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
MUST DO: Bermondsey Street Festival
It’s been around longer than most. Here’s why you should attend an annual south London institution tomorrow
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
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 comedy: Balham Gateway to the South – Revisited
New Suburbaret spoof updates the Peter Sellers sketch, that put Balham firmly on the tourist circuit
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
South London Cares 1st birthday
Charity founder Alex Smith tells us about their first year of bringing generations together in Southwark and Lambeth
MUST DO: Dulwich Picture Gallery children’s sleepover
Ever crashed in an art gallery – with your kids? No? Well, now you can
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’
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