Dr Harold Moody, a Jamaican doctor and civil rights activist who lived and worked in Camberwell in the 1920s and 1930s, is not remembered much outside Southwark. Here LEILA ZERAI tells Dr Moody’s story and Stephen Bourne, who recently published a book about him, explains why he is so important.
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Pubs reopened this week, and so did a little piece of my soul. The only downsides were that the weather has not been kind to us and it has required more effort and organisation to secure a seat outdoors.
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Red Red Wine is one of the most famous booze-related songs in music history and UB40 has made history again by creating their own red, red wine.
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Musician and veteran Eddie Capone is walking 300 miles throughout April to raise money for an arts centre in memory of the victims of the New Cross fire. This is the first stage in Mr Capone’s fundraising plan for the centre – through which he hopes to raise £1 million.
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Your latest 56-page South London Press – The sheer scale of the cancer time bomb ticking under South London has been made clear by new data from the NHS, don’t miss our guide to next month’s London mayoral elections and also 10 pages of sport, with coverage of the spectacular collapse of the European Super League – including reaction from our clubs – as well as Charlton’s 6-0 drubbing of Plymouth Argyle. All that plus much more…
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A restaurant specialising in home-made food and drink has won an award for its beer. Hood, Streatham is celebrating after being crowned the UK’s Best Independent Craft Beer Restaurant.
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The pandemic has had a crippling impact on the homeless. Home(less) Made charity has been cultivating the creative flare of a number of homeless people, to make artwork to be sold to help build a sustainable income
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Sculptures which transformed Western understanding of African culture after they were looted by the British could be returned to their country of origin. 50 works were taken during an invasion of the kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria, 15 of them brass plaques referred to as Benin Bronzes.
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Many people might be familiar with techniques that punish or scare pets in an attempt to change their behaviour. However, these can leave our canine companions frightened and confused, which may lead to further unwanted habits.
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After months of delay, last week finally saw the publication of the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, established by the Prime Minister in July 2020 after the Black Lives Matter movement. From the minute Boris Johnson hired Tony Sewell to be the Chair of the Commission, I suspected the Government might not be serious about addressing racial inequalities.
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People bereaved by Grenfell are calling for a ban on products made by companies connected with the Grenfell Tower refurbishment being used on Kensington and Chelsea Council’s building projects. It comes after floor insulation was used on a new £36.5m school for children with special needs and primary school next door, a mile away from Grenfell Tower where 72 people tragically died.
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A charity that recycles donated technology to those who need it is undergoing a name change today to mark its first birthday. Lambeth TechAid will now be named Community TechAid, to reflect the volunteer-run charity’s focus on reaching diverse communities.
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Secondary schools and colleges in Wandsworth will receive PCR home testing kits to help assist with surge testing for the South African coronavirus variant. People living and working in Wandsworth over the age of 11 were asked to get tested this week after a number of cases of the variant first identified in South Africa were detected in both Wandsworth and Lambeth.
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A former resident of Grenfell Tower said there were so many concerns about the refurbishment of the 24-storey building in the years before the blaze that there were calls for an independent inquiry into the way it was run. David Collins, who chaired the Grenfell Tower residents association said many who lived there were unhappy with the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation which looked after homes for the council.
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Vic Santoro, provided free meals to local kids at four stores across his home borough, Lewisham, last Wednesday, April 14. The rapper, who attended John Stainer primary school, gave out free chicken and chips at the branches he used to frequent as a child in Brockley, Lewisham, Catford and Ladywell.
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A hospital has appointed its first equality chief. Funmi Onamusi has been appointed to the newly-created substantive role of Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She will aim to accelerate the trust’s ambitious equality agenda.
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A private boys’ school in Croydon has responded to “deeply concerning” allegations of misogyny and harassment. Whitgift School was named at least nine times on the Everyone’s Invited where website which collates anonymous experiences of sexual, harassment, abuse and assault.
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“We were just thrust into it – having so many clients. We went from working two hours a week to 80 hours.” Taken out of context, you might think those were the words of an entrepreneur who has struck gold with a unique idea that had quickly made them a fortune.
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Portobello Road Market is starting to recover to its pre-pandemic strength, and some traders are even reporting a new-found customer base – local people. Saturday April 17 will see the long-awaited return of the world-famous Kensington market’s many antiques dealers.
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