My earliest south London memory? Falling for a girl who lived near Kennington Park Bruce Webb is an award-winning filmmaker who has lived in the SE17 postcode for nearly 20 years and also has an affinity with the Isle of Wight, where he runs the island’s annual film festival. His debut feature film, The Be …
Southsayer: Bruce Webb, film-maker from Walworth Read More »
This week, we’re throwing our weekly comment column over to you lot – those of you who live in or spend time in Brixton, at least: what do you think about Brixton Market’s newest impending opening – a champagne bar and bistro? The debate around SW9’s rapid gentrification has long been a local obsession. We …
Why It Matters: Will Champagne + Fromage be Brixton Market’s “tipping point”? Read More »
Peckham: Kerb comes back to SE15 Were you one of these happy people scoffing high-class street food in the Bussey Building car park a couple of weeks ago? If so, do you want some more? (If not, are you feeling hungry?) In both cases you’re in luck as KERB was such a success that the …
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 these images that depict an era when London life seemed simpler Recognise this view of Battersea Park? Unless you were around back then, chances are you won’t. Because the Battersea …
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My worst south London memory? Having to go to school in the aftermath of the Brixton riots in 1985 Old-school south Londoner James Browne was born at Lambeth Hospital in 1973 and grew up in Clapham and Brixton, where he developed a love for food – especially Caribbean. He trained with Michel Roux Jnr, before …
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Nunhead: Immersive drama in the cemetery If you like your theatre immersive, and have the nerve to spend the evening in a cemetery – then the return of this extraordinary event, which sold out last year, may entice you to Nunhead in the coming weeks. Nunhead Cemetery is one of the capital’s “Magnificent Seven” burial …
SE5 once thronged with music halls and attracted big-name celebrities to live locally, says Michael Armstrong
A sharp right hook to the mores and morals of America’s gilded mid-century It’s a hot summer in the Catskill Mountains, some time in the 1960s. Cicadas are whirring. Lili Adler (Emily Taaffe) is the beautiful, brittle daughter of Eva (Diana Quick), a German-Jewish refugee who dreams of the country she left behind. Lili’s father, …
What makes me unhappy? Tourists. I know we need them. It’s just they get in the way! Charlotte Duckworth has spent the last ten years writing for interior design magazines and websites – “including five very happy years working on the Southbank for IPC Media in the amazing Blue Fin Building”, she says. She recently …
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Brixton (and Catford): Palaces for the People – last chance to see and guided estate tour There are still two or so weeks to see this warm, poignant photographic exhibition at Brixton’s Photofusion Gallery. The topic? Catford’s Excalibur estate, Britain’s largest prefab housing complex, which was built after the Second World War as a temporary …
