Shoppers and workers react to Sadiq Khan’s proposal to partially pedestrianise Oxford Street

Shoppers and workers react to Sadiq Khan’s proposal to partially pedestrianise Oxford Street

Shoppers and workers have shared their views on the Mayor of London’s proposal to partially pedestrianise Oxford Street. Shoppers the BBC’s Local Democracy Reporting…

Plans have been revealed for up to 230 new homes beside Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station

Plans have been revealed for up to 230 new homes beside Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station

Plans have been revealed for over 200 new homes in tower blocks up to 25 storeys tall beside Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station. Bexley…

Pianist Rob Hao to perform for Tottally Thames Festival this weekend 

Pianist Rob Hao to perform for Tottally Thames Festival this weekend 

Eliza FrostSep 20, 2024

Ahead of his Totally Thames festival show, the artist tells us how it’s ‘an honour’ to be involved – and why piano composition holds…

Review: Princess Essex – The Globe

Review: Princess Essex – The Globe

Michael HollandSep 20, 2024

A good play that allows Odeke to promote the working-class and womanhood Anne Odeke’s Princess Essex opens with the staff of well-to-do Mrs Bugle…

Exploding Heads Present: Colin From Portsmouth

Exploding Heads Present: Colin From Portsmouth

Michael HollandSep 19, 2024

2024 will see the first live outing for two cult heroes with their fingers on the nation’s pulse: angry-about-everything Colin from Portsmouth and former-professional-footballer-turned-current-pundit…

From Borough Market to Hollywood

From Borough Market to Hollywood

Michael HollandSep 19, 2024

Can Jeff Goldblum Make Dreams Come True? Bebe Barry was born in Guy’s Hospital and grew up in Borough Market – The Wheatsheaf pub,…

Review: The Truth About Harry Beck – London Transport Museum

Review: The Truth About Harry Beck – London Transport Museum

Michael HollandSep 19, 2024

Harry Beck was a draughtsman in the Signalling Department at London Transport whose job it was to create diagrams that simplified electrical circuits, but…

Slippage at 198

Slippage at 198

Michael HollandSep 19, 2024

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning is staging a new exhibition ‘Slippage: the Caribbean in Flux’ with new bodies of work by four of the…

Dare to Cross the Devil’s Dancefloor

Dare to Cross the Devil’s Dancefloor

Michael HollandSep 18, 2024

“We do not take the journey; the journey takes us.”  This month sees the world premiere of The Ice at the End of the…

‘Elderly targeted on Eltham High Street with one woman having close to £2K in cash taken’

‘Elderly targeted on Eltham High Street with one woman having close to £2K in cash taken’

South London shoppers are ‘wary’ of using their high street because pickpockets are snatching phones and purses from locals on a regular basis. Residents…

New Labour MP refuses to give up his council seat

New Labour MP refuses to give up his council seat

Ben LynchSep 17, 2024

A new London MP will not be giving up his seat on a local council and will juggle both roles, though he’s said he…

Have you been wrongly issued with Ulez charges due to vandalised cameras?

Have you been wrongly issued with Ulez charges due to vandalised cameras?

Drivers who have been wrongly issued with Ulez charges due to vandalised enforcement cameras will have their penalties cancelled, Transport for London (TfL) has…