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...
We have been notified that UK Power Networks will be at work on Melior and Fenning Streets from Tuesday 17 September to establish a permanent electrical supply to Chapter London Bridge. The work will take up to two weeks to complete. Melior Street will be closed...
Have you got any old phones, tablets or laptops that you no longer use? You can drop them off at the Team London Bridge (TLB) office in Holyrood Street. From there, they will be refurbished by TLB's partner, award-winning Community TechAid, a small local charity...
The Drawing Room comprises a gallery, library, shop, community studio and online resource that is dedicated to opening up the world of contemporary drawing to everyone. They are currently seeking an Exhibitions Manager to work with the rest of the team to: Encourage diverse practitioners...
Cleaner, Greener, Safer is one of Southwark Council's funding schemes for community projects. It is for improvements to the physical environment, for example a new playground, cycle parking, zebra crossings, hanging baskets. The application is very simple and easy. The scheme is open until the...
From Southwark Council...
The latest community newsletter from Greystar/Edge/Mace highlights future plans. Chapter Living installation of the crown structure at the top of the building, the Level 40 concrete slab later this month, followed by the facades the fit-out of apartments on levels 4-31 the tower crane on St...
Eames Fine Art is showing a new exhibition Notes on Water featuring etchings and watercolours by Norman Ackroyd, RA and local resident. This exhibition, open from 12 September, brings together rare etchings of Orkney from the 1970s and 1990s, and works completed earlier this year....
From Thursday 19 September, you can see Tracey Emin's latest exhibition I followed you to the end at White Cube. This solo exhibition features new paintings and a monumental bronze sculpture, whose powerfully expressive, sometimes primal artistic approach marks her as one of the most...
The Thames Festival is back again for the month of September, presenting cultural, sporting, environmental and many other activities, on, beside and even in, the water to celebrate our wonderful river. More here https://thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/...
Saturday 21 September will see this year's Bermondsey Street Festival take over the street and neighbouring Tanner Street Park and Leathermarket Gardens from 11am till 7pm. As usual it will be a great celebration of community, cuisine, crafts, music and more. This year the festival...
On Monday 16 September, trendy Yard Sale Pizza will open at 73 Tower Bridge Road. They are known for their supersize stone-baked pizzas. From 16-18 September, there will be a special 50% offer on pizza delivery from this new shop. Amazingly the new shop is...
Susan Isaacs of Languages 2000 will be starting a new set of online language courses on zoom from Monday 23 September. The lessons are in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portugese. There are classes at all levels, from beginner through to advanced. Each weekly class...