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Art

How I quit midwifery to open a craft shop in Peckham

LOIS founder Helen Ward on the trials of going into business on your own. And why she is now resolutely online-only

Food

My personal guide: East Dulwich

South London lover Graeme Claridge is a newish arrival to SE22. He talks us through four recent discoveries

Art

MUST DO: late March

FeltActs in Peckham, a new online resource for south London designers, and the last weekend of an exhibition in Battersea Park

Interiors

Peek inside Pullens Yards open studios for Xmas

Enjoy a rare glimpse inside Southwark’s revived 1870 workshop community – and get the festive shopping done to boot

architecture

Pinboard 9 July: shopping in the sunshine, affordable fine dining and a free show featuring rubbish as art

1. Lambeth North: Artists celebrate innovative recycling Did you know we were shoddy recyclers? Nope, we thought we were pretty good too but apparently* Lambeth …

Coffee

Free Saturday Morning? Fill your boots at
Bermondsey’s Spa Terminus

Part of their strategy to avoid the Borough Market-fication is their policy of no hot food sales After tasting a bottle of the rather good …

Design & Style

Free Weekend? Tour southeast London’s best furniture and design shops

In another nod to the Dulwich Festival and all the artistic goings-on in southeast London – especially this weekend – we asked local designer, Anna …

Books

Pinboard: south London as art, film for free and sexy riverside housing

1. Meet Vic Lee, London artist   You might not recognise Vic Lee’s face, but we’re pretty sure you’ll know his illustrations. Vic’s bold, graphic …

Design & Style

Midcentury Modern returns to Dulwich

We can’t afford any of the beautiful Scandinavian, Bauhaus and French Industrial pieces of furniture for sale at the renowned Midcentury Modern events either. But …