Camberwell

Excellent news reached us this week of a London based Flickr group that has successfully made the transition from online admiration to offline collaboration. Effra FC’s first exhibition opens this Thursday at The Sun and Doves in Camberwell. We asked them a few questions about how it all happened.

Beleaguered high-street retailers fear that a new proposal from Transport for London to charge motorists for parking in red route loading bays may herald the end for many small businesses. These routes forbid any stopping or parking, except where an exemption – introduced to meet …

This audio has expired. For episode pictures and other Londonist Out Loud material please see here. Theatre Director Aaron Paterson is currently staging the world premiere of The Cave, a never-before-staged show by Mervyn Peake, the author of Gormenghast. In this exclusive interview by N …

Like many of London’s finest areas, Clerkenwell and Ladywell for example, Camberwell is named after a local water source. Legend has it that the word Camber, meaning crooked, came from medieval folk with disabilities and ailments looking to be healed by the water from this …

The Camberwell Fair. Sarah Sparkes after Sidney Shepherd Camberwell seethes with art and strange stuff but this (hopefully) sweltering Sunday it all melts in to one musky whole on Camberwell Green with the Chutney Preserves Animal Fair. The Chutney Preserves, guided by art-happening genius Sarah …

When we first heard that a so-called “boutique hotel” was opening in Camberwell around three years ago, we weren’t really sure what to make of it. Camberwell has plenty going for it, in an edgy kind of a way, but surely it’s more the preserve …

Photo / edwardkimuk Improbable as it may seem, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Streatham, Chuka Umunna, is lobbying TfL to extend the Bakerloo line into the bright Zone 3 wilds of his ‘hood. As a potential vote-winner it’s ballot-box gold, but is there any chance of …

Photo / Steve Punter The Deputy Labour party leader Harriet Harman is to be prosecuted for talking on her mobile phone while driving. The incident happened in Dulwich this past July. Ms Harman is alleged to have been involved in a minor prang in her …

The two shortlisted designs for a £6 million facelift for Burgess Park between Walworth and Camberwell, south London, have been unveiled. The image above shows the entry by LDA Design, which opens up the park’s wide spaces and prioritises wildlide and cultural events. The rival …

Stead Street apartments Plans have been released for some of the buildings slated to replace the 70s-era Heygate Estate in Camberwell, due for demolition. The two on show are proposed for Stead Street and Royal Road, and combine low-rise and high-rise buildings set in an …