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Free Weekend: Have a French holiday (without leaving south London)

With more French people living in here than in Bordeaux, Nantes and Strasbourg, London is technically France’s sixth biggest city. No surprise, then, that south London’s annual celebration of Bastille Day is in its sixth year. And where better to hold an event dedicated to a country with such a gastronomic heritage than in one …

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Mini Pinboard: Frank’s returns to Peckham, Camberwell shows off and Crystal Palace does its own Glasto

1. Peckham: Frank’s is back In case you hadn’t been counting the days, this weekend Frank’s Café and Campari Bar on the roof of Peckham’s now-infamous multi-storey car park is back for the summer season. The bar, run by art collective Bold Tendencies – who you may know have put in a bid to turn …

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Pinboard Extra: Southwark’s Youth Service becomes an art installation in Peckham

To tie in with her intriguing new exhibition at Peckham Space, the artist Sarah Cole is giving a talk there tonight. Her show, TRIBE, was developed through the artist’s encounters with Southwark Youth Services, and is devoted to womanhood. But don’t expect anything obvious: the installation includes a carpet of turf, music, ice-creams and plenty …

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Pinboard Extra: A Lunchtime Talk About the Weirdest Transaction South London’s Ever Seen

Did you read our fascinating piece a few months ago on possibly the most bizarre purchase of the 20th Century – the sale of London Bridge to an American oilman, who shipped the thing home to erect in the desert? The story of that unlikely deal, written for us by cultural historian Travis Elborough, began …

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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 …

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