South London's neighbourhood cultural guide
The Fashion and Textile Museum SE1 is back
The South London Gallery is back
Manuscripts of the Mind: exploring mental health by dancer-poet Jessie J’ng
So you've never been to...Baozilnn, Borough SE1
Tate Modern reopens 27th July with Andy Warhol exhibition
What's an online gallery tour like?
British Surrealism, Dulwich Picture Gallery: 'the dark recesses of your psyche' - review
Elephant Park: 2020's new food destination
The Morning After, Above The Stag Theatre - review
Tutankhamun, Saatchi Gallery: 'I actually found it quite emotional' - review
FOOD & DRINK
So you’ve never been to…Baozilnn, Borough SE1
- Stephen Emms
- 8th July 2020
A new Market in Peckham with Forza Wine, Tonkotsu and more
- Belowtheriver
- 27th September 2019
Things to do
Elephant Park: 2020’s new food destination
- Belowtheriver
- 20th February 2020
South London’s newest venue has arrivals from MM Factory, Bobo Social, Sugo and Miko’s
WOW! Women of the World at the Southbank Centre this weekend
- Clare Hand
- 6th March 2019
Celebrate International Women’s Day with talks from the likes of Angela Davis, Annie Lennox and Munroe Bergdorf
A Beginner’s Guide to… Colliers Wood, SW19
- Nicky Charlish
- 20th December 2018
Our series giving you the lowdown on London's lesser-known spots hits SW19
Oh James…candles handmade in New Cross
- Stephen Emms
- 12th December 2018
We chat to SE14-based maker Jamie Briggs about his new venture
Woof! Go Doggy Style this weekend in SE1
- Stephen Emms
- 5th December 2018
A festive market devoted to all things canine? Fur'real....now, about that Bottom Sniffer Beer
The Thoughtful Society is coming to Peckham
- Katie Allen
- 9th November 2018
Modelled on an 18th-century salon, it's a place to discuss the issues of the day, says founder Katie Allen
A Beginner’s Guide to… West Norwood, SE27
- Stephen Emms
- 13th September 2018
A new series giving you the lowdown on London's lesser-known spots
MUST DO: Great North Wood Festival
- Laura Evans
- 6th September 2018
A one-day bash celebrating the forest that once covered much of south-east London
MUST DO: KERB X is heading to Peckham
- Laura Evans
- 28th August 2018
The pioneers of streetfood hit SE15 next month with a brand-new concept
MUST DO: Camberwell Fair hits the Green next month
- Laura Evans
- 15th August 2018
Head to SE5 on September 1st for a music fest that costs zilch
MUST DO: Rebecca Louise Law, Bo.Lee Gallery, Peckham
- Sophie Renouf
- 8th August 2018
Explore an archive of blossom in SE15, says Sophie Renouf
When will recreational drug testing come to London?
- Tom Kihl
- 2nd August 2018
Prof. Fiona Measham tells us why the capital may be one of the last UK cities to benefit from her charity The Loop's harm reduction service
Love Fantasia? Sounds and Sorcery is at The Vaults
- Laura Evans
- 19th July 2018
Head to SE1 and get stuck into an immersive re-imagining of the Disney classic
‘We don’t want boundaries’: meet rising stars Little Gay Brother
- Clare Hand
- 2nd July 2018
We catch-up with London's hottest queer dance collective ahead of their first Pride takeover
The first ever Catford Vegan Festival is here
- Laura Evans
- 27th June 2018
The SE6 event costs zilch to attend and will convert even the most hardcore meat-lover
Peckham Levels is having its first ever Open Studios
- Clare Hand
- 6th June 2018
This weekend all seven floors of the capital's most iconic carpark will open to the public
Free open-air theatre returns to SE1 this summer
- Laura Evans
- 31st May 2018
A thousand-seater auditorium the Scoop will host productions of The Wizard of Oz and King Arthur during August
MUST DO: Flamenco on the Thames at Feria de Londres
- Clare Hand
- 3rd May 2018
Spend your bank-holiday weekend basking in Andalusian tapas, cocktails and rhythms
What’s a walking dinner along the Southbank like?
- Clare Hand
- 2nd May 2018
A new concept offers three courses at three different restaurants. Be prepared to don your hiking shoes
Model Market 2018 is back in Lewisham
- Belowtheriver
- 26th April 2018
The brilliantly atmospheric streetfeast returns this weekend for another sizzling season
MUSIC
A Celebration of Talk Talk and Mark Hollis: ‘an eclectic tribute’ – review
A dozen indie stars, from Tim Burgess to Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, took to the Royal Festival Hall in tribute
- Music
- Stephen Emms
- 28th November 2019
So you’ve never been to… Spiritland, Royal Festival Hall
It's as toweringly ace as the King's Cross original, except three times as big - and with better food, says Stephen Emms
- Food, Music
- Stephen Emms
- 31st January 2019
Brixton Village launches free live music nights
Catch musicians, bands and DJs three nights a week for the rest of the month
- Music
- Belowtheriver
- 15th November 2018
A Beginner’s Guide to… West Norwood, SE27
A new series giving you the lowdown on London's lesser-known spots
- Drink, Music, Outdoors
- Stephen Emms
- 13th September 2018
Pop Brixton does Notting Hill Carnival
There'll be a strictly dancehall, soca and ska music policy at Pop this bank holiday weekend
- Food, Music
- Belowtheriver
- 22nd August 2018
LGBT bar The Glory kicks off the free River Stage festival
Returning for the fourth year, this South Bank whopper ushers in five weekends of open-air entertainment - for nada
- LGBT, Music
- Laura Evans
- 21st June 2018
Like Banksy? Rat Bar is popping up in SE1
And guess what? It will house an original work by the mega artist himself
- Drink, Music
- Laura Evans
- 14th June 2018
MUST DO: Flamenco on the Thames at Feria de Londres
Spend your bank-holiday weekend basking in Andalusian tapas, cocktails and rhythms
- Music, Must Do
- Clare Hand
- 3rd May 2018
Jarvis Cocker + ABBA. What’s not to like?
