Readers of our sister site, Kentishtowner, may already be familiar with Pepper, the mascot Jack Russell belonging to founding editor Stephen who has had her fair share of scrapes, poor thing. But she’s doing just fine now, and like Below the River, she’s no stranger to the “magic train”, so called because it gets you …
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 depictions of different parts of London are hugely popular, so we caught up with the “former postman, graphic designer, vacuum cleaner salesman and cruise ship worker” for the story behind …
Pinboard: south London as art, film for free and sexy riverside housing Read More »
Crêpes made by Brazilians may seem a little unorthodox. But since 2010 Senzala, housed in The Brick Box, deep among Brixton Market’s African prints, secondhand boutiques and pig’s heads, have been elevating France’s traditional take-away snack rather well, while keeping prices reasonable. All of which equals a popular place, so you may have to fight for …
A new bar! In Deptford! 10 minutes walk from my front door! I am inordinately excited; there’s a bit of a dearth of decent drinking places round my way – not surprising considering I only drink cocktails (this makes me sound fancy, but I assure you a cocktail to me can constitute a shot of …
Carole Powell describes herself as “a single parent and ex performance artist”. She did her art foundation at Camberwell – and one early film she made was called ‘Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner’, where she sang the song of the same name, “while eating Jamaican and Norwegian food – and vomiting”. There was a reason: …
I’ve been a long time in south London. There were four student years in Norwich and Paris (and quite a disparity in glamour); both lovely stints, but only because I knew I was coming back. Then there was a failed relocation to Brooklyn a few years ago, which is surely New York’s version of south …
Last week the National Office of Statistics published its General Household Survey, a huge report charting how lifestyles and society in Britain have changed over the past 40 years. It covered everything from how much we smoke and drink to what we buy – but what most interested us were the findings about the way …
Community spirit: dead or alive in south London? Read More »
I get an Abel & Cole vegetable delivery box and always have loads of celery in it that I never know what to do with. In last week’s box there was a recipe card for ‘veg box risotto’ which inspired me – it had recipes for various combinations. However, none of the suggested recipes quite …
Food: gingery risotto with roast tomato and celery Read More »
Mandy Pollard and her husband, Jake recently moved to the south of France. Jake spent part of his youth in Paris and, along with the rest of his family, is bilingual. Now that he and Mandy have two young daughters, they decided the best way to give them the gift of fluent French too, was …
Free Weekend? Go bargain hunting in Montepellier’s flea markets Read More »
