This exhibition of amazing photographs opens in Borough Yards. It is the result of a global press photography competition and is on a world tour. It runs Friday 3 -27 May. Borough Yards is in Stoney Street SE1 9AD. More here http://worldpressphoto.org...
Susan Isaacs starts her next set of online language classes in the week beginning 13 May. She teaches French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portugese. The classes are weekly over ten weeks and are 45 minutes long. A £30 discount is available if you are a...
Over the next couple of weeks, Morocco Bound will present almost daily opportunities to revel in the pleasures of words and music culmination in a songwriting corner on Saturday 27 April. There will be poetry, books, open mics, jazz and folk all in the mix....
To vote at your polling station on Thursday 2 May, for the next Mayor of London and GLA assembly members, you will need to show photo ID. If you don't have any form of photo ID at the moment, you can apply for free voter...
Southwark Council operates the tennis courts in Tanner Street Park and many others across the borough for all abilities. If you enjoy a game of tennis from time to time, you can book these and other courts for a game. Some fees apply if you...
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This women-only beginners bike ride starts outside Barton's cafe at 25 Dockhead at 9.30am on Saturday 13 April and winds its way through about 13 km of leafy spring-green parks including Southwark Park, Burgess Park, and Kennington Park. The group will be led by experienced...
From Friday 12 April, Peter Layton Glassblowing will present another 'Open House' display of wonderful glass creations, with a Yard Sales on Saturday 27 April. The annual Spring Open House is a vibrant showcase of the brightest emerging talents breathing new life into glass with...
From Wednesday 17 April you will be able to see the amazing fantasy landscapes of Roantree and Kummatummal. Chris Roantree and Akarsh Kummattummal are a London-based collaborative duo focused on printmaking. Together they create wondrous, unsettling and beguiling images of imagined, re-wilded landscapes. This exhibition...
The latest email from Southwark Council includes an opportunity to get your meeting rooms and venues better used. Get money back for your empty offices or meeting rooms - Community Southwark can help you make the most of your under-used spaces, by matching you with local charities...
From Thursday 11 April, White Cube will be showing an exhibition of work by George Baselitz, A Confession of My Sin. This comprises a large body of new work produced during an intensive year in the studio, with large-scale paintings and works on paper in...
April's programme at Morocco Bound is out and includes almost every art medium! Poetry writing with Ruth Beddow every other Monday the Bottled Up writing workshop on Tuesday 9 April, poetry open-mic, comedy and book swaps. Music includes neo-soul/jazz group Sembra, folk, alt-folk from Danny...
The coming week sees two live events at Ugly Duck: Atenti on Saturday 6 April at 2pm and 7pm. Botswana-born Award-Winning Artist, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile will present three art, immersive video screenings and a captivating live performance seeking to foster interaction with the audience. Themes will...
Southwark News has helpfully compiled a list of free activities for children and families in Southwark over the Easter weekend. More here https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/around-south-east-london/free-things-to-do-with-the-kids-during-easter-around-south-east-london/...
Dementia is the most common cause of death in the UK, but access to good end of life care is highly unequal. Dementia Journeys is a new exhibition at Science Gallery that powerfully presents the experiences of those who care for people dying with dementia, and...
The next exhibition at Eames Fine Art will be Jason Hicklin's The River Part III: Riparius. Previous exhibitions in this series, Parts I and II, covering Hammersmith to Waterloo and Waterloo to the Greenwich Peninsula took place in 2019 and 2023. Part III is the...
Eames Fine Art presents a whimsical exhibition of abecedary by David Hockney and Man Ray from Wednesday 20 March. In 1948 Man Ray was commissioned by the Copley Galleries in California - who had hosted the artist's solo exhibition earlier the same year - to produce...
A new exhibition, the Biba Story 1964-1975 will be opening at the Fashion & Textile Museum on Friday 22 March. Biba clothes, accessories and interior decor were a much loved part of the 1960s boutique scene in the 1960s in London. The business grew rapidly...
RBCS the long-established local community choir for Bermondsey and Rotherhithe, will present the famous Mozart's Requiem on Saturday 23 March at 7.30pm at St James' church. The community choir will sing with professional soloists and chamber orchestra, a real treat to have live classical music...
At BermondseyStreet.London's annual meeting this week, members put their heads together to identify what improvements they want to see in our local streets. Picking up on a few headlines...
London and Partners has been established by the Mayor of London to help businesses flourish in London. Their initiative to help small businesses is Grow London Local. It is a single gateway to access all the free support needed to help grow any small business,...
MACE, the contractor writes to explain that there will be street closures and width restrictions over the weekend of Saturday 23-Sunday 24 March to enable the erection of the second tower crane on the EDGE construction site on St Thomas Street. The erection of the...
HYSTERICAL 2024 : RADICAL CREATIVITY will be presented at Bermondsey Project Space from Wednesday 20 – Sunday 31 March. Programme notes say 'After two consecutive years building community and creating opportunities for women and marginalised creatives, Hysterical 2024 promises to be more groundbreaking than ever....
On St Patrick's Day, Sunday 17 March 7-11pm, Morocco Bound presents an evening of live celtic folk music (and stout). This is but one of varied programme of arts events scheduled at the bookshop. Next week also includes books, poetry and live jazz music. Morocco...
Jay Blades, of The Repair Shop and Touring Toolshed fame will be hosting a three day residency at The Pickle Factory Friday 15 - Sunday 17 March 12-5pm. His workshop will be showing its work and pieces by emerging artisans in heritage crafts, demonstrating their...
From Friday 15 March - Sunday 17 March, Ugly Duck will host its first pop-up airport. Welcome to the UK is a group show exploring social politics, visas, identity, dreams, freedom of movement (geographically and socially), precarity, privilege and yes...