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Photo / Homemade Student art comes to Kennington Tube station. Plans for the 2012 triathlon and marathon swim released. Thought the banks were humbled? Think again: HSBC threatens to quit London if the Government breaks up big banks. MI6 worker sentenced for attempting to sell …

The Tommyfield, Kennington Perhaps the word “new” is stretching it a little here. Longstanding Kennington pub The White Hart shut for all of about two weeks before re-opening under a new alias as The Tommyfield. Apparently, The White Hart was too common a name and …

Lifting the curtain on London’s fringe theatres. The White Bear theatre exists in the back room of a pub…unsurprisingly called The White Bear, which is a couple of minutes walk from Kennington tube station. On first entering the pub, you might be forgiven for thinking …

In the days before Esure We drew your attention to the precarious plight of The Cinema Museum last year. This weekend, the quality of the collection draws heavyweight film bods to Kennington for a weekend of film buff fundraising. Michael Winner opens proceedings at 10am …

The Cultural Olympiad is to be renamed. Can’t think why…. A suspect package was detonated at Wimbledon yesterday. Dunderhead legislation is putting flat shares under threat. Ashley Cole has got himself a driving ban. Kennington flat goes for £60G, proving that council left hands know …

Although British TV hasn’t quite stooped to a reality TV show about “housewives” it’s probably only a matter of time (does Wife Swap count?) so this bright, song-filled piece of theatre set on a fictional 1950s “Britain’s Best Housewife” telly contest is riffing on timely …

Got some old home movie reels stored in your attic? Put 17 October in your diary. A free event at the Cinema Museum, Kennington will offer advice on preservation, storage and restoration, and how to transfer that precious footage of long-gone relatives and forgotten friends …

119. Spanko! In episodes 29, 30, 31 and 34 I spoke about London’s phantom assailants – a variety of elusive rippers, snippers, cutters and stabbers said to have lurked in the darkest corners of the capital, hell-bent on slashing their way through female victims and …

It’s the tabloid story to end all tabloid stories. Up to six police officers face disciplinary action after an ‘alleged drunken orgy‘ in a south London pub. Several male officers (the number is uncertain although The Sun use CAPITAL LETTERS to declare it as five), …