Entertainment

By James Twomey Getting £1m for your birthday is something one can only dream about. But that’s exactly what happened to a director of a short film. Okay, the cash

JBGB Events join with their new venue partner Pizza Express Live in their leading jazz cabaret venue The Pheasantry on London’s Kings Road Chelsea. Over four months and nine concerts,

A major exhibition displaying Vincent Van Gogh’s work and his lesser known relation to Britain will open at the Tate Britain on March 27. The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and

By James Twomey Christopher Pemberton and Alexander Pemberton Paintings from Greenwich 1960 – 2018, an exhibition that showcases the work of a father and son over a period of 60

Spare Parts The second exhibition from the new Science Gallery London at King’s College London in London Bridge will explore the art, science, ethics and technology that enables human repair

BY JAMES TWOMEY A nightclub is holding a monthly event for people with learning difficulties to provide them with an opportunity to meet people and build their confidence. The NYNE

Global hip-hop icon NICKI MINAJ has announced new details for her highly anticipated world tour, which stops at The O2 on Monday 11 March 2019. MINAJ has decided to move

BY JAMES TWOMEY An immersive adventure space inside a pub will open its doors this week giving visitors the opportunity to explore the building’s mysterious roots. The Viewing is an

BY CHARLIE STONG We’ve all enjoyed great days out at the zoo – both as children and adults. But have you ever wondered what the animals get up to when

Anansi the Spider tells the story of the naughtiest creature in the village and his rivalry with Tukkuma the Dragonfly. This family-fun production brings a famous African and Caribbean folk

The 10th anniversary of a film festival will see a week-long celebration of films from all over the world screened at various locations. The Crystal Palace International Film Festival (CPIFF)

Spring has almost sprung so it is time to ramble and explore. Rambling has the benefits of being outdoors while enjoying beautiful scenery, wildlife and fresh air as well as

If you have ever thought art is too expensive then this is the fair for you. On March 7-10 the Affordable Art Fair will host more than 100 galleries, exhibiting

The idea that life is best understood through the world of cartoons is the key theme of Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape. The film explores the laws of

A new exhibition from illustrators Maggie Li and Frann Preston-Gannon opens on February 15. The exhibition will explore themes of biodiversity, habitat, destruction and migration, drawing parallels between the struggles

A film festival taking place where movie legend Charlie Chaplin spent his childhood will coincide with the 100th anniversary of his iconic movie The Kid. Kennington Stories film festival is

Dry January is a temporary choice, but lasts all year if you’re disabled. More than eight in 10 disabled people face challenges accessing pubs and bars according to a survey

If you are already in need of a Strictly Come Dancing fix following the most recent series finale in December last year, fear no more. The Strictly Come Dancing UK

The festival of joy and happiness – Saraswati Puja – is returning to Wimbledon for the third year at Merton Arts Space. One of the leading Indian classical music promoters,

The British Film Institute’s (BFI) month-long Forgotten Black Drama On TV season starts this month at the Southbank, curated by author Stephen Bourne. The season showcases the work of some

BY JAMES TWOMEY All hands on deck! It’s London sightseeing, but not as you know it. The River Thames MBNA Clippers are famed for their unusual method of getting Londoners

Spike Lee, director of pioneering movies She’s Gotta Have It and Malcolm X is coming to Brixton to answer questions on his Oscar-nominated movie BlacKKKlansman. The Ritzy cinema will welcome

Windrush passenger landing cards destroyed by the Home Office in 2010 have been recreated and put on display at Goldsmiths, University of London. The exhibition, Windrush: Arrival 1948 includes images

The Deptford Heritage Festival returns this February for its third year running, celebrating the history and culture of Deptford with a focus on its civil rights past, writes James Twomey.

Join them on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2pm for a nostalgic film in the Peckham Levels Auditorium on Level 5 – all films will be 100 per cent family-friendly.

Wearing wetsuits and armed with a vast collection of cleaning tools, aquarists at Sea Life London recently dived into its annual creature ‘count and clean’ to take stock of its huge array

The next Nunhead American Comedy Night at the Old Nun’s Head, SE15 3QQ is on Sunday, January 27 at 7.30pm. The comics are Prince Abdi, Matt Price and Lewis Schaffer.

BY TIM McNULTY Roadman Vampire is a comical web series about a young man from South-east London who wants to get into acting but is torn between the social pressures

Camberwell rapper Octavian has won the BBC Sound of 2019 – two years after another artist from south of the Thames, Ray BLK. The 23-year-old joins previous winners, including Adele,

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Any teenager forced to put down their phone and write would probably scribble a shopping list, at best. You would have to go back more than

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk There is an old African saying that…. Desmond’s should make a comeback. Or if there isn’t such a saying, there should be. The historic Peckham-based sitcom,

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk It has been a busy year for grant-making breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk, which is celebrating its 23rd year. As well as launching a number of

Suzi Quatro’s drummer will be holding a fundraising event in Streatham later this month to raise funds to bring Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) pioneering screening programme to the

A new film featuring stars such as comedian David Baddiel and Poldark’s Josh Whitehouse has been released, with profits going to charity. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who starred in

Crossrail now looks unlikely to be completed for another year, but digging under London and the Thames has always been dangerous – and constructing the first tunnel killed more than