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Bar Italia in Soho.

Paintings Of London And Londoners @ GX Gallery

Characterful sketches and paintings on show in south London.

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Top 10 Things To Do In The Borough Of Southwark

From the banks of the Thames down to Peckham, here’s the best of the borough.

Lewisham in all its glory by Mike King in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Top 10 Things To Do In The Borough Of Lewisham

The UK’s only indoor Swedish Felt mini golf course…and other secrets of the south-east borough.

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Midweek already. At least Burgess Park has some good news: ‘fraid the rest is fairly indifferent.

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There be new developments on the Ali Dizaei front, as a witness’ real ID is questioned. The Baby P inquest is deemed unnecessary. Fire strikes for a second time on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell. Seems Londons’ cycle superhighways aren’t quite as super as …

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Red Route Parking Fees Criticised By London Shopkeepers

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 …

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Preview: Camber Well Open Day

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 …

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New Restaurant Review: Angels & Gypsies at Camberwell Church Street Hotel

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 …