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Park Life: a blog for Kensal Rise & Queen's Park

People, places and perks that enhance the lives of those in NW10 and NW6. Email park_life@me.com about local things worth celebrating

Music

Mark Rae’s back in Paradise

by Juliet on March 2, 2012

Kensalbury: Peter Parker’s Rock n Roll Club live at Kensal Flea

by Tasha on June 15, 2011

Kensal Review launches choir with some hot rockin’ beats

by Juliet on May 29, 2011

Rose Rouse talks guns and gravestones with Alannah Currie in Kensal Green

by Juliet on May 11, 2011

Kensal Flea: next event Saturday 24 March

by Juliet on May 9, 2011

Come bang your drum, kiddos

by Juliet on April 27, 2011

Flea By Night: the music!

by Tasha on March 17, 2011

Welcome to the Cabaret Futura

by Juliet on January 10, 2011

Happy Christmas from Park Life – here’s all the music you need to get you in the mood…

by Juliet on December 24, 2010

Kensal Flea is coming soon!

by Juliet on November 3, 2010

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    Life in the park

    • Adventures in sushi
    • The Detox Kitchen
  • Art & entertainment

    • 90-second Brent films
    • ArtNW10
    • Brent Artists Resource
    • Cabaret Futura
    • John Blandy
    • Kensal Review Choir
    • Lexi film reviews
    • Mistah
    • Nomad Cinema
    • Photobooth Out of Order
    • Seventh Heaven pub quiz
    • The Gallery, Willesden
    • What's on at the Masons
    • What's on at the Paradise
    • What's on at the William IV
  • Books & writers

    • Alex Bellos
    • Anne Celine Jaeger
    • Anthony Gardner
    • Ben Lyttleton
    • Book clubs
    • Caroline Phillips
    • Colin Cameron
    • Harry Eyres
    • Juliet Kinsman
    • Kate Rew
    • Kensal Review
    • Kensal Rise library
    • Polly Williams
    • Queen's Park Book Festival
    • Queens Park Books
    • Rose Rouse
    • Save Kensal Rise Library!
    • Tim Lott
    • Zadie Smith
  • Eating & drinking

    • Alice House
    • Behesht Persian restaurant
    • Brooks Butchers
    • Chamberlayne
    • Dri Dri gelateria, Portobello
    • Eat Sushi
    • Farmers Market
    • Food Inc – the documentary
    • Gracelands Café
    • Holy Cow, Kilburn: Indian take-away
    • Ida
    • Island on the Rise, Caribbean restaurant
    • Jacks
    • Karmarama, Gladstone Park
    • L'Angolo's Italian Delicatessen
    • La Dinette
    • Local Sugar
    • Masons Arms
    • Penk's
    • Rebel Bakery
    • Sabor Latino, Willesden
    • Salusbury Wine Store
    • Sunday roasts at the Paradise
    • The Detox Kitchen
    • The Dock Kitchen
    • The Island
    • The Paradise
    • The Regent
    • The Salusbury
    • The Shop
    • Tong Kanom – Thai
    • Tsiakkos & Charcoal
  • Fashion & shopping

    • Anna Popovich
    • Caryn Franklin
    • Disney Roller Girl
    • Elmstone
    • Folk
    • Humphries & Begg
    • Iris
    • Kirsten Grace jewellery
    • Lalï
    • Love KR
    • nineteen57
    • Rag & Bow
    • Samaritans charity shop
    • Shanti Sundays
    • Supra
  • Home, gifts & interiors

    • Another Country Furniture
    • Artisan gallery and studio, corner of Harlesden and Parkfield roads
    • Canvas prints
    • Circus Antiques & Interiors
    • Eulabee
    • Fleamarket Floozy
    • Goat Design workspace furniture
    • Graham & Green
    • Hagai Atzmon, handyman
    • Homeworks
    • Howie & Belle Vintage Boutique
    • London Garden Studios
    • Lou Rota
    • Niche Antiques
    • Personalised gifts
    • retrouvius
    • Rise gift shop
    • Tacina Smith, the Paint Whisperer
    • Verandah (Kensal Rise)
    • Worldly Wicked & Wise
  • Kids & babies

