Let’s move to Somers Town: one of London’s best-kept secrets

It’s ripe with history and character, from magnificent social housing to spooky churchesWhat’s going for it? We shan’t mention HS2 and the new Euston station (well, OK, just once more). But ’twas ever thus. Apart from a brief fancy period in the early 19th century when Charles Dickens and Mary Wollstonecraft lived here, Somers Town has always been on its uppers, easy prey for grands projets. When London ended at Euston Road in the 18th century, it was famous for being whe