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What's on in December 2011

Rating: 2

November 24th 2011

The area's finest festive events

An overview: CoolTan Arts walk with Arthur Smith in celebration of World Mental Health Day 2011

Rating: 3

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November 4th 2011

On Saturday 15 October, a beautiful bright autumn day, more than 90 CoolTan Arts participants, volunteers, supporters and patrons gathered outside Maudsely Hospital to begin a monumental sponsored walk...

What's on - November 2011

Rating: 3

October 21st 2011

The month's best local events...

Music: Oxjam takes over Brixton and Camberwell for UK's biggest ever charity music festival

Rating: 3

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October 19th 2011

The Oxjam month of music, which runs through the whole of October across London and the UK, is a festival with a difference. Thousands of fundraising music events are hosted by the public and music enthusiasts...

London Lifestyle Awards 2011 winners revealed

Rating: 2

October 17th 2011

Archant London joined the capital's finest to celebrate the London Lifestyle Awards 2012

Telling tales at Word Up!

Rating: 3

September 27th 2011

Word Up! is the inaugural Dulwich-based family literature festival and is not to be missed. We bookmark the best bits of a line up that includes John Hegley and Mackenzie Crook

Launch exhibition of Artbox London - a new charity which runs workshops for adults with disabilities

Rating: 2

August 29th 2011

ArtBox London launch exhibition and silent auction: September 8, 6-9pm, The Prince’s Foundation, 19-22 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3GS.

Laughing all the way to Greenwich

Rating: 3

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August 25th 2011

Festivals, like buses, are all coming along at once… Mary Spence offers a preview of this year’s Greenwich Comedy Festival

Preview: The very best of the month ahead

Rating: 2

August 25th 2011

A fantastic selection of events to keep you entertained throughout September

It's Brixton Splash! This Sunday, 7 August 2011

Rating: 2

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August 3rd 2011

It’s the biggest and broadest Brixton Splash yet! With a theme of “Community Champions”, this year’s event has more food stalls, more craft stalls, more artists exhibiting in the Peace Gardens a wider range of performers

What's on in August 2011

Rating: 3

July 22nd 2011

This month's unmissable local events

London Prepares Series: Modern Pentathlon at Greenwich Park

Rating: 3

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July 10th 2011

The Modern Pentathlon test event took place in Greenwich Park on 9 July 2011. Victoria Purcell figures out one of the Olympics most baffling events...

Independent Booksellers Week - read on!

Rating: 2

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May 31st 2011

It’s Independent Bookshop Week from 18 June, and the recently refurbished Dulwich Books is embracing the event wholeheartedly...

What's on in June 2011

Rating: 2

May 27th 2011

This month's unmissable events

What's on in May 2011

Rating: 2

April 27th 2011

This month's unmissable local events...

Dulwich Festival and Artists' Open House 2011

Rating: 2

April 23rd 2011

Clear your diary for the Dulwich Festival 2011 – two weekends celebrating local art, crafts, music and more

GRAND DESIGNS LIVE LONDON 2011 30th April – 8th May 2011

Rating: 2

March 29th 2011

Back for its seventh consecutive year, Grand Designs Live, running from the 30th April – 8th May 2011 at the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands, is a one stop shop for inspiration, new innovations and FREE expert advice...

What's on in April

Rating: 3

March 25th 2011

This month's unmissable local events

Happy Birthday Ritzy!

Rating: 2

March 25th 2011

Brixton’s Ritzy Cinema hit the grand old age of 100 on 11 March 2011. Originally the Electric Pavillion, the building was designed by EC Homer and Lucas as one of England’s earliest purpose-built cinemas. Today...

West Norwood FEAST

Rating: 3

March 25th 2011

West Norwood Feast is a new market run by locals with the help of Brixton Village saviours the Space Makers Agency and Lambeth Council. More than a foodie haven, the market celebrates the depth and diversity of the area with four themed hubs...