A while back our writer, Holly Atkins, wrote about impending motherhood – and the impact it might have on her south London independent café habit (never mind the impact it’s gonna have on the whole rest of her life). Specifically, she worried that the need for buggy space and changing tables would suck her into airy, well-equipped …
It may look like any other end of terrace in south London but it has played a modest part in pop music history. The address, 59 Lyndhurst Grove, in Peckham, provides the title to a song by one of Brit-Pop’s most successful bands: Pulp. Its origins are somewhat mischievous – it was actually frontman Jarvis …
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Ann-Marie – known to most people as Marrizles – can usually be found either “shopping for bargains or partying hard with my Deptford Army crew” in my One Girl’s Quest To Rave. She lives and plays in Deptford, and works in a nursing office. A former photographer, in her spare time she’s now busy promoting events, DJing …
Everyone should have a Friday night at Giuseppe’s off Borough High Street at least once Toby Maclean is a 42-year-old “resolute Londoner”: born in Wandsworth, he later moved to Brixton for ten years and is now settled in Camberwell (in the rather marvellously redesigned flat above the Cool Cat’s Cafe – look out for its vast …
Artists of south east London are transforming their houses into gallery spaces for the first ever Nunhead Art Trail this weekend. The two day art event will see over 70 mosaic makers, portraitists, illustrators, printmakers and more showcase their work in 29 venues, from kitchens to pubs and even Nunhead Cemetery. We found out more …
Coffee, Caribbean food and cocktails: Brixton’s food joints get together to show off the borough’s food scene in a week long foodie festival Forget dreary microwaved midweek meals and eat your way through The Brixton Food Festival next week. From September 30 – October 5, every day and night sees a celebration of the area’s …
This weekend is Open House where the public are unleashed on 830 of London’s coolest buildings and private houses. Sarah Fox picks some south London highlights This year celebrates architect Richard Rogers‘ birthday with his company, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, opening more buildings than ever before. Also on the bill: the last chance to …
What is the most important lesson life has taught me? To survive. Jerry Gardiner works for the Putting Down Roots project run by the homeless charity St Mungo’s. The project trains St Mungo’s clients in gardening skills and they gain practical experience by volunteering to tend green spaces all over London. Jerry has been involved …
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I think I got the job because I knew what a digital generator was. They’re more fuel-efficient – important if law and order has collapsed and B&Q is shut Did you miss last week’s most talked-about TV show, Blackout? The one-off, documentary-style drama, which explores what could happen in the wake of a cyber attack …
From a partying coxswain at Oxford to tabloid headlines and divorce. In true reality style, it seems nothing is off limits Say the name Stephen Hawking to most people and you’ll get a response that involves science or disability, or both. The detail will hang on whether they’ve read A Brief History of Time or …
