CHRISTMAS traditions start somewhere – whether it’s the Victorians’ idea of sending each other cards, or the Germanic concept of decorating a pine tree, what feels like timeless practices have their ...

MATTHEW Bourne’s iconic 1995 production of Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake helped cement his career. Almost 30 years later, his version continues to delight audiences. Inspired by German and Russian ...

THERE is little secret what most Arsenal fans want this Christmas, with a world-class striker yet again at the top of their wishlist. Gooners have been crying out for a formidable forward for well ...

DOG walkers and a Christmas tree seller rushed to take a woman to hospital after she slipped on Hampstead Heath and broke her ankle. Passers-by assisting the woman, who was in her late fifties, called ...

NOT sure if you saw all of Arsenal’s 0-0 draw with Everton at the weekend, but the cliché that they could have played all night and not scored was probably applicable. The strategy seems to have been ...

IN recent weeks this column has been ambushed by Messiahs – it’s a seasonal hazard – but one more you need to know about, being arguably the prize example, is the performance by Polyphony with the Age ...

NAKED fear is a cruel mistress. Your pulse rate quickens, your head swims, your palms begin to sweat, your pupils dilate and the fight-or-flight mechanism starts to kick in – let’s face it, MR James ...

Joe Leake said he could not stand the idea of children waking up on Christmas Day with nothing to open SPEND your days in A&E saving lives – yet still find the time and motivation to spend some of ...

MOURNERS’ traditional black was swapped for the royal blue and red of Crystal Palace last week at the funeral of Eagles fan and former Camden Labour councillor John Crouch. John died two weeks ago ...

COMMENT: Taxing the super-profitable is not anti-business. A well-structured tax on mega-corporations, tied directly to local councils for housing repairs, could transform lives ‘Ordinary people pay ...

IT was lights, camera, action in Primrose Hill again this week as film crews descended on Regent’s Park Road and Chamberlain Street to shoot a new romcom movie. The cast hard at work included Emilia ...

THE judges of the Regional Press Awards – our industry’s ‘Oscars’ – have decided that two of the top five weekly reporters in the UK write for the Camden New Journal. It was revealed on Friday that ...