Drink
Pinboard: The Stone Roses come to south London, free food for a decade and arts under the arches
Shane Meadows does the Stone Roses – in Brixton (and Clapham and Greenwich) “It takes time for people to fall in love with ya,” says …
Why It Matters: cherishing south London’s pubs
News that The Ivy House in Nunhead has been saved is proof that south London’s pubs have always combined the idiosyncratic with the inspirational, as …
Review: The Victoria pub, SE1
Any pub with a sign above the bar saying: “No bloody swearing”, and another reading “Hands off the barmaid”, is a pub that’s got to …
Free Weekend? Explore Deptford
A ‘very, very scary part of London’. Really? A couple of weeks ago, our review of Little Nan’s, a new bar in Deptford, caused a …
Free weekend? Try Tooting
Tooting is off the track (or the wrong end of the Northern Line) for central south Londoners, but if you like your swimming outdoors, your …
Pinboard: cult Easter cinema, grilling Jay Rayner and a secret rooftop café
1. See Pasolini’s cult 1964 version of St Matthew’s Gospel Made by an Italian non-believer, this classic and controversial black and white film has 10 …
Little Nan’s: Deptford’s newest bar
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 …
Effra Social launch night
We weren’t sure what to expect from the launch, last week, of the Effra Social. Nor was anyone else, going by people’s reactions. And it …
