Mum was very shy – though she ended up as an infant school deputy headteacher – and her background could hardly have been less middle-class. Her own mother slept 10-in-a-bed growing up in Southwark, south London, and had no shoes. She and my grandpa,... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

The new series has taken a major cast shake up with many regular members leaving the show. Billi Mucklow, Darrell Privett and Danni Park-Dempsey are among the latest people to announce they are leaving the show. Wayne Lineker, 50, was jailed in 2006... Full Article at BBC News

We do have definite records of Charles Dickens drinking there though. Dickens loved the inns of Southwark, and immortalised them in his first novel, The Pickwick Papers. Old coachmen remembered him drinking in the George, and he mentions it by name in... Full Article at Publishers Weekly

The passenger station to the west is being redeveloped over the next five years. Speaking at the exhibition opening on Thursday evening, Southwark cabinet member for regeneration Fiona Colley agreed that the railway had been a barrier in the past. "We... Full Article at London SE1

The demonstration came as Mr Johnson was given the “site visit” tour of the Southwark superclub as part of a last-ditch attempt to persuade him to stop plans for a block of flats directly opposite its entrance. The club’s bosses are alarmed that if any... Full Article at This Is London

School into nearby George Washington Elementary, pushing out Washington's current employees. The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers filed a grievance May 13 opposing the decision to remove all Washington teachers and instructional-support staff from... Full Article at Philadelphia Daily News

The Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark, said he had come to show "solidarity" with members of all faiths shocked by the "horrifying" murder. The bishop said: "The event has of course traumatised many people locally, and indeed across the... Full Article at Daily Star

Seven years later â when he was composing plays such as Henry V and Julius Caesar â he is listed as living near the Clink, the infamous prison in what is now Southwark. He still had not paid the tax. These dates tie in neatly with what we know about... Full Article at Ottawa Citizen

Other fears raised included the impact of removing Peckham’s appliance and closure of Southwark’s station, as well as response times often being longer than averages with high-rise buildings adding crucial seconds. LFEPA’s Labour member Fiona Twycross... Full Article at This is Local London

This will be the first London staging of Ustinov's play since 1951, a largely forgotten work about the mechanics of toppling governments, the pretences of war and the power of propaganda. In the play, "a republic is poised to fall. The only remaining... Full Article at Playbill

Visible next to your comment. Linked from your display name. We expect all our commenters to abide by our house rules The Menier Chocolate Factory is to stage the European premiere of The Color Purple musical. It will open at the Southwark venue on... Full Article at The Stage

200 gardens throw open their gates to the public for Open Gardens Squares Weekend, a chance to get into those green spaces that are usually out of bounds. Gardens range from historical private squares (like Chester Square, Belgravia) to contemporary... Full Article at Londonist

Mayor I was fortunate enough to meet many local people who never failed to impress me with their sense of community and compassion for the most vulnerable in society. "They are the epitome of the fairer future philosophy this council subscribes to. I... Full Article at London SE1

Brown House was opened in 1988 on part of the site of Courage's Brewery. The building is named after a long-serving Bermondsey and Southwark councillor who served as an air raid warden during World War II. The dean and sub-dean of Southwark, Very Revd... Full Article at London SE1

He also admitted two charges under the Theft Act 1968. According to the editor of Archbold, the criminal lawyers' bible, none of the four charges held water. White had obtained four successive mortgages in order to buy his elderly parents a flat in... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Sir Francis Drake to north America in 1577. It was the Tudor queen's wish that the ship should become a maritime museum but it was left to deteriorate at Deptford. The Golden Hinde II replica was built at Appledore in Devon and, Troy Richards said, had... Full Article at London SE1

The first night audience included Juliet Alderdice and Tom Wilson who founded twenty years ago in Southwark Bridge Road. When their lease ran out in 2007 a new location was found next to the Shipwrights Arms in Tooley Street. Now the rebuilding of... Full Article at London SE1

Which causes the spell of silence to prolong itself even more. So instead, what I eventually do is just shove up any old thing, ... So, once again, here is any old thing: That was taken in Southwark Park, on the first day of this month. I like the... Full Article at Brian Micklethwait

Forced to relocate from its original premises in 2007 to musty railway arches below London Bridge it has now had to up sticks for a third time, as a result of the station’s redevelopment. Although it’s scheduled to return in 2018, I have to say that... Full Article at The Telegraph