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Lifestyle

Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Ex-triathlon athlete commissioned to produce artwork for summer Olympic games

5 February 20214 February 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A Putney-based artist and ex-triathlon athlete has been commissioned to create art to cheer on Team GB at this summer’s Olympic games. Vanessa Raw will make eye-catching artwork that will become posters and will also be displayed on billboards across the country.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Dinner and a show from Clapham theatre production, Rice!

5 February 20215 February 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A Clapham theatre is giving a new meaning to dinner and a show – by delivering a box of ingredients to cook to accompany their new online performance. Rice! tells the story of Connie Cheng – a Malaysian-born Chinese woman who migrates to the UK – and her life between the two cultures.

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Lifestyle Whats On 

Brixton designers create online classes to keep people creative during the lockdown

5 February 20214 February 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

Two women from Brixton have created a caring community after moving their life drawing class online to keep creative during lockdown. Textile designers Anya Gomulski and Rebecca Dagless started the classes in December 2019 after noticing there wasn’t much chance for people in the community to flex their creative muscles.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Shojon releases new track in aid of mental health charity

5 February 20216 February 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

A Greenwich-born R&B artist has released a new track in aid of a mental health charity. Shojon’s new single Theorem takes inspiration from the artist’s own struggles with depression, anxiety and substance abuse and shares the uplifting message that love will help you through.

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

Delayed reopening of pubs could be devastating for the industry

3 February 20214 February 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

Less than 10 days before Christmas pubs across London were forced to close as coronavirus restrictions were tightened.

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Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Bellingham man raises almost £8,000 in memory of neighbour with “gentle and kind soul”

3 February 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Kieron McCann, 28, from Bellingham, started his challenge on New Year’s Day by running one mile, and added an extra mile to his route each day until the end of January.

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

Baking in lockdown by Paloma Lacy

3 February 20211 February 2021 Paloma Lacy 0 Comments

Even in this third lockdown, there are few signs for baking mania ceasing. It’s as if the country has gone back 50 years, making, baking and preparing meals from scratch once again.

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Best Of South London Lifestyle 

First openly HIV positive Mayor is also successful fashion designer

2 February 20212 February 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

Mayors are not known for their sartorial elegance – it must be those heavy chains and velvet robes. Lambeth’s, though, is no ordinary first citizen, despite his name – Philip Normal. Lambeth’s, though, is no ordinary first citizen, despite his name – Philip Normal.

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Lifestyle Opinions 

In My View: Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood

2 February 202131 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

The start of 2021 has been a time of very mixed emotions for all of us. There is hope on the horizon with the start of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out, but still many challenges as the rate of coronavirus has risen rapidly

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Lifestyle Opinions 

Thirteen dead and nothing said – MP Janet Daby on the lasting scars

1 February 20212 February 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

Lewisham East MP JANET DABY was just 10 and living nearby when the New Cross Fire tragedy claimed 13 lives. Here, 40 years after the horror, she talks of the trauma in the community and the lasting scars it left – as well as the resolve and determination which arose out of it.

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Lifestyle Pets 

Owning pets makes people feel less lonely in lockdown

1 February 20211 February 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

January 18 marked ‘Blue Monday’, when dark days and squeezed finances are thought to make for the most depressing day of the year. Many people face some tough ‘blue’ months ahead, with millions at home alone with only their pet

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

The Trafalgar Pub, South Wimbledon SW19

1 February 202131 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

I’d heard a few mentions of the “Traf”, and because I happened to be in Wimbledon for an unrelated purpose, the opportunity to visit seemed too good to pass up. The Trafalgar is traditional, friendly, cosy, unpretentious and atmospheric.

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Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Funeral director raises funds for cancer charity inspired by nan

31 January 2021 Toby Porter 0 Comments

A funeral director has raised hundreds of pounds for cancer support by running more than the distance of a marathon after being inspired by his nan who was diagnosed with the disease. 

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Pets 

Dog loses eye after being dragged 50 metres in hit and run

29 January 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

A Staffordshire bull terrier has suffered serious head injuries and lost an eye after being dragged 50 metres by a van in Lambeth. 

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Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Actress and son raise awareness for victims of domestic abuse

29 January 20211 February 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Actress Lucy Morgans [CORR] has starred in an advertising campaign raising awareness for victims of domestic abuse – with her own son, writes Alexandra Warren.

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News Whats On 

Virtual London Marathon could see world record number of entries

29 January 202129 January 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

This year’s London Marathon is aiming for a world record 100,000 entries on October 3. But south-east London residents can breathe a little easier – because organisers are inviting half of those to run it virtually, wherever they are on the planet.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

To Date or Not to Date: Shakespeare’s Lessons in Love at The Butterfly

29 January 202130 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

The Butterfly Theatre’s new production To Date or Not to Date: Shakespeare’s Lessons in Love will show scenes of the bard’s most famous lovers, from Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet and Ophelia.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Album plays tribute to heroes of the pandemic

29 January 20216 February 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

A Brixton-based singer-songwriter has released a folk EP which he wrote and recorded by himself during the first lockdown.

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Best Of South London Lifestyle 

The London Writer’s Awards announces this year’s winners

29 January 202129 January 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

A prestigious writing programme which mentors writers from underrepresented backgrounds has announced this year’s winners – eleven of whom are from South London, writes Alexandra Warren.

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Lifestyle Whats On 

Southbank Centre holds its second Inside Out festival audiences can enjoy from their homes

29 January 202129 January 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Ethan Hawke and Fearne Cotton are set to appear in an online festival which includes music, spoken word and literature, writes Alexandra Warren.

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Lifestyle Whats On 

Ty a yellow ribbon

29 January 202129 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

Legendary Brixton musician Ty was recognised with an online show for international emerging artists at Tate Modern last month.

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Lifestyle Memories 

Dulwich war veteran given France’s top honour – obituary

29 January 202129 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

Bert Holmshaw, from Peckham, has died aged 96. During WWII Bert was in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers attached to the 7th Field Regiment Royal Artillery.

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Lifestyle Memories 

Thief returned to slay his wife

29 January 202128 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

Why steal when you are married to a woman who is running a successful business and would one day inherit a house? There are so many questions concerning the criminal dealings of Henry Brown, of Linom Road, Clapham. Was it anger? A self-destructive streak? Or was he plain evil?

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Education

Cleaners at Clapham Catholic school set to strike for 40 days and 40 nights
Education Lambeth 

Cleaners at Clapham Catholic school set to strike for 40 days and 40 nights

24 February 202124 February 2021 Alexandra Warren 0

The workers at Le Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School are planning industrial action starting on March 16 – which will be the first strike in the school’s 140-year history.

Best Of South London

Tooting nursery founder and brave charity fundraiser dies just days after being made an MBE aged 96
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Tooting nursery founder and brave charity fundraiser dies just days after being made an MBE aged 96

24 February 202124 February 2021 News Reporter 0

The founder of the Eveline Day & Nursery Schools and MBE, Maria Keaveney-Jessiman, has died aged 96. Maria, a Wimbledon resident, was awarded an MBE for her services to education in the Queen’s 2021 New Year’s Honour list just days before her passing in January. 

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