Inside the female-run non-profit helping Black Women become professional coders 

Inside the female-run non-profit helping Black Women become professional coders 

Holly O'MahonyJan 17, 2024

A successful careers fair in Peckham last year is set to return this year where they specifically help black woman into the technically world…

A local sound healing specialist shares her tips for living mindfully

A local sound healing specialist shares her tips for living mindfully

Holly O'MahonyJan 16, 2024

It’s only the third week of 2024, so if you’re already feeling stressed, it might be time to practise some mindfulness. Here to help…

Owner of popular Elephant & Castle coffee shop was a cowboy in the United States

Owner of popular Elephant & Castle coffee shop was a cowboy in the United States

Eliza FrostNov 23, 2023

The director of the now well-established Black Cowboy Coffee in Elephant and Castle tells us his story. We talk all things Black Cowboy Coffee,…

Amarachi Clarke is making chocolate from scratch at her Bermondsey factory

Amarachi Clarke is making chocolate from scratch at her Bermondsey factory

Eliza FrostNov 23, 2023

Did you know that in a factory in Bermondsey they are making chocolate from scratch, with each batch taking three days to make? Owner…

A candlemaker in SE1 tells us why her business gives her a warm glow

A candlemaker in SE1 tells us why her business gives her a warm glow

Eliza FrostNov 23, 2023

We talk to candlemaker Emily Kendall talks about her local business, which was founded in a little flat in SE1  SE1 Candle Co. makes…

Interview with the Director of Bermondsey brand that is shaking things up with lower alcohol spirits

Interview with the Director of Bermondsey brand that is shaking things up with lower alcohol spirits

Eliza FrostNov 23, 2023

The Spirit of Bermondsey drinks brand says it wants it’s customers to have a good tonight and good tomorrow. This innovative drinks company is…

Bromley local Jay Taylor on bringing James Graham’s Quiz to his local theatre 

Bromley local Jay Taylor on bringing James Graham’s Quiz to his local theatre 

Holly O'MahonyNov 6, 2023

A national tour of the critically-acclaimed play comes to the Churchill Theatre. In 2001, Charles Ingram became the third contestant ever to win the…

Prince Jamie Comes With Sex, Sorcery and Suckers as he rehearses for Southwark Playhouse’s Christmas show

Prince Jamie Comes With Sex, Sorcery and Suckers as he rehearses for Southwark Playhouse’s Christmas show

Michael HollandOct 19, 2023

I have heard various reasons why people had a yearning for a career on the stage but Jamie Mawson’s strange encounter beats them all,…

Being Marilyn Monroe: The extraordinary life of Bermondsey’s Suzie Kennedy

Being Marilyn Monroe: The extraordinary life of Bermondsey’s Suzie Kennedy

Michael HollandOct 13, 2023

How does someone become Marilyn Monroe? For Suzie Kennedy it has been a journey from the USA to Bermondsey via Peckham, with a lot…

Brixton Caribbean restaurant Healthy Eaters turns 20 this month

Brixton Caribbean restaurant Healthy Eaters turns 20 this month

Holly O'MahonyOct 11, 2023

Healthy Eaters began life back in 2003, when Stafford Geohagen and his wife Rose served home-cooked Jamaican food at a market on Brixton Station…

Meet the founders of LevelOut: Brixton’s boutique gym  

Meet the founders of LevelOut: Brixton’s boutique gym  

Holly O'MahonyOct 11, 2023

“Our studio is designed to be simple and less intimidating than those studios that try to also be nightclubs”  Neither Babak Brazell and Jacek…

Dance artist Quang Kien Van on his new show Babylon coming to Deptford

Dance artist Quang Kien Van on his new show Babylon coming to Deptford

Holly O'MahonyOct 8, 2023

The Albany’s associate artist Quang Kien Van is often drawn to love stories. Not so much those with happy endings, but some of the…