South London artist documents life in the pandemic through new book
A charity worker has published a book of drawings that document her life and the news throughout the pandemic.
Read moreA charity worker has published a book of drawings that document her life and the news throughout the pandemic.
Read moreRosemary had lived on the Lilford Estate for nearly 30 years. She was responsible for a raft of regeneration work and service provision during the 10 years she had been in charge of LARA, the association representing local residents.
Read moreMichael Watson, a Croydon-based social worker has written a book about how to prepare for giving evidence in a family court to help others who have to go through the process.
Read moreNick Buckland, 35, started raising money for Greenwich Food Bank in March when the first lockdown started, and redoubled his fundraising efforts over December to make sure no one would go without at Christmas.
Read moreA singer has released a charity single with her brother to raise money for those going without food and family this Christmas.
Read moreAn NHS charity has set up an appeal for online donations to help buy warm clothing for patients for when they leave hospital.
Read moreBig Mike’s Calypso Kitchen, which only opened in July, works with local charity Croydon Night Watch fortnightly to feed the hungry.
Read moreSometimes fallen heroes need help getting back up – not total deletion from social media. I am Shao Dow, an award-winning rapper, manga author and occasional Ninja.
Read moreAs well as testing the very outer limits of the NHS, bringing the country to a standstill and perhaps unexpectedly leading to an explosion in the domestic production of banana bread, the pandemic has also brought changes to our vocabulary.
Read moreThe local charity will be offering an opportunity for people to come together virtually as they hold their first ever online version of the annual Remembering with St Christopher’s event.
Read moreWith few facets of our lives and world unchanged by the unparalleled impact of the coronavirus pandemic, travel too will be forever re-shaped by this extraordinary moment in time.
Read moreIf you’re struggling to think of things to do with the little ones during this rather different October half-term than fear not, for some of the best attractions the country has to offer are still open for business – and what’s more they’re right here on our doorstep.
Read moreArtist Frank Bowling, 86, who still paints in Peacock Yard, near Walworth Post Office, was last week named in the Queen’s Honours List to receive a Knighthood for his career and contribution to art.
Read moreBermondsey-raised Sir Tommy, awarded an OBE in 1980 for his work as an entertainer, topped the charts numerous times, appeared in films and on stage, and caused riots in the streets long before the beat boom of the Sixties.
Read moreBrixton is famed for its Caribbean culture: Windrush Square, Black Cultural Archives, Brixton Jamm and many Caribbean restaurants.
Read moreA new podcast series that highlights the heroes of our food system is now available. Who Feeds Us? focuses on food producers around the country and one of its episodes narrows in on two growers – in Brixton Windmill and May Project Gardens in Merton. May Project Gardens is a grassroots organisation, working from a permaculture designed garden in Morden, that supports community building and economic empowerment for young people in the area, including many refugees.
Read moreStreatham Festival A festival set to take place this weekend will feature online events for the first time as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Streatham Festival 2020, which starts today until October 18, will have virtual events, as well as a range of physical ones, celebrating all aspects of the arts.
Read moreA museum will open a season of events in October for Black History Month which will explore the way Black history is told celebrate achievements from the diaspora.
Read moreA new series of artworks has been commissioned in busy public spaces in South London to promote civic pride and community strength.
Read moreAn outdoor installation taking place across the windows of London’s Southbank Centre, runs from November 12 to December 13. No Lockdown in the Imagination will present audio, visual and written works selected from the 2020 Koestler Awards, which recognises art from people across the UK’s criminal justice system.
Read moreA museum has won a national award for an environmental exhibition that aimed to raise awareness over the harms of plastic. Last summer’s Beat Plastic Pollution pop-up aquarium display at the Horniman Museum and Gardens has won a Museums + Heritage Award, at an online ceremony on September 22.
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