The 90s Britpop legend and Pulp icon is to narrate Super Troupers, the brand new immersive exhibition at the Southbank
- Music
- Stephen Emms
- 23rd November 2017
On Blackheath: the last summer festival?
If you've never been to this leafy SE corner, now's your chance
- Music
- Clare Hand
- 6th September 2017
THEATre
The Morning After, Above The Stag Theatre – review
A thin but lightly enjoyable romp that recalls vintage Brit sitcoms
- Film & Theatre
- Stephen Emms
- 27th January 2020
Fascinating Aïda returns to the Southbank
The longstanding female trio promises us their own idiosyncratic take on Christmas
- Film & Theatre
- Nicky Charlish
- 5th December 2019
Closer To Heaven review, Above The Stag Theatre
The latest production of the Jonathan Harvey/ Pet Shop Boys musical runs all month
- Film & Theatre, LGBT
- Stephen Emms
- 10th August 2019
BFI Flare 2019: the LGBTQ film-fest is back
Our top choices from 50 films and 80 shorts, as well as club nights and queer quizzes at the Southbank
- Film & Theatre, LGBT
- Stephen Emms
- 13th March 2019
[Title of show] review, Above The Stag Theatre, Vauxhall
This hilarious and slick meta musical at the UK's only LGBT+ theatre in Vauxhall is well worth catching
- Film & Theatre, LGBT
- Stephen Emms
- 22nd February 2019
‘Anything goes’: immersive dining of Divine Proportions
Subterranean SE1 venue The Vaults is looking to Dionysus, god of pleasure and mischief, in its latest smash
- Film & Theatre
- Clare Hand
- 9th October 2018
South London Theatre: why you should catch Fest Norwood 2018
West Norwood's handsome former fire station is central to SE27's first multi-disciplinary arts festival, which ends Sunday
- Film & Theatre
- Stephen Emms
- 10th August 2018
Love Fantasia? Sounds and Sorcery is at The Vaults
Head to SE1 and get stuck into an immersive re-imagining of the Disney classic
- Film & Theatre, Must Do
- Laura Evans
- 19th July 2018
Free open-air theatre returns to SE1 this summer
A thousand-seater auditorium the Scoop will host productions of The Wizard of Oz and King Arthur during August
- Film & Theatre, Must Do
- Laura Evans
- 31st May 2018
Vault Festival SE1: bridging theatre’s gender gap
Don't miss this season of 300 acts at Waterloo's brilliant performance space
- Film & Theatre
- Clare Hand
- 8th February 2018
ART
The Fashion and Textile Museum SE1 is back
What's in store at the colourful Bermondsey institution over the next few months
- Art, Culture, Design & Style, Interiors
- Nicky Charlish
- 27th August 2020
The South London Gallery is back
The Peckham cultural space returns with reduced opening hours from 15th August
- Art
- Nicky Charlish
- 11th August 2020
Tate Modern reopens 27th July with Andy Warhol exhibition
Don't miss the big Tate Modern summer show starring the poor boy from Pittsburgh
- Art, Culture
- Nicky Charlish
- 30th June 2020
What’s an online gallery tour like?
Log on to watch curators at Dulwich Picture Gallery discuss key works, says Nicky Charlish
- Art
- Nicky Charlish
- 29th May 2020
British Surrealism, Dulwich Picture Gallery: ‘the dark recesses of your psyche’ – review
Its concerns still remain topical, argues Nicky Charlish
- Art
- Nicky Charlish
- 2nd March 2020
Tutankhamun, Saatchi Gallery: ‘I actually found it quite emotional’ – review
Believe the hype: this is a genuine once in a lifetime experience - if you can dodge the crowds
- Art, Culture
- Charlotte Haigh
- 22nd January 2020
Bridget Riley, Hayward Gallery: ‘go and explore new ways of seeing’ – review
This dazzling artistic display may induce a pleasurable sense of vertigo, says Nicky Charlish
- Art
- Nicky Charlish
- 7th November 2019
Kara Walker, Tate Modern: ‘uncomfortable viewing’ – review
It’s time for a cold shower from colonial history, says Nicky Charlish
- Art
- Nicky Charlish
- 24th October 2019
Rembrandt’s Light, Dulwich Picture Gallery – review
The classical painter shines again in Dulwich on the 350th anniversary of his death
- Art
- Nicky Charlish
- 18th October 2019
Zandra Rhodes: Fifty Years of Fabulous – review
A singular passion for fashion comes to Bermondsey's Fashion & Textile Museum
- Art, Culture
- Nicky Charlish
- 2nd October 2019
People
A new Market in Peckham with Forza Wine, Tonkotsu and more
- Belowtheriver
- 27th September 2019
Tonkotsu and Forza Wine are part of the new retail and workspace, with bars and a live music venue
Closer To Heaven review, Above The Stag Theatre
- Stephen Emms
- 10th August 2019
The latest production of the Jonathan Harvey/ Pet Shop Boys musical runs all month
River Stage Festival 2019 returns to the South Bank
- Belowtheriver
- 6th June 2019
This free festie celebrates London's brilliant diversity with a programme over five summer weekends