Greenwich Peninsula hosts two-day festival The Joy of Food 

Greenwich Peninsula hosts two-day festival The Joy of Food 

Holly O'MahonyJul 31, 2023

Greenwich Peninsula is hosting a two-day festival later this month, The Joy of Food, celebrating our appetites for all things delicious. There’s eight events…

Daring dance, wacky street theatre and free family fun: GDIF returns for 2023 

Daring dance, wacky street theatre and free family fun: GDIF returns for 2023 

Holly O'MahonyJul 31, 2023

With a first-of-its-kind visual spectacle and gravity-defying dance, a sprinkling of politics and an overarching message of ‘hope’, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF)…

Interview with Greenwich Comedy Festival co-founder Cass Randolph

Interview with Greenwich Comedy Festival co-founder Cass Randolph

Holly O'MahonyJul 30, 2023

“It’s a way of life for us and I can’t imagine us doing anything else” – Cass Randolph, one half of the sibling duo…

Eltham Palace heads back to the Medieval era this summer

Eltham Palace heads back to the Medieval era this summer

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

It’s become an annual highlight of the palace’s summer programme, and this year its resurrection comes with more galloping horses, flying arrows, tooting trumpets…

KISSTORY festival returns to Blackheath

KISSTORY festival returns to Blackheath

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

Day rave KISSTORY is set to bring the party to Blackheath Common on July 29, so if you want to be up there bopping…

Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood on returning to the stage in Annie in Bromley

Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood on returning to the stage in Annie in Bromley

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

He’s been a choreographer and judge on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing since its inception 20 years ago, but Craig Revel Horwood is also…

Poet in the City launches Run the Night: celebrating creativity in Woolwich 

Poet in the City launches Run the Night: celebrating creativity in Woolwich 

Holly O'MahonyJul 22, 2023

Poet in the City, a London-based arts organisation committed to platforming underrepresented stories, is pitching up in Woolwich this summer, with a four-week programme…

From swinging silks to sky-high trapeze: AirCraft Circus Academy is showing off its skills

From swinging silks to sky-high trapeze: AirCraft Circus Academy is showing off its skills

Holly O'MahonyJul 18, 2023

Fancy running away with the circus? You just might after watching the talented student and professional performers of AirCraft Circus Academy.  The Greenwich-based troupe…

Lights, camera, action: The animation studio in south London that is stitching together its videos for children

Lights, camera, action: The animation studio in south London that is stitching together its videos for children

Holly O'MahonyJul 3, 2023

Worried about the amount of screen time your kids are getting? You might not mind so much if your little ones are sat down…

Photography exhibition marking 75th anniversary of Windrush opens in Clapham 

Photography exhibition marking 75th anniversary of Windrush opens in Clapham 

Holly O'MahonyJul 3, 2023

With June 22 marking 75 years since Empire Windrush arrived in the UK, commemorative events are happening all over London and beyond. Close to…

Peckhamite Freya Bromley on documenting her journey with wild swimming 

Peckhamite Freya Bromley on documenting her journey with wild swimming 

Holly O'MahonyJun 25, 2023

Summer is finally with us, but if you need a bit of encouragement before dipping a toe in Brockwell Lido, let local swimmer, author…

Peckhamite Freya Bromley on documenting her journey with wild swimming 

Peckhamite Freya Bromley on documenting her journey with wild swimming 

Holly O'MahonyJun 25, 2023

Summer is finally with us, but if you need a bit of encouragement before dipping a toe in Brockwell Lido, let local swimmer, author…