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Wednesday Picture: John Hinde’s South London Postcards

As a new exhibition opens, featuring the photography behind Britain’s most recognisable postcards from the 1960s and 70s, Kate Burt looks at the appeal of …

News & Gossip

Why It Matters: Zen Yoga in SE5

The building could have been purpose-built as a yoga and zen centre: bare oak beams, wooden floor, bamboo wallpaper, and plentiful natural light Zen Yoga …

Community

Pinboard 25 July: Theatrical goings-on in Nunhead Cemetery, SE1 sing-alongs, SE5 knees-ups and the return of the Brixton Bolt

Nunhead: Immersive drama in the cemetery If you like your theatre immersive, and have the nerve to spend the evening in a cemetery – then …

Community

Pinboard 18 July: a tour of south London’s vanishing prefabs, Italian afternoon cocktails in the market and – ta-da! – our very own art exhibition (well… kinda)

Brixton (and Catford): Palaces for the People – last chance to see and guided estate tour There are still two or so weeks to see …

News & Gossip

Were you at TEDxBrixton? We were…

Fed up of hearing Brixton reduced to “a single story of gangs, riots and crime”, long-time resident Stephanie Busari was inspired to highlight the many  other …

Culture

Free Weekend: Have a French holiday (without leaving south London)

With more French people living in here than in Bordeaux, Nantes and Strasbourg, London is technically France’s sixth biggest city. No surprise, then, that south …

architecture

Pinboard 9 July: shopping in the sunshine, affordable fine dining and a free show featuring rubbish as art

1. Lambeth North: Artists celebrate innovative recycling Did you know we were shoddy recyclers? Nope, we thought we were pretty good too but apparently* Lambeth …

Coffee

Pinboard 4 July 2013: Bad boys do good, the Royal Court’s return to Peckham and an exciting addition to SW9

Camberwell: Sheep’s Brains and Fried Cucumbers Strange name for an art exhibition? Not when you know that the artwork, by southeast Londoner Gabriela Szulman, was inspired …

History

Wednesday Picture: The Fat Cat of Southwark

As you may know, we love a good street cat story (you may remember the one about the Banksy-esque stencil of Brixton’s Hitler cat, a …

architecture

Mini Pinboard: Frank’s returns to Peckham, Camberwell shows off and Crystal Palace does its own Glasto

1. Peckham: Frank’s is back In case you hadn’t been counting the days, this weekend Frank’s Café and Campari Bar on the roof of Peckham’s …