Wednesday Picture: Inside the House of Dreams, East Dulwich
Among Wright’s more unsettling domestic artworks is a large ape-like figurine, wearing his late father’s false teeth Maybe you’ve passed 45 Melbourne Grove in East Dulwich, with its Yves Klein blue...
View ArticleSouthsayer style special: design duo Mini Moderns, aka Keith Stephenson and...
In 20 years, the South Bank has been transformed into what now feels like the cultural heart of the city We’ve been familiar with Mini Moderns’s striking printed wallpapers, fabrics, ceramics and home...
View ArticleWoo-hoo – the Camberwell Arts Festival 2013 Kicks Off
Camberwell Arts Festival is an impressive nine-day event that’s been going for 19 years. But we bet loads of south Londoners outside SE5 don’t know much about it. So, on the eve of its launch...
View ArticlePinboard Extra: CoolTan’s Solstice South London Walk
What a totally brilliant way to spend the summer solstice in London – a midnight walk around some of the southside’s most fascinating and psychology-steeped buildings. It’s being hosted by CoolTan Arts...
View ArticleMini Pinboard: Frank’s returns to Peckham, Camberwell shows off and Crystal...
1. Peckham: Frank’s is back In case you hadn’t been counting the days, this weekend Frank’s Café and Campari Bar on the roof of Peckham’s now-infamous multi-storey car park is back for the summer...
View ArticlePinboard 9 July: shopping in the sunshine, affordable fine dining and a free...
1. Lambeth North: Artists celebrate innovative recycling Did you know we were shoddy recyclers? Nope, we thought we were pretty good too but apparently* Lambeth and Southwark are way behind both the...
View ArticlePinboard 15 August: Peckham’s Peace Picnic, an anarchic art fête – and get...
Peckham: SE15′s Peace Picnic is back This Saturday, two years after the rioting that hit Peckham so hard, the area’s newly annual Peace Picnic doubles as the culmination of the Elephant and the Nun...
View ArticlePinboard Extra: South London Black Music Map
Inspired by our alternative south London tube map foraging yesterday, we thought we’d share another local map we love. The South London Black Music Archive Map, highlighting local musical landmarks and...
View ArticlePinboard 30 August: Peckham gets a fashion line, art battles rage and a...
Peckham: Rye Lane inspires a fashion range Walworth: a farewell party for re:store Stockwell: Canton Arms chef does good over the river Bermondsey: Wherehouse art show Nunhead: The Corner Pop-Up...
View ArticleWednesday Picture: Open House 2013
This weekend is Open House where the public are unleashed on 830 of London’s coolest buildings and private houses. Sarah Fox picks some south London highlights This year celebrates architect Richard...
View ArticleWednesday Picture: The Bridges of West Dulwich
What’s special about this west Dulwich bridge? You may well ask. Rust-stained and peeling, this one – on Rosendale Road – and its two companion crossings on Croxted Road and Village Way are, arguably,...
View ArticleSouthsayer: Rowland Byass, landscape architect
Rowland Byass is a landscape architect with interests in planting design and management, historic gardens and landscapes and “the cultural and psychological dimensions of landscape”. After work as a...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Battersea Power Station’s quirky roof garden
The team behind New York's feted High Line have just released drawings of what they have planned for London's most famous industrial site The post In Pictures: Battersea Power Station’s quirky roof...
View ArticlePeek inside Pullens Yards open studios for Xmas
Enjoy a rare glimpse inside Southwark’s revived 1870 workshop community – and get the festive shopping done to boot The post Peek inside Pullens Yards open studios for Xmas appeared first on Below The...
View ArticleWednesday Picture: Inside Lambeth Palace
A fascinating new book, Unseen London, offers readers access to fifty extraordinary locations, telling the story of how each was created and what it reveals about the city. We publish an exclusive...
View ArticleUnseen London: Old Naval College, Greenwich
A fascinating new book, Unseen London, offers access to fifty extraordinary locations, telling the story of how each was created and what it reveals about the city. Our second and final extract hits...
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Pinboard 9 July: shopping in the sunshine, affordable fine dining and a free...
1. Lambeth North: Artists celebrate innovative recycling Did you know we were shoddy recyclers? Nope, we thought we were pretty good too but apparently* Lambeth and Southwark are way behind both the...
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Peek inside Pullens Yards open studios for Xmas
Enjoy a rare glimpse inside Southwark’s revived 1870 workshop community – and get the festive shopping done to boot The post Peek inside Pullens Yards open studios for Xmas appeared first on Below The...
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MUST DO: this summer
A useful market in Peckham, yet another burger pop-up in Clapham - and a brand spanking new garden in Vauxhall The post MUST DO: this summer appeared first on Below The River.
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Costa Del Thames
In this extract from Downstream, her new book on the history of swimming in the Thames, author Caitlin Davies takes a walk along London’s one-time Riviera The post Costa Del Thames appeared first on...
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