking" ban debate currently taking social media by storm.

Is Westminster Council really forcing everyone to sit down with a drink? We got in touch with Jackie Clode-Dickens from the Soho Business Alliance (and former Head of Marketing at Camden Market) to cut through the ragebait and look at what’s actually happening beneath the clickbait headlines.

Also in this week’s issue:
🎭 Camden Fringe: Loads to see and do—use our AI discovery bot to match with your next show!
🍽️ Openings & Musings: Local updates, food spots, and neighborhood news.

📲 Read the full story and dig into the nuance in the comments.

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01/08/2026

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The PLACES and SPACES where it all happens; We celebrate community centres, exotic lolly pop-ups and intergenerational climbing frames, plus tonnes more this week. Plus join our new local community chat.

We celebrate community centres, exotic lolly pop-ups and intergenerational climbing frames, plus tonnes more this week

09/07/2026

It’s summertime in Camden!

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07/07/2026

Ben Stiller is filming scenes for his new RomCom movie this week in Primrose Hill where parts of Chalcot Road have been made to resemble Portobello Road.

The Princess of Wales pub has been turned into a Greek Restaurant. Today they are filming a bus crash scene.

29/06/2026

It’s a bit cooler today, 23c.

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26/06/2026

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26/06/2026

🫶 The annual summer 'Dig It Soundsystem' Parli Hill Bandstand bash takes place this Sun 28th Jun, sticking firmly with the midsummer theme among the big free summer parties.

☀️ This year it’s an afternoon affair, running 1pm-6pm instead of the usual sundown slot, with an afters over at the Dartmouth Arms until much later, of course.

💃🕺 As Dig It’s Dan Carrier told us the other day, "getting people dancing with wild abandon in the daytime is a whole different skill, but something he has no concern they will achieve". Dig It Sound System