The Curling Club opens Friday 1 November at Vinegar yard, St Thomas Street. The venue will boast a stretch tent and glass-enclosed mezzanine for all-weather fun, with 10 curling lanes, a bar, ski shots, and plenty of retro shell suits. Welcome to a whole new...
The latest news arrived this week from Mace, the construction contractor for the Chapter Living (student accommodation) and Edge (offices) sites on St Thomas Street. In particular at the Edge site, the excavation of the Level 4 basement has been completed. Screens are being installed...
The next exhibition at Eames Fine Art, opening on Thursday 7 November, will be museum-quality works never previously exhibited. They are by one of our 20th century great abstract artists, John Hoyland RA, and presented in this exhibition called Flying Wild. They include sketches, proofs,...
Following our local Contemporary Architecture guided walk earlier this year, we have updated our great Contemporary Architecture Trail Guide to include more exciting new architecture. We have added in The Science Gallery for its level access, the Alaska Building and Tannery Arts on Grange Walk,...
Southwark Council is making this free six-hour course available to people who want to stop smoking or vaping. If you're 18+, live or work in Southwark, or registered to a Southwark GP, you can book your free place today. The course is Allen Carr's Easywaym...
There will be a dance-fest for all the family at Unicorn Theatre and in Potters Fields Park Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 October. There will be workshops and performances, with DJs playing a joyful, eclectic mix of reggae, funk, disco, Afro, Latin & beyond, circus performance, drag...
Southwark Council is consulting on four supplementary planning documents (SPDs). These provide additional guidance on existing planning policies. Once an SPD is adopted it will be used in planning decisions. The four SPDs currently out for consultation are: Householder Development SPD Climate and Environment SP ...
The latest community update from Mace about the Chapter Living and Edge construction sites give notice of weekend working on the next three weekends into the middle of November. TFL, Network Rail and Southwark Council require this work to be done outside normal working hours. •...
Hop Kingdom will be hosting a skateboarding open day on Sunday 27 October 12 - 10pm. This is a great opportunity to discover the benefits of skateboarding for your mind and body, from improving balance and coordination to boosting confidence and creativity. Whether you're a...
Luke Jerram’s Gaia has returned to Southwark Cathedral. The hope is that it will inspire visitors of all ages into positive action to protect the planet. Gaia is a touring artwork by Luke Jerram measuring seven metres in diameter and created from detailed NASA imagery...
You may have noticed a new Interpretation Board appearing this week in Leathermarket Gardens. This was thanks to an initiative by a local history author, Debra Gosling, and it highlights the history not just of the park but of the buildings round about: Guinness Estate,...
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Southwark News reported an alleged attempted arson after a fire at a popular food court by London Bridge Station this week. In a statement, the London Fire Brigade said: “Control Officers received the first of seven calls at 2.29am and mobilised two fire engines from Dockhead...
Morocco Bound presents its usual wide-ranging programme of arts events this month. There will be a book launch on Thursday 10 October - Jackie Dent’s captivating new book, The Great Dead Body Teachers and book club - The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi. Also...
Southwark Council has developed plans to make Holyrood Street, just north of the railway viaduct, more people-friendly, with no vehicles except for access, better drainage and improved surface. Holyrood Street is part of the lowline route. A public consultation has been launched. To find out...
This October, the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret invites you to a unique celebration of the human body with its first-ever Anatomy Week, culminating in the grand celebration of World Anatomy Day on Tuesday, October 15th. Spanning from October 14th to October 20th,...
Gail Brodholt's latest exhibition of prints is called A London Alphabet and is an A_Z of London views in linocut. She says "Having made London the focus of my work for many years, it occurred to me that, with such a fast-changing subject matter, it...
The latest news from the construction sites on St Thomas Street is that installation of the Floor Perimeter Screens will be completed on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October. This is risky work and extensive exclusion zones are required. To mitigate the risk to site...
Southwark is one of London's most diverse boroughs. This Black History Month, Southwark Council’s Heritage Service presents Race Equality in Southwark. It is a new cross-venue exhibition spanning 400 years, we take a look at the people and organisations who helped to shape Southwark’s anti-racism policies,...
The latest exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum opens on Friday 4 October. It is entitled Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London, and it explores the work of artist-performer-costume designer-club owner Leigh Bowery who opened the Legendary Taboo nightclub in London in 1985. Famously,...
Emma McNally's first solo show is now open at The Drawing Room. She has called it The Earth is Knot Flat. She scrambles the elements of drawing, generating multi-dimensional disruptive works that draw attention to the entangled complexity of existence in an age of extractive...
STILLNESS IN MOVEMENT an exhibition by artists of the London Group will be closing Saturday 28 September. The starting point for this exhibition are TS Eliot's lines Not known, because not looked for; But heard, half heard in the stillness; Between two waves of the...
Saturday 28 September 1pm Southwark Cathedral The Biskopshavn Vokal Choir from Bergen, Norway will present a recital of traditional hymns sung in English, Norwegian, French and Latin. Admission free. Donations welcome. Wednesday 2 October 6pm Southwark Cathedral Cafe On the first Wednesday of the month, there is live...
Grange Road is well-known locally for the Alaska Building and now the revitalised pickle factory site at New Tannery Way. In the early 20th century, the Alaska Building was a tannery for seal skins imported from the Hudson Bay Company in Canada - a smelly...
Only one day to go till Bermondsey Street Festival enables all our various local businesses and communities to get together and celebrate. It won't just be Bermondsey Street, there will also be things happening in Leathermarket Gardens and Tanner Street Park as well as along...
Only a few days after his latest exhibition opened at Eames Fine Art in Bermondsey Street, Norman Ackroyd RA has sadly passed away. He was a real anchor in our community, one of the first artists to move in when the antiques trade started to...
The newly established Southwark Policing Oversight Board is seeking board members, and the recruitment process is now open: https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/jobs/board-member-policing-and-oversight-board-sc06869 To help build trust and public confidence in local policing, each London borough has developed a local Trust and Confidence Plan. The Policing Oversight Board will operate independently...
A replica of the Spanish Galleon, Galeon Andalucia, plans to come through Tower Bridge at c4pm on Monday 23 September and then dock on St Katharine docks. For many of us, the phrase Spanish Galleon conjures up pirates in the Caribbean and Queen Elizabeth I...
Community Southwark exists to provide training, information and advice to community organisations in the borough. It also advises Southwark Council on voluntary sector issues. It is based at The Blue, Bermondsey. One of their services is to send out a regular email bulletin to community...
Thames Estuary Partnership, as part of the Thames Day, will be leading a 'captivating guided walk exploring the rich environmental history of London's iconic river.' The leader will delve into the transformation of the Thames and its surroundings as London grew, examining the decline and...