What’s On coming up: Exhibition, Battersea Arts Centre from February 27th
An exhibition with living sculptures, experimental music, and the question of what it means to struggle will take place at
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Entertainment
Getaway: City break in Cork, Ireland
BY CHARLIE STONG Just a few short years ago my wife and I had only ever set foot in the
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Final Bunker Theatre season hands space to artists and community, The Bunker, London Bridge
The full programme of events and performances for a theatre that is closing down has been announced. The eight-week Takeover
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South London Memories: Remembering the pauper children
Children had been kept in workhouses with adults until the 1848 the Poor Law (Schools) created district boarding schools, to
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Pets Corner: Early experiences will make your pet happy
Taking on a puppy or kitten is an exciting time, full of new experiences and learning curves, and in order
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Tony Lord: Soapbox escapades
The other day I was remembering how I used to take my dog, Sandy for a run in the sunshine
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South London Memories: Did he take the poison?
Would a respected up-and-coming lawyer marry a wealthy widow, take poison four months later and then tell her maid ‘I
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What’s On This Week: Entertainment Listings
ABBA Disco Wonderland Since launching in June 2018, Disco Wonderland’s ABBA Tribute night has toured 26 different cities across the
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What’s On: Aisha Khan and Her Rajahs performing at The Pheasantry, Kings Road, Chelsea
A roots music diva will be performing with her band The Rajahs at the Pheasantry in the King’s Road, Chelsea,
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Brixton Urban Art Fair unable to go-ahead due to an almost 3,000 per cent rise in council charges
A long-standing community event that raises thousands of pounds for local good causes cannot go ahead after council charges shot
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The Women Of World Foundation (WOW) announces line up for 10th anniversary festival in London
The Women Of World Foundation (WOW) has announced the full line-up for its 10th anniversary Festival in London. British Vogue
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Photography: Women on Sofas by artist Ruby Steele
An artist who looks at the space a woman occupies in contemporary western society has released a photography series called
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School choir which filled Albert Hall with sound to perform at the Lewisham school where it all began
A school choir which has sung at the Albert Hall four times, Buckingham Palace and Wembley Stadium will perform for
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South London Memories: Garage robbery became a murder
With the Second World War just over, crime continued on the streets of South London. Author Conrad Lisk’s book With
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South London Memories: When Fanny met Johnnie…
No-nonsense chef Fanny Cradock is the subject of a new biography, Keep Calm and Fanny On! The Many Careers of
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Pets can help to banish the January blues
As the post-festive excitement wears off, the cold weather and short, dark days can leave us feeling glum. January 20
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Win tickets to see Hugh Bonneville and Jane Asher
Two big names of British film and TV will help secure the future of the iconic Old Royal Naval College’s historic buildings,
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Tony Lord: Memories of my first bus ride back in 1929
My first memory of riding on a bus must have been in 1929 when I was four. My mother took
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Exhibition: Discoveries: The Biting Point at the Fiumano Clase art gallery in Clerkenwel
An exhibition featuring work by three international female artists: Maria Positano, Florentine Ruault and Karen Tronel will open in February.
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What’s On: When it Breaks it Burns at the Battersea Arts Centre next month.
A performance based on a protest and school occupation that took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2015 will take
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Dig out your trainers for the giant obstacle course in the GungHo! Challenge 2020 at Crystal Palace
Dig out the trainers from the back of the wardrobe for a 5K obstacle course which returns to Crystal Palace
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Vault Festival is back – January 28
One of the fastest growing arts festivals in the UK, VAULT Festival, is back on January 28 with tickets to
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Tetris and Pac Man: Wandsworth council invites you to become Pac-Man
Have you ever played a computer game for so long you felt like you were in it? Well now you
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British Baroque: Power and Illusion at Tate Britain
The first exhibition to focus on baroque culture in Britain will open in February. British Baroque: Power and Illusion will
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What’s On: Greenwich Music Time Festival at London’s Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich Music Time, a festival that presents a series of open-air concerts, has announced its first headliners of 2020. Sarah
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What’s On this Week: Entertainment
Maidens, Myths & Monsters The debut of Nikita Gill’s mythological world Great Goddesses on stage. Olympus is falling and the
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Keep your pets happy when it’s cold outside
When the cold snap bites, it’s not just us humans that suffer the effects – our pets feel it too.
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Tony Lord goes back in his Time Machine to Regent Street, July 1914
Today my time machine has landed in an office on the first floor of a building in Regent Street. Two
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South London Memories: ‘I’m a wanderer, yeah the wanderer, I roam around, around, around’
Wanderers were among the dominant teams of the early years of organised football and won the Football Association Challenge Cup
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