Entertainment

A French singer-songwriter has released his first studio album in English after feeling the need to counter the language-barrier-induced loneliness and connect with his English- speaking neighbours.

South London’s most creative music is thriving despite the handicaps caused by lockdown. Here MELISSA Kasule picks a selection of up-and-coming artists who could make an impact in 2021.

A budding actor from South London has won a scholarship for working class actors in their final year of drama school.

A documentary about the last five hours of a man’s life before he was made homeless has picked up a number of awards on the film festival circuit.

A volunteer who reads to kids has made use of her extra free time in lockdown – by writing and publishing her own children’s book.

A postgraduate student has beaten 1,600 other entries to win a prize for his first novel, which was completed during lockdown. Joe Pierson’s book ‘Helen and the Fires’ tells the story of a woman who quits her job to write, only to become caught up in a series of climate change related suicides.

The Deserter, a not-very-dynamic duo with aspirations to slouch, are legends – but possibly for all the wrong reasons. Deserter is an aspirational website for those with a predilection for doing eff all.

A Brixton-born 13-year-old has this year become the youngest ever actor to win an International EMMY award. Billy Barratt won best performance by an actor for his role in the BBC2 drama Responsible Child, making him the youngest ever recipient of the award.

World Heart Beat Music Academy welcomes you to a truly magical online Christmas Concert consisting of two special, live-streamed performances filmed from our academy direct into your living room.

A chance encounter has led to mild mannered Pimlico plumber Greg McGrath releasing a charity version of the yuletide classic ‘White Christmas’ to raise money for a homeless charity.

A singer has released a charity single with her brother to raise money for those going without food and family this Christmas.

A new film festival is celebrating South London’s community of creatives and film makers. 

As 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.

A project that combines storytelling with dynamic yoga to help children develop their physical and mental health and improve their overall well-being has started.

An Americana-inspired five-piece band, No Coward Soul, have released their second album called The Boondox.