As Helen Arney points out, for some, Stoke Newington is an idyllic villagey London enclave that makes you reluctant to leave.
For others it's an insufferable, smug London enclave that makes you reluctant to visit. For Helen, it wasn't quite the place for her. She has very kindly produced this fine little video – a London is Funny exclusive in fact – to illustrate what happened.
The Comedians' Guide To London loves a bit of London geekery, and musical comedian Jay Foreman clearly has loads of it. He has put together an evidently meticulously researched video about the northern line – more specifically, an odd little branch at the top of it that connects Finchley to Mill Hill East. It's called Unfinished London, and in it you sift through the murky waters of disused tunnels, town planning and Hitler.
So if you love a bit of local London knowledge, complete with historical context, this one's for you. Cheers Jay!
Surly Frenchman Marcel Lucont may miss his countrymen, with their strong jawlines and militant work demands, but there's one place in London that has charmed him – Camden Town. You weeell jhust 'aff to eemageen zee Fweeench acceeent
Whitechapel didn't float her boat, Stockwell left her cold, but when Nat Luurtsema arrived in Islington, she finally found somewhere to put her value pasta
That old hoary fucker Arthur Smith has been banging on about Balham for what seems like an eternity. So it would be rude not to get him involved with the Comedians' Guide to London
The Comedians' Guide to London continues with a look at Soho; sweaty, central and oddly fascinating as it is. Like a belly button.
Your guide is Tom Webb, the cheeky funster behind comedy nights at the Cat and Mutton and Pangea Project, who envisages a fantastical fight in Soho Square.
