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Review: Significant Other – Brockley Jack Studio

Review: Significant Other – Brockley Jack Studio

ByMichael Holland Aug 21, 2026

Distorted realities collide in new play The real and the imaginary overlap in Shireen Shaikh’s debut play, offers insight into mental health struggles in a…

Return of The Rose

Return of The Rose

ByMichael Holland Aug 21, 2026

Free for Southwark Residents One of London’s most significant Shakespearean sites is opening its doors to the public this autumn. In September and October the…

Anne-Marie Duff is Some Woman

Anne-Marie Duff is Some Woman

ByMichael Holland Aug 21, 2026

The National Theatre today announces full casting for Some Woman,  a new play by Helen Edmundson (Small Island), directed by Blanche McIntyre (Tartuffe). As previously…

Review: Jeeves Takes Charge @ Charing Cross Theatre 

Review: Jeeves Takes Charge @ Charing Cross Theatre 

ByMichael Holland Aug 21, 2026

Sam Harrison is unbelievable Tucked away under cobbled arches and decked out with the traditional touches of an English theatre—red carpeting, wooden bar and a…

The Housemates Festival

The Housemates Festival

ByMichael Holland Aug 21, 2026

Brixton House returns with the fourth edition of Housemates Festival, its biennial celebration of new work, running 1–19 September 2026. Seven new productions by Danny…

Gabriel’s Wharf Arts Festival

Gabriel’s Wharf Arts Festival

ByMichael Holland Aug 19, 2026

Two free days of music, art and community The festival will be celebrating Gabriel’s Wharf’s contribution to the South Bank’s vibrant cultural story since the…

Eight New Plays – Two Theatres – One Festival

Eight New Plays – Two Theatres – One Festival

ByMichael Holland Aug 17, 2026

SE Fest 2026  SE Fest 2026 is a theatre festival in southeast London to promote and celebrate new theatre writing, and takes place at The…

Ever The Radical

Ever The Radical

ByMichael Holland Aug 17, 2026

Boris Lurie’s critique against the devaluation of The Holocaust Boris Lurie (1924, Leningrad – 2008, New York) stands out as one of the great unsung…

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Bermondsey and Proud

Bermondsey and Proud

ByMichael Holland Dec 26, 2025

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    

Ann Smith: A life lived in SE16    

ByMichael Holland Sep 22, 2025

‘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

Struggling with back or joint pain? Meet the founder of Ankor Pilates – the South London studio that’s changing lives

ByKevin Quinn Jun 2, 2025

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

Ghost of Soldier Returns Home to Rotherhithe

ByMichael Holland Dec 27, 2024

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

Permanent bracelets at Greenwich Market with Laura Lees Morgan

ByEliza Frost Nov 8, 2024

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

Dreams came true for trio of friends at their newly opened restaurant Wilson’s in Ladywell

ByEliza Frost Jun 14, 2024

‘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

Exploring the Forest: expert advice from Deptford and East Dulwich-based plant shop

ByEliza Frost May 11, 2024

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’

Dulwich Festival: ‘Coming together as one’

ByEliza Frost May 3, 2024

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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Richmond Park river to see restoration works to boost wildlife

Richmond Park river to see restoration works to boost wildlife

Plans to improve a river running through Richmond Park and its surroundings have been given the green light. The Royal Parks will carry out restoration…

Woolwich’s Lord Raglan pub could become aparthotel

Woolwich’s Lord Raglan pub could become aparthotel

ByCameron Blackshaw Aug 19, 2026

Plans to renovate a vacant Woolwich pub and turn it into an ‘aparthotel’ have been lodged with Greenwich Council. This is the second time a…

The West London hospital with an outstanding A&E where staff treat people with ‘kindness and compassion’

The West London hospital with an outstanding A&E where staff treat people with ‘kindness and compassion’

ByKatherine Gray Aug 18, 2026

A West London hospital’s Urgent and Emergency Care has been rated ‘Outstanding’ following an inspection. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was given glowing reviews following recent…

Placebo Placebo Effect

Placebo Placebo Effect

ByMichael Holland Aug 17, 2026

With Placebo Placebo Effect, Chou takes the notion of the double, substitute or sham to embody alternate approaches to representation and reproduction. In her world…

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