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…

The Last Talisman, Francesco Braccino

5 questions with The Last Talisman’s head chef on Bermondsey Street

Eliza FrostOct 4, 2023

The Biscuit sits down with the head chef at The Last Talisman, Francesco Braccino, to find out about the SE1 restaurant’s new à la…

Josh Castola, owner of new bike shop L’Atelier Du Vélo, on getting the wheels of East Dulwich turning 

Josh Castola, owner of new bike shop L’Atelier Du Vélo, on getting the wheels of East Dulwich turning 

Holly O'MahonyAug 24, 2023

It was a long standing love of cycling that propelled (or peddled, really) Josh Castola into opening East Dulwich’s new bike shop, L’Atelier Du…

How Jamaica National Bank’s Brixton branch became a hub for the whole community 

How Jamaica National Bank’s Brixton branch became a hub for the whole community 

Holly O'MahonyAug 17, 2023

JN Bank, a digital bank with a Brixton branch that’s part of the Jamaica National group, operates on a mission to ‘enrich lives and…

Christopher Weeks brings the Buddy Holly story to the Churchill Theatre, Bromley  

Christopher Weeks brings the Buddy Holly story to the Churchill Theatre, Bromley  

Holly O'MahonyAug 17, 2023

It’s been over 30 years since The Buddy Holly Story first resurrected the music of the 1950s rock and roll star who died in…

Black Seed: Meet the brains behind the venture capital firm exclusively supporting black businesses 

Black Seed: Meet the brains behind the venture capital firm exclusively supporting black businesses 

Holly O'MahonyAug 15, 2023

It was the lack of funding and support for Black-owned businesses that led Cyril Lutterodt, Yvonne Nagawa and Karl Lokko to take matters into…

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…

Bermondsey woman creates ‘pop-up’ food bank in her garden

Bermondsey woman creates ‘pop-up’ food bank in her garden

Isabel RamirezJul 26, 2023

A Bermondsey woman, who opened her loo to queuers following the Queen’s death, has created a food bank in a garden area outside her…

Local traffic marshall donates loose change found in people’s rubbish to charity

Local traffic marshall donates loose change found in people’s rubbish to charity

Isabel RamirezJul 26, 2023

A man from Southwark’s waste collecting team, who spends his breaks collecting loose change from people’s rubbish, has found over £800-worth this year and…

The High Priest of Darkness lives in The Borough

The High Priest of Darkness lives in The Borough

Michael HollandJul 24, 2023

Simon Rumley started life at the bottom of the film-making industry, and it was while working as a runner that he began writing film…