Review: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary – Southwark Playhouse

Review: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary – Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandDec 15, 2024

Surreal festive fun and slapstick frolics ‘The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary’, which opened last week at Southwark Playhouse, has a very misleading title.…

Radio Celebrity And Bermondsey People All Lend A Hand in Art Exhibition 

Radio Celebrity And Bermondsey People All Lend A Hand in Art Exhibition 

Michael HollandDec 14, 2024

Rotherhithe artist Ed Gray has led a project called Everyone Lends A Hand that brought together Boutcher Primary School and the Appleby Blue Community,…

Review: Nutcracker In Havana: Southbank Centre

Review: Nutcracker In Havana: Southbank Centre

Michael HollandDec 13, 2024

Carlos Acosta Stages A Festive Party  Carlos Acosta reimagines a Christmas classic from a Cuban perspective and with a nutcracker in the form of…

Review: Little Foxes – Young Vic

Review: Little Foxes – Young Vic

Michael HollandDec 12, 2024

Mill Deal Madness and Southern Skulduggery After two pantos in recent days I had to snap out of ‘Oh yes it is’ mode for…

South London tenant caught in a 10-year battle against ‘unfair’ service charges

South London tenant caught in a 10-year battle against ‘unfair’ service charges

A South London tenant locked in a decade-long battle with his landlord says his service charges double ‘without any reason as to why’. Wimbledon…

Review: The Producers -Menier Chocolate Factory

Review: The Producers -Menier Chocolate Factory

Michael HollandDec 12, 2024

The performances were near flawless A musical satire about musicals, at the centre of which is a musical love letter to Adolf Hitler is…

Review: Snow White – Churchill Theatre

Review: Snow White – Churchill Theatre

Michael HollandDec 11, 2024

The panto that has everything Here we were at probably South London’s biggest panto with some big names on board for Snow White and…

414 bus to be cut and merged with route 14

414 bus to be cut and merged with route 14

Ben LynchDec 11, 2024

Transport for London (TfL) has announced it is cutting the 414 bus route between Marble Arch and Putney Bridge and instead delivering an ‘enhanced’…

70 years of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich – the sole surviving tea clipper ship in the world

70 years of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich – the sole surviving tea clipper ship in the world

Eliza FrostDec 10, 2024

Royal Museums Greenwich senior curator Louise Macfarlane tells us about the ship’s history and how it has become near impossible to ‘think of Greenwich…

Croydon primary with strong music links and a rap club retaining outstanding rating

Croydon primary with strong music links and a rap club retaining outstanding rating

A Croydon primary school has retained its outstanding Ofsted rating after inspectors praised how it includes pupils’ families in the community. In its recent…

Review: Sleeping Beauty – Catford Broadway

Review: Sleeping Beauty – Catford Broadway

Michael HollandDec 9, 2024

A Pantomime for 21st Century London Opening with flashing lights, swirling dry ice and an enthusiastic live band, the cast keep up their smiling…

The ‘Tooting Four’ – the anti-Ulez activists found guilty

The ‘Tooting Four’ – the anti-Ulez activists found guilty

A group of anti-Ulez activists who staged a protest outside London mayor Sadiq Khan’s home in Tooting have been found guilty of harassment. Known…