Free festival in Bermondsey to celebrate a unique part of Japan

Free festival in Bermondsey to celebrate a unique part of Japan

Isabel RamirezJun 4, 2023

A free family-friendly Japanese festival is returning to Bermondsey, with karate demonstrations and other live performances as well as a food market. Okinawa Day…

A Bermondsey estate has a new community garden

A Bermondsey estate has a new community garden

Isabel RamirezJun 3, 2023

Residents of a Bermondsey estate have transformed a disused football pitch on the site into a community garden, including an orchard for a school…

Residents can sign up for apprenticeships at free event in Bermondsey

Residents can sign up for apprenticeships at free event in Bermondsey

Isabel RamirezJun 2, 2023

An apprenticeships event, where an array of employers will be offering job opportunities and £100 vouchers to the first three residents who gain a…

VIDEO: The Ship in Borough undergoes massive refurb ahead of opening

VIDEO: The Ship in Borough undergoes massive refurb ahead of opening

Isabel RamirezJun 1, 2023

The 200-year-old Borough pub, which closed its doors in January, is ready to reopen after undergoing a massive refurbishment. Last month, The Ship, on…

Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill in a new TV show filmed in south London

Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill in a new TV show filmed in south London

Isabel RamirezMay 31, 2023

TV personality and Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill will appear in a new show that gives three south London restaurants the chance to…

Nunhead school students chosen to perform at the National Theatre

Nunhead school students chosen to perform at the National Theatre

Isabel RamirezMay 22, 2023

Students from a Nunhead school, many of whom have never appeared on a professional stage before, have been selected to perform a new play…

Theatre Peckham takes over Canada Water Theatre

Theatre Peckham takes over Canada Water Theatre

Isabel RamirezApr 14, 2023

Canada Water Theatre has a new operator and the performance space will now be offered for free to local artists across Southwark. Theatre Peckham…

This small community cafe in a Bermondsey park has got rave reviews from locals

This small community cafe in a Bermondsey park has got rave reviews from locals

Isabel RamirezMar 23, 2023

A Bermondsey-based woman is being praised by locals for her cafe in the park, which they say is more like a community hub than…

TV actress Ruth Wilson to star in 24-hour play opposite 100 men at the Young Vic

TV actress Ruth Wilson to star in 24-hour play opposite 100 men at the Young Vic

Isabel RamirezMar 4, 2023

A twenty-four-hour “one-off” play starring award-winning actress Ruth Wilson, best known for performing alongside Idris Elba in the hit tv series Luther, is coming…

The Apprentice star offers free classes at her new boxing gym in Camberwell

The Apprentice star offers free classes at her new boxing gym in Camberwell

Isabel RamirezMar 1, 2023

Having just opened a new boxing gym in Camberwell, The Apprentice’s Marnie Swindells talks to the News about going on the show, why she…

Memorial service for Vivienne Westwood ‘the godmother of punk’ is taking place at Southwark Cathedral today

Memorial service for Vivienne Westwood ‘the godmother of punk’ is taking place at Southwark Cathedral today

Isabel RamirezFeb 16, 2023

A memorial service to the world-famous designer Vivienne Westwood is taking place this afternoon at Southwark Cathedral. Dame Vivienne Westwood died on December 29…

Man who built a house in a skip is receiving a warm welcome from his new neighbours in Bermondsey

Man who built a house in a skip is receiving a warm welcome from his new neighbours in Bermondsey

Isabel RamirezFeb 13, 2023

An architect, who plans to live in a house he has built in a skip on the site which was once home to the…