A flat in a wealthy London town is on the market for more than £800 a month – but it does not have an oven. Instead, the lucky tenant has the opportunity to microwave their food from the comfort of the bed.
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A new £100m London mega casino could be built next to Leicester Square. Westminster City Council is considering building a high-rise casino block on one corner of the famed square.
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This November, St Christopher’s Hospice will host free two-day drop-in celebration focused around ‘Día de los Muertos’ – or the ‘Day of the Dead’, as it is known to English speakers – in its recently opened Centre for Awareness and Response at End of Life in the heart of Sydenham.
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A new councillor training course has attracted aspiring politicians in Croydon. The Taking the Initiative Party (TTIP) hosted a councillor training course at The Business Xchange Hub, Croydon, to inspire people from non-political backgrounds to learn more about town halls.
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Residents have told of their outrage over rising petrol prices amid a risk of more fuel problems over the months ahead – as prices head towards £1.50 a litre. South London petrol stations have experienced supply shortages since September amid a lack of truck drivers and panic buying.
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A Bromley-based comedian has published a book all about break-ups, inspired by her own experience. The book takes a close look at Ms Wilby’s own relationships, why friendship break-ups can feel like the worst endings of all, and conversations about commitment.
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House prices in Kensington and Chelsea are heads and shoulders above other London boroughs with some homes selling for a whopping £35m. Properties across the West London borough are eye-wateringly expensive compared to the rest of London, where the average house price is £526,000.
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Thanks to the pandemic we’ve had to wait the best part of two years to finally see a black, female Hamlet, but I can report it was well worth the wait. Cush Jumbo is simply outstanding. Greg Hersov’s new production of Hamlet at the Young Vic is a “palpable hit”. You must go, writes Christopher Walker.
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What’s black and white and red all over? A blushing penguin chick meeting their namesake. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert swapped her white coat for a pair of wellies to meet the five month old Gentoo penguin named in her honour – and break the ice.
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A boxing project to help young people build better relationships with police, get into sport and improve mental wellbeing has launched in Deptford. Year 9 students from Deptford Green School on Edward Street are being given six weeks of boxing training from Met police officers.
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We all know the awful toll of statistics: 137,000 dead, 550,000 hospitalised, over two million estimated to be suffering from long Covid.
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A 71-year-old blind man was left waiting in the cold for eight hours when Croydon Council failed to find him emergency accommodation. It happened after the electricity and water was cut off at his block of flats in Gillett Road following a leak.
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Last week marked National Arthritis Week, and while many of us are aware of the condition in humans, it can also affect our furry companions.
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Entertainment Listings… What’s On Art, celebrity, music, entertainment, and all things leisure. Grayson Perry: A Show for Normal People; The Walk; 4 Brown Girls Who Write; National Poetry Library Open Day 2021; Creating the Sea: October Half Term at Queen’s House; Telling Tales.
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The London Chamber Orchestra, pictured above, is celebrating its 100th year with a concert at Cadogan Hall. The concert, on October 26, will open the orchestra’s 2021-2022 season, conducted by music director Christopher Warren-Green.
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It’s now a bakery in a Tooting shopping street, surrounded by coffee outlets and gift shops. But building in Mitcham Road was once the recording studio of a litany of some of Britain’s biggest pop bands – and international reggae stars. Historian GEOFF SIMMONS tells the story of how it was created and some of the legends that surround it.
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More Travels With My Camera at the Jeannie Avent Gallery in East Dulwich is showing a series of street photography and portraits from around the world taken by Adrian Whittle. Mr Whittle’s pictures capture culture as well as history. More Travels With My Camera runs until November 2.
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An exhibition celebrating the work of 12 emerging artists from Democratic Republic of Congo has opened in Herne Hill. For Breaking the Mould: New Signatures from Democratic Republic of Congo, curator Christine Eyene has selected 15 artworks including painting, photography, mixed-media and installation pieces that reflect the new ideas emerging from the heart of Africa
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The Secret Detectives by Ella Risbridger is inspired by classic murder mysteries and is a prequel to the children’s classic The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Set on a ship, it features somebody being thrown overboard in the middle of the night. But the captain insists that nobody is missing.
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