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Police were called to Highgate Road, NW5 shortly before 19.40hrs on Monday, 15 February following reports of a stabbing. Officers attended...

Andrew Whitehead "Catering for Beanfeasts, Parties, Clubs" in Highgate West Hill, overlooking Hampstead Heath - Credit: Andrew Whitehead "We're having a beano!" The phrase harks back to a lost era of bottles of pop, iced buns and innocent fun. The word "beano" would have all but disappeared from the language but for the persistence of the Beano comic, first published in 1938 (its main rival for many years had a title almost as dated, the Dandy) and still going. The word derives from "beanfeast", a works outing organised and paid for by the employer - a workers' treat and a term which bore ...

Illustration of the Bull and Last in 1820 - Credit: Camden Archives "There are a lot of Bulls in the area" says Ollie Pudney chef and co-owner of The Bull & Last. "Even the customers get confused. They come in only to find out they are meant to be at the Bull and Gate or even the Bull and Bush on the other side of the Heath." Legend has it that the pub in Highgate Road got its name from a charismatic coachman careering up the Great North Road, who would shout 'Bull' then 'last' because the inn was the final stop as you left London.