Explore the intertwined history of Southwark and the City of London, from governance to the thriving hop trade, iconic taverns, and medicinal herbs, on the Medicuture Festival's revealing walking tour. Discover how parts of Southwark were governed by the City of London until 1899. Hear...
Courtesy of good neighbour Team London Bridge, businesses in the Bermondsey Street area are welcome to join online events this week which will help the journey to sustainability: Earth Hour Insight Session, Thursday 14 March 3pm (online) - In preparation for Earth Hour 2024 (23...
Residents continue to challenge Southwark Council over its plans to demolish the Leathermarket JMB building at 26 Leathermarket St SE1 3HN and replace it with a taller block of offices and social-rent flats. Everyone agrees that we need more social housing but the proposed scheme...
The Bike Project is located in Bankside and does a marvellous recursive job of recycling bicycles! Their mission is to take donated bikes, fix them up and pass them on to refugees and people seeking asylum in London and Birmingham. If you are tripping over...
The London Glassblowing Centre invites you to 'experience the cutting edge of British glass artistry at their Gather exhibition, which starts tomorrow in the Bermondsey Street gallery. This exclusive showcase celebrates the nation's brightest contemporary talents, both rising stars and acclaimed creators. The vibrant works assembled here,...
This special Evensong service at St Mary Magdalen church Bermondsey Street will include traditional English choral music sung by The Matthaeus Consort. The service will begin at 7.30pm on Friday 15 March. The church is the oldest building in Bermondsey Street by virtue of some...
Our local Met Police team has been working with Safer Neighbourhood groups and volunteers to deliver a programme of positive interventions in the Bermondsey Street area. The programme has included knocking on doors, online survey and a drop in session at the Bermondsey Square Hotel...
THR!VE : CALL TO CONNECTION will be at Bermondsey Project Space from 13 - 16 March. This will be the first of three THR!VE Festivals at the gallery, exploring collective healing and manifesting new realities, decolonisation, hopefulness, connecting with the self and with nature, autonomy...
Some of you may have already noticed signs that a new venue will be opening soon where Tanner &Co used to be. Sixes Social Cricket will be opening at 50 Bermondsey Street SE1 3UD on Thursday 21 March. From their licensing application they intend to...
To mark International Women's Day, 20 women organists will play great music on 'Henry', the the small pipe organ at London Bridge rail (NOT tube) station. The marathon/relay event will run from 7am - 8pm. The organists are members of the Society of Women Organists....
The full-scale reconstruction of the famous Elizabethan galleon, captained by Sir Francis Drake, is located at St Mary Overie's Dock, Cathedral Street SE1 9DE. Tickets are from just £3 on Mothers' Day, 10 March, and include a tour led by female pirates! >> Head to the...
Our local Met Police team will continue their programme of positive intervention this coming week with a drop-in session at Bermondsey Square Hotel. The team will be there are the hotel 5-7pm on Wednesday 6 March. You are welcome to go along, meet the team,...
You can now invest in council projects in Southwark that reduce carbon emissions and tackle the climate emergency, through Southwark Green Investment. Invest as little as £5 and you will get a fixed 4.6% annual return on your investment, paid every six months over the...
We❤️Snowsfields has formed to use the opportunity of the Snowsfields Quarter development to enhance the neighbourhood. This is a collective of fun, committed neighbours-helping-neighbours, born out of volunteering during COVID. Snowsfields is one of our most ancient medieval streets, winding its way through the old...
Malcolm Franklin's latest exhibition includes his own works and pieces by other artists that have inspired him. The exhibition title, Pezzi e Pezzetti comes from the Italian for 'Bits and Pieces'. It features beautiful, minimalist Pezzetti woodblock and stoneblock prints. There are also stunning sculptures...
'why the rush, do you know when your work is done' is the first London solo exhibition of Dutch artist Willem Hussem, presented in collaboration with Dürst Britt & Mayhew. It will be on display at Vitrine gallery in Bermondsey Square from Thursday 29 February...
United St Saviour’s Charity has two grants programmes – small grants of £3,000 or under and large grants of over £5,000 and you can submit your applications now. They are looking to support groups who are making a difference to the communities of Southwark, especially: –...
There will be two exhibitions at Bermondsey Project Space in rapid succession in the next week CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH1-2 March, a group pop-up exhibition using material myth-making to excavate personal memory and family history. Curated by Lily Ashrowan TRANSPARENT AS A DRAGONFLY4 – 9 March,...
From the latest Mace newsletter, here is an update on the construction at the Chapter Living and Edge sites at the east end of St Thomas Street. Chapter Living - external walls up to level 16, internal fit-out up to level 9, plant installed in the...
The St Mary Magdalen church building on Bermondsey Street is on the Heritage at Risk Register. Thankfully, the most urgent repairs will begin in March, at a cost of around £25000. A generous grant has been awarded for half the cost by The Marshall's Charity...
Our Safer Neighbourhood Team works to minimise crime and disorder in our area. The team will be delivering a range of crime-prevention and police-led activities, involving the Met Police, London Safety Centre volunteers and council wardens. The aim is to improve the feeling of safety...
The latest from Mace, the contractor at the Chapter site on St Thomas Street, that they will be undertaking the first of their tower crane 'climbs' over the coming weekends. This is work that has to be done at the weekends to comply with TfL,...
Our local Dockhead Fire Station will be open for visitors, free, on Saturday 24 February 12 - 3pm. Go along, meet firefighters, police, RNLI and other partner agencies. You can see the latest equipment and meet guests from film and TV. There will be free...
Woven portraits of illuminated women appear in a swirl of flowers and foliage, colourful patterns and textures. These delicately embroidered works are representations of what South African artist Kimathi Mafafo describes as ‘a state of ebullience’, a feeling of joy and energy that is connected specifically...
If music and words are things you enjoy hearing, reading or playing with then Morocco Bound can keep you busy and happy through to the end of February. There is poetry, book club, a writing workshop and quiz night for the word people to enjoy...
From Thursday 22 February, you can see Susie Stone's latest exhibition called Taking Up Space at Eames Fine art. The artist writes 'the Roe vs Wade case, which had guaranteed women the right to abortion in America since 1973, was abruptly overturned. The combination of...
The Horsehoe pub will host a Sea Shanty Session on Sunday 18 February 12-3pm, organised by The HogEye Men @hogeyemen on facebook and twitter. The Horseshoe Inn is at 26 Melior Street SE1 3QP. Free entry. Singers and audience welcome. More here http://www.thehorseshoeinnpub.co.uk...
Our ward councillors are working on a huge range of local issues in order to get the best outcome for local residents and businesses. You can sign up to receive regular emails from them updating on their work and achievements in housing, community safety, climate...
Book A Slot To Donate Your Voice! Resonance, a community radio based in Borough has been commissioned by technology company Logitech to record the voices of unique individual speakers by to help with a machine learning project. Volunteers are asked to record a 15 minute...
The Drawing Room, a not-for-profit encouraging the art of drawing, opened its new purpose-designed space last autumn. The gallery is currently showing The Time of our Lives, an exhibition focused on the pioneering drawing practices of women artists and their impact on feminist activism from...