Parents at Pimlico Academy have been taken aback by letters from the school’s leadership – including former education minister Lord Nash – threatening “discipline” if there are further protests. The school made national headlines on March 31 when pupils staged a sit-in against changes brought in by principal Daniel Smith.
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I first came across this pub seven years ago when I was checking out a nearby venue for my wedding (the magnificent Royal Victoria Patriotic Building) and used to look forward two a pint or three after concluding my wedding business.
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A charity has brought to life some of the voices of the 1981 Brixton uprisings. To mark the forty year anniversary of the Brixton riots, the Independent Film Trust (IFT) commissioned writer and director Michelle Scarlett to create an augmented reality booklet.
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On Monday April 6, 1981, 100 plain clothes police officers arrived in Brixton as part of Operation Swamp 81, an initiative attempting to reduce high rates of crime in South London, writes Tom Watling
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JIM AVEY was a young probationary police officer, in 1981, aged 22 when he got the call to go to a riot. Here the former cop and now press officer for the Met writes about his experience.
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Taproom is back! We’re delighted to announce that our Hither Green Taproom will reopen from April 15, complete with outdoor table service, offering our finest cask ale and kegged beers, alongside Taco Collective’s exquisite food
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Casual observers of the Twitter website may have noticed some surprising messages seemingly published by a borough’s Mayor this month.
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Looking to freshen up your home? Roseberys Fine Art Auctioneers have this covered. On Tuesday 27th April, Roseberys located in South London, Lambeth, are proud to present the first of the bi-annual Design: 1860 to the Present-Day auctions.
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The Africa Centre in Southwark has installed artwork on the hoarding at the site of its headquarters.
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A woman from Wandsworth has launched an activity book aimed at encouraging self-confidence among black girls. Lauren McLean, 32, was inspired to start her business, Melanin Magic Club, after seeing viral videos of young black girls as young as four crying about the way their hair and skin looked.
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West End star Lee Mead has announced a special show at the London Palladium to celebrate his 40th birthday.
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The artistic director of Oily Cart, a Wandsworth-based theatre company, has won a international award for her outstanding achievements and contributions to theatre for young audiences.
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A film-maker from Croydon has launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce a pilot episode of a drama series about the negative impact of absent fathers.
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Composer and former emerging artist in residence at the Southbank Centre Renell Shaw has released a new video featuring the voices of his own family to accompany his award-winning composition about the Windrush generation, writes Rachael Griffiths.
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Your latest 52-page South London Press – For all your news, sport and entertainment. Look out for our 10 pages of South London Press sport, including George Evans discussing his Manchester City upbringing and why he feels right at home at Millwall. All that plus much more…
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A mother cat and her five-month-old kitten have been allegedly been shot and killed in attacks only two weeks apart. Ani Powell, 29 from Holmsdale Grove in Barnhurst found her two-year-old cat dead in the garden with a bullet-like wound on her side, and only two weeks later found her five-month-old kitten profusely bleeding with the same injury.
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A music school which had thousands of pounds worth of equipment and instruments stolen by a practised burglar has received a massive grant to emerge from lockdown. World Heart Beat Music Academy is to receive £67,514 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
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Three friends have launched an online petition to ban use of wasteful plastic in packing. Camberwell girls Raya Branford, 11, Katie Leeming, 11 and Katia Woods, 10 who all attend Lyndhurst school in Camberwell have launched a petition online to stop the use of packing peanuts made from non-renewable plastic in the UK.
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A charity supplying surplus food to hard-up families has more than doubled the number it gave out during the pandemic. Fareshare, which redistributes edible food that would otherwise have gone to waste, has donated more than 40,000 packs from its Deptford depot to 254 London charities.
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