Why it Matters: fear of “mummy-fication”
I must admit to witnessing with some alarm, the gradual creeping in of more and more chain coffee shops, with their airport lounge furnishings and bland coffees
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What are south London’s five best coffee spots?
A while back our writer, Holly Atkins, wrote about impending motherhood – and the impact it might have on her south London independent café habit (never mind the impact it’s gonna have on the whole rest of her life). Specifically, she worried that the need for buggy space and changing tables would suck her into airy, well-equipped …
Wednesday Picture: how did London’s first ever A-Z come to be sold in this Clapham shop?
So many amazing people have lived, and amazing things happened in our city that aren’t commemorated by blue plaques or monumental architecture. And one south London building that never fails to give me a warm glow, is this unremarkable grocery shop on Cavendish Road, by Clapham Common, pictured above. This is going to take a …
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Wednesday Picture: How Camberwell’s Hokusai Wave Mural came back from the dead
For 15 years, a giant tsunami has loomed threateningly – and colourfully – over Camberwell Place, SE5, the little alleyway that runs between Coldharbour Lane and Denmark Hill. These days, close observers may notice that the mural is now also adorned with a small corporate logo and an additional detail added to the background (which …
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Writers & contributors Tom Kihl is co-editor of our north London sister site, Kentishtowner. He is a south London novice but nevertheless braved it below the river on a guerilla mission to commemorate the passing of a south London instutution (and write our most popular story ever all about it). Sarah Fox grew up in Kentish Town and rarely …
