Tag: herne hill
Pool Party: Lido Lates
Carina Murphy dives into Brockwell ‘Lido Lates’
Ah, Brockwell Lido. Where better to head in the sun-blasted hazy days of endless heatwave than South London’s...
The Flower Lady says plans to move her have been halted
A cherished Railton Road business and its historic building were saved yesterday after pressure from the community against proposals to turn it into an...
Herne Hill’s Flower Lady shop battles to stay put
A long-established and well-loved Railton Road business fears that it faces an enforced move from its current prime position and a big rent increase...
Greens say local issues led to poll breakthrough
Tevye Markson talks to Becca Thackray who was victorious in Herne Hill as the Green party won five councillors on Lambeth council to become...
Labour continues to dominate Lambeth council, but has a new Green...
A Brixton ward contributed one of the successful Green Party candidates who now make up an opposition group of five councillors on Lambeth council...
Herne Hill Heritage cycling festival limited edition bike revealed
The P&P World Cycling Revival comes to Herne Hill Velodrome in June. It bills itself as "the greatest celebration of the bicycle the world has...
Council leader Lib Peck urged to ‘stand aside’ as Carnegie trust...
The chair and secretary of the Carnegie Community Trust (CCT) – the body chosen by Lambeth council to be part of its redevelopment of...
Carnegie library candlelight protest
Library campaigners and local residents will stage a candle-lit procession to the closed Carnegie library in Herne Hill tonight (31 August), starting at 8.30pm...
Successful Carnegie library bidder still opposes gym
The organisation selected by Lambeth council to take community ownership of the Carnegie library in Herne Hill says that alterations being made to it...
Unfinished business: Llewelyn’s
Carina Murphy hits and misses at Llewelyn’s
When Llewelyn’s opened in Herne Hill in an enviable location on Station Square, home of the popular Sunday...
Home From Home: The Commercial
An evening at Herne Hill’s The Commercial
Remember the good old days when pubs were just blokes, beers, fags, pork scratchings and scantily clad page...
GALA Festival returns – lessons learned
GALA Festival 2016 was an ambitious attempt to create a completely independent music, food and drink festival in Brockwell Park.
But not everything went to...
Carnegie library planning go‑ahead
Lambeth council’s planning committee last night backed an application to excavate the basement of the Carnegie library in Herne Hill so that it can...
Shout (sculpt) it from the rooftop!
Commuters along one of South London’s busiest rail links have a new piece of public art to contemplate thanks to children from Christ Church...
Brixton Reviews: First Aid Box
By Nikki Griffiths
Themes are like Marmite - usually you love or you hate them. But I fail to see how anyone could not love...
Herne Hill Free Film Festival returns for 2016
2015’s Herne Hill Free Film Festival showcased more than 50 films over May to over 3,000 attendees, and is set to return on the...