Bermondsey

Photo / tim.pearse The Shunt lounge, a clandestine speakeasy-cum-performance space formerly located beneath London Bridge, has closed then re-opened before closing once again in the past year alone, so it’s unsurprising (but welcome nonetheless) to learn that it is being brought back to life. The …

Keep an eye out for these yellow discs, currently decorating the lamp posts of Southwark. Each is a sign that something noteworthy happened nearby, and will point you to a mobile web page where you can read all about it. The idea comes from a …

By DeanN A new bi-monthly mini-festival starts at Bermondsey’s Shortwave Cinema tomorrow. Exploring “the most interesting things in the universe” Rich Pickings starts off looking ‘between the lines’ on Sunday at the passage of film from page to screen through adaptation and translation. It’s high …

Photography by Chris Osburn Although the Del’Aziz restaurant/bar/boutique bakery at Bermondsey Square has been up and running for about three weeks, they just got round to celebrating their opening last night. But with cocktails, canapés and mezze, a buffet service from the deli, belly dancing, …

Sprogging on the tube is becoming a trend. Time the NHS devised a better filing system, no? Mind you, the pensions people aren’t any less careless. A teenager has been stabbed in Bermondsey. Gotta feel a bit sorry for the mother in court on fraud …

To SE1 last night, as the ribbon on the brand-new Bermondsey Square development was cut. The old medieval square, formerly a clunic abbey, has been overhauled entirely and now boasts your standard modern mix of cutting-edge restaurants, luxury flats, bars, a pricey hotel and, ticking …

This is what we have learned this weekend whilst you have been out stocking up on thermals: There will be more jobs in sport as 2012 approaches. No shit. The Dagenham Destroyer wants to get kids boxing instead of stabbing. A man has been shot …