Culture
Review: Knackerman at the White Bear Theatre Club, Kennington
It’s a clever concept: take a hard-to-solve 1950s crime, with a spider-web of deaths in its wake – and imagine the departed could talk. Though, …
Free Saturday? Crystal Palace will keep you busy
A guide for those south Londoners that have yet to make it to the top of the hill
Wednesday Picture: Inside the House of Dreams,
East Dulwich
Among Wright’s more unsettling domestic artworks is a large ape-like figurine, wearing his late father’s false teeth Maybe you’ve passed 45 Melbourne Grove in East …
Pinboard Extra: Peckham arts festival at the Bussey Building
MOBO-award winning hip hop artist Akala, above, is just one of the acts performing at the first ever Big Noise festival, a 14-hour music and …
Why It Matters: ‘radical feminist choir’ Gaggle open a shop in New Cross
We’ve provoked some strong reactions – like the man at the front of the NME stage at Leeds shouting ‘gash’ repeatedly Founder of Gaggle, the …
Review: The Specials, O2 Academy, Brixton, 28 May 2013
There is a game we have been playing. You are in charge. Five bands. One venue. Who would you choose? (Alive or dead, pick the …
Pinboard Extra: Knit the Junction
Do you live around Loughborough Junction? Know how to knit? Want to learn? Would you like to brighten up your neighbourhood for a good cause? …
Who was the beaming, be-suited drummer outside Brixton tube on Friday?
It’s not a surprise to come out of Brixton tube station and find a mini musical event going on on the street. SW9’s pavements and …
Pinboard 23 May: Brixton’s Cornercopia does cocktails, Jay Rayner riles Herne Hill and your chance to find out what’s Made in Camberwell
1. Brixton: pop-up cocktail bar at Cornercopia Oh goodness. How exciting. If their cocktails are as good as their food, the new seasonal pop-up cocktail …
Wednesday picture: Vauxhall then and now
Gabriel Gbadamosi is an award-winning Irish-Nigerian poet, playwright, critic, BBC radio presenter and author. In his new novel, Vauxhall, he explores the streets of his …