    • Brent Youth Club
    • Drum Club, the Rhythm Studio
    • Izzy Jones
    • Kidsen
    • Meenymineymo.co.uk
    • Mini Picassos
    • Mr Alexander's Travelling Show
    • Peaks of London – stylish breastfeeding clothes
    • Their Nibs
  • Local people we love

    • Alexandra Shulman
    • Anna Richardson
    • Caryn Franklin
    • Gaby Roslin
    • Jamie Cullum
    • Jessica Hynes
    • Kay Montano
    • Kelly Macdonald
    • Sally Wilton
    • Shaun Keaveny
    • Sienna Miller
    • Simon O'Hagan
    • Thandie Newton
  • Mind, body & soul

    • Alan Dolan, Breath Guru
    • Anne-Sophie Morel, Equilibre acupuncture
    • Bikram Yoga
    • Chaim: the Centre for Complementary Health and Integrated Medicine, Willesden
    • Chamberlayne's Barber Shop
    • Cutting Crew
    • Elmwood Tennis Club
    • Food and Face
    • Gorgeous – hair & beauty
    • Gracelands Yard
    • Hair & Make-up Dept
    • Jivita Ayurveda
    • Locomotive personal training
    • Luca
    • Matt Smart Training
    • Meditation tips from Ralf Marzen
    • Natasha Devedlaka make-up artist
    • Nathan Carr's Smartfit Bootcamp
    • Queen's Park Harriers
    • Reflexologist Sophie Robinson
    • Rolfing
    • Special Yoga Centre
    • Swanky Lash & Nail Bar 020 8964 2569
    • Tabitha Robertson
    • The Detox Kitchen
    • Yogaloft
  • Music

    • Canal Party
    • Don Letts
    • Ed Harcourt
    • Mark Rae
    • Matt Cantor
    • Notting Hill Carnival 2011
    • Peter Parkers Rock n Roll Club
    • Tammy Weis
  • Park Life loves

    • A Cycling Project in North Kilburn
    • Absolutely Notting Hill: what I love about our neighbourhood…
    • Alan Bennett's evening for Kensal Rise Library
    • Contact the Elderly
    • Cornershop cuisine
    • Elders Voice http://www.eldersvoice.org.uk
    • Fleamarkets
    • Freeganism
    • Handpicked Media
    • Ken the Milkman
    • Kensal Flea – next event is 24 March at the Paradise
    • Kensal Green Cemetery
    • Kilburn Library Garden
    • Mardy Mabel
    • Mayhew Animal Home
    • Mr & Mrs Smith boutique hotel specialists
    • Orangutan Foundation
    • Photos from yesteryear
    • Queen's Park
    • Salusbury World
    • Scarlet & Violet http://www.scarletandviolet.com
    • Simply Numbers bookkeeping
    • St John's Church
    • Street parties
    • Supra men and women's fashion
    • Sustainability Institute
    • The Rhythm Studio
  • Shops we love

    • Granger Hertzog
    • Paper Wishes
    • Peaceful Solutions charity shop
  • Travel

    • House swapping
    • Mr & Mrs Smith France hotel guidebook
    • On tour with the Freestylers
    • Smith Travel Blog
    • Tallulah & Hope luxury kaftans
  • Useful websites

    • Brent Council
    • Friends of Kensal Green Cemetary
    • Kensal Green directory
    • Kensal Rise Against TFL's Noisy Buses
    • Kensal Rise overland station
    • Organise For You
    • Queen's Park Library
    • Queen's Park overland and underground station
    • Queen's Park Residents Association
  • Zeitgeist: websites we love

    • Awkward Family Photos
    • Blog of "unnecessary" quotation marks
    • Daily Rubbish blog
    • Emails from an asshole
    • Kensal Rising blog
    • NW6 blog
    • Park Life's twitpics
    • Shit My Kids Ruined
    • The Source magazine
    • Transition Kensal to Kilburn
    • What the fuck should I make for dinner