Toad fills the bakery hole
It’s been open for under a year, and yet it’s weathered an identity crisis (being forced to change its name from Frog to Toad)…
Get your festive preparations off to a cracking start in Streatham
Twinkling lights, mulled wine, a festive atmosphere, fabulous gifts and if you’re lucky, a chance to meet the big boss himself. Start planning your…
The local line-up for your diary
Shop till you hop Gipsy Hill Brewery is hosting a one-day-only mini festival, featuring live carollers, boozy hot chocolates, local brews and a chance…
LOCALLY SOURCED
Form SE15 Wedgie Planet Dave, £20.00 They say: “Made as part of a fair trade initiative, Wedgie’s doorstops are the perfect gift for that…
Celebrating sea shanties
Sailors sang them in the spirit of unity on long voyages overseas, but sea shanties have been rising in popularity back on terra firma…
Get your skates on
The grounds in front of the Queen’s House have been frozen over once more to become a glittering ice rink. Set against the regal…
The Play That Goes Right: in praise of local am-dram societies
Whether the stage is your spirit home or you’re looking for a space to unleash your creativity while making new friends, joining an amateur…
Pick of the Week
O Christmas tree Make a head start on your present buying and catch the all-important moment when the Christmas tree lights are switched on…
Ribbons: Immersive exhibition takes gallery goers inside a giant jumper
Award-winning fashion designer and artist Matty Bovan is the name behind NOW Gallery’s 2022 fashion commission. His show, Ribbons, sees a giant, hand-knitted jumper…
Family events
National Maritime Museum Four New Galleries opening family weekend. Polar Express Become a polar scientist at the National Maritime Museum…
Panto talk with Greenwich Theatre veteran Anthony Spargo
Greenwich Theatre’s resident panto dame Andrew Pollard has moved away to pastures new this festive season. ‘Oh no he hasn’t!’ Oh yes he has,…
All That Jazz
The annual EFG London Jazz Festival turns 30 this year and it’s spilling out from central London, calling in locally at Woolwich Works. It’s…
