Bringing the Italian coast to Bermondsey Street

Bringing the Italian coast to Bermondsey Street

Eliza FrostMay 29, 2023

What do you think of when you think of Italy? When I think of Italy, I think of the zesty lemons of Sorrento, I…

Disappearing Dining Club opens in Bermondsey’s Simon the Tanner

Disappearing Dining Club opens in Bermondsey’s Simon the Tanner

Eliza FrostMay 28, 2023

Disappearing Dining Club, one of London’s original pop-up restaurants, has been feeding people in hard-to-find locations in London (and beyond) since 2010 – and…

Bitesize: SE1 and SE16 food and drink news

Bitesize: SE1 and SE16 food and drink news

Eliza FrostMay 27, 2023

All the latest food and drink news in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe… Trinity25 gin wins award Spirit of Bermondsey’s Trinity25 gin was awarded a bronze…

Have you spotted the puppies in a box riding around Bermondsey?

Have you spotted the puppies in a box riding around Bermondsey?

Eliza FrostMay 22, 2023

Have you ever seen a pile of pups in the basket of an electric bike? Chances are, if you live near Southwark Park, you’ve…

What’s in a London pub name?

What’s in a London pub name?

Eliza FrostMay 21, 2023

What links a champion bare-knuckle boxer, a pioneering general who inspired the invention of Ordnance Survey maps and a runaway cat? They’ve all given…

Old Operating Theatre Museum gets new skylight

Old Operating Theatre Museum gets new skylight

Eliza FrostMay 20, 2023

Sarah Corn, director of the Old Operating Theatre Museum, tells us about the history of the hospital and the museum’s latest restoration project –…

What’s on in SE1 and SE16 this Summer? Your local events round-up

What’s on in SE1 and SE16 this Summer? Your local events round-up

Eliza FrostMay 20, 2023

Bermondsey Square Jazz Days Spend your summer chilling out to some smooth jazz: the Bermondsey Square Jazz Days have returned every Sunday until 3…

New Milo and the Bull gym opens in Bermondsey Street

New Milo and the Bull gym opens in Bermondsey Street

Eliza FrostFeb 21, 2023

Class and community-based gym Milo and the Bull has opened a new site in Bermondsey Street. Founded by George Lowe and Richie Steele, Milo…

Interview: Mallow’s Sarah Wasserman on her love of SE1’s food scene

Interview: Mallow’s Sarah Wasserman on her love of SE1’s food scene

Eliza FrostFeb 21, 2023

Sarah Wasserman, head of food development at SE1’s mallow, tells The Biscuit why eating plant-based can help the planet, sustainability in the kitchen, and…

Where to eat vegan in Bermondsey

Where to eat vegan in Bermondsey

Eliza FrostFeb 21, 2023

Kegarmo, Maltby Street Kegarmo is an independent boutique vegan bakery providing us with delicious vegan sweet treats. Their main aim is to provide an…

Southwark Playhouse Elephant opens with revival of Enda Walsh’s ‘The Walworth Farce’

Southwark Playhouse Elephant opens with revival of Enda Walsh’s ‘The Walworth Farce’

Eliza FrostFeb 17, 2023

Southwark Playhouse’s new Elephant and Castle theatre opened this February with its first major production – a revival of Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s The…

Henri Matisse exhibition showing at Bermondsey’s Eames Fine Art Gallery

Henri Matisse exhibition showing at Bermondsey’s Eames Fine Art Gallery

Eliza FrostFeb 17, 2023

Henri Matisse didn’t just draw images of people; he captured entire personalities and whole worlds with unimaginably few lines and deceptively simple shapes. And…