INSANE: 5 - The Real Truth

Author Michael Donkor on family, fulfilment and dealing with everyday racism

His second novel, "Grow Where They Fall", shifts between the wonder of childhood and the existential pangs of 21st-century adulthood in South London. Michael Donkor's elegant reflections on sexuality, class and British-Ghanaian identity dominate his latest novel. The author and former English teacher discusses his experience as a Black person…

France 24 · Jul 9, 2024

Sexual predator who raped woman as she walked home alone is jailed for 13 years

Maashak Bloomfield was convicted of raping a vulnerable woman in south London

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2024

Supacell: from Deptford to Peckham where was the hit Netflix superhero show filmed?

Set in Peckham, the Netflix series tells the story of a group of south Londoners who get superpowers

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

Herne Hill Velodrome expecting 