Culture

Culture

Score: a jukebox musical about heroin and child removal

Award-winning playwright Lucy Bell on her hit show which arrives at the Royal Festival Hall later this month

Culture

MUST DO: Bermondsey Street Festival

It’s been around longer than most. Here’s why you should attend an annual south London institution tomorrow

Culture

Royal Vauxhall Tavern is now Britain’s first listed LGBTQ pub

Today it becomes the first building of its kind to be listed for history and heritage

Culture

Coming Soon: Tootopia

It’s the annual bash that brings the whole of Tooting together for three days. Here’s what’s happening this year

Video & TV

Video comedy: Balham Gateway to the South – Revisited

New Suburbaret spoof updates the Peter Sellers sketch, that put Balham firmly on the tourist circuit

Culture

What did a front room in Brixton look like in 1969?

There’s something thought-provoking about this recreation at the BFI – but it’s only on till next Friday

Culture

South London Cares 1st birthday

Charity founder Alex Smith tells us about their first year of bringing generations together in Southwark and Lambeth

Art

MUST DO: Dulwich Picture Gallery children’s sleepover

Ever crashed in an art gallery – with your kids? No? Well, now you can

Books

Why I set my novel in south London – by Louise Candlish

‘The key is the mix of people: the originals, the wealthy ‘entitleds’ and a new wave of incomers’

Culture

Why we must save the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

It’s the latest in a depressingly long line of historic London venues to face an uncertain future. But it’s not too late for the UK’s oldest LGBT bar, argues campaigner Rob Holley