Blogs about Areas of London

The Greens at City Hall have accused London mayor Sadiq Khan of allowing the Conservatives to dictate his transport policies by “cowardly” ruling out a pay-per-mile charging road system for drivers. Khan has said in …

Culture Promotions, which has been producing the main stage line-up for the Lambeth Country Show for more than 20 years, has confirmed the line up for this year’s show on 8 and 9 June. Brixton-based …

After 1,187 different stories, I’m sorry to say that this, the 1,188th, will be the last piece published on The Charlton Champion. We have now closed. Thank you for your custom. There’s a bit more …

A group campaigning for a Museum of Slavery and Freedom to be established in Deptford has announced the launch of its latest initiative, the MoSaF Map, this Saturday. MoSaF London has issued an invitation to …

Farbez Uddin outside Bun & Sum’s new branch in Hackney. Pic: Megan Rickard He has only been in the business for three years and began selling his food on an industrial estate in Bow, but …

There will be a Wildflower and Nature Walk Sunday 21st April 2024 led by Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson. Meet at the Ladywell Road Gate, the guided walk is free and will run from 10.30am …

St. Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival © Lucy Young 2017 St Katharine Docks will hold a festival which is a celebration of the Dunkirk ‘Little Ships’ which took part in the evacuation of Allied soldiers …

Hi,I read this morning, with great interest, your Old Deptford History, very good, so much information. My reason for looking on your site was because I am starting a novel which begins in Deptford High …

There is a section on the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport website called Lovely Customer Reviews, offering a more human touch to the mechanical and electronic wizardry on offer. The reviews are united in describing the …

Emeli Sandé is @southbankcentre on 15 June. An icon of British singer-songwriting takes to the Meltdown stage: emotional, honest and with a heartfelt pop sensibility, Emeli Sandé has a decade of hits to her name. …

What is currently known as the Broadway Theatre is arguably one of Lewisham’s finest 20th century buildings both inside and out. It dates from the early 1930s and used to be next to a gothic …

Tickets are available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields on Saturday 25th May Tony Hall loved shops, as you can see from this magnificent array of little shops in the East End that he …

Sorry to hear today of the passing of Russell Dryden. Familiar to many from his fish stall in Bermondsey's blue market, which he ran for more than 30 years, he championed music through his involvement …

Pinewoods thin and it’s curtain upOn the stage of the Glen Derry. I stop and stare and raise the cup. Of tea mixed with some blackberry. The grand old Lodge sits to the left. And …

Nice short doc by Matthieu Livingston about Robert Pammen; London's last [official] telephone box painter.