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Barnum
Step right up and enter the dazzling world of P.T. Barnum, where imagination and ambition know no bounds. Hand in hand with wife Charity, Barnum’s…
Review: Jack White ‘These Thoughts May Disappear’ at Newport Street Gallery
A glimpse into a creative mind preoccupied with play, childhood, and imagination Jack White’s new exhibition feels appropriately art-like, occupying the impressive spaces the Newport…
Review: Before I’m Dead @ The Glitch
Tightly constructed – the play storms ever-forward James Rushbrooke’s award-winning two-hander Before I’m Dead is a perfectly-balanced offering of snarky gallows humour and tender musings…
Review: Blizzard at Queen Elizabeth Hall
‘highly entertaining, deeply impressive’ Blizzard – which opened at the Queen Elizabeth Hall this week, might be described as ‘Cirque du Soleil’ on a budget,…
Lulla Premiere
Marin’s 16, queer and in love. When her parents try to control her, she escapes into a dream world to discover herself. Lulla is a…
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Shakespeare’s rarely staged comedy of love, desire and wit, that is reimagined in a blazing, flamenco-inspired production, and…
Horatio, In Thy Heart
“One of the first things you learn about me is that I do not believe in ghosts.” Scrawled in the margins of Shakespeare’s play, Horatio…
Schema
A new exhibition at Oxo Gallery will bring intricate ceramic works inspired by nature’s hidden patterns to the South Bank this June. Schema, by London-based…
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Bermondsey and Proud
Steve Cornish spent about the first half of his life on the Dickens Estate; it was where a deep love for Bermondsey and its community…
Ann Smith: A life lived in SE16
‘The Careers Officer expected Bermondsey girls to go into typing or hairdressing,’ Because the Hatch family lived in just 3 rooms with no bathroom in…
Struggling with back or joint pain? Meet the founder of Ankor Pilates – the South London studio that’s changing lives
Knowing first hand how miserable back pain can feel, one woman set up Pilates classes in South London to help others overcome back pain. Set…
Ghost of Soldier Returns Home to Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe artist Ed Gray has just completed a monumental work that depicts the poignant service at the war memorial in West Lane on Remembrance Sunday…
Permanent bracelets at Greenwich Market with Laura Lees Morgan
The seller tells us about personal pieces and the ‘endless and fascinating’ possibilities in designing jewellery “Permanent bracelets are welded on, and you can’t take…
Dreams came true for trio of friends at their newly opened restaurant Wilson’s in Ladywell
‘This is what we’ve always wanted to do’: one of the founders behind the new Ladywell restaurant tells us about the love of local “A great…
Exploring the Forest: expert advice from Deptford and East Dulwich-based plant shop
We hears some top tips for caring for your plants from the plant shop owner who even hosts workshops What is your best tip for looking…
Dulwich Festival: ‘Coming together as one’
New director Sarah Taylor talks about how they have brought events from the festival guide pages to local venues in Dulwich What does the festival…
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‘Incredible’ Glasner, getting on the beers, no tears after England snub: Adam Wharton after Crystal Palace’s latest historic win
ADAM Wharton hailed the “incredible” impact Oliver Glasner made at Crystal Palace…
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Review: Painting for Pleasure at Jeannie Avent Gallery
‘Adventure Mode is much more exciting’ The sun came out for Stella Cardew’s exhibition, Painting for Pleasure, as did the art lovers because I saw…
Review: Louis Howard’s Slipping Through Skin
Paintings that demand to be encountered and confronted in person Slipping Through Skin is Louise Howard’s new body of work, a collection that interrogates portraiture…
Review: Of Roots and Routes at Almas Art Foundation
“Sudan is beauty,” I overheard someone say… And I understand why. Alma’s Art Foundation is a gallery that feels open and inviting, its large glass…
From Bermondsey to Bond Girl
‘Watching Daniel Craig warm up before a shot was something else’ Kerry Fitzgerald was born in Guy’s Hospital, but it was no easy time for…
