Best Of South London

A charity worker has published a book of drawings that document her life and the news throughout the pandemic.

Rosemary 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. 

Michael 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.

The 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.

A 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.

Streatham 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.

A 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.

A new series of artworks has been commissioned in busy public spaces in South London to promote civic pride and community strength.

An 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.

A 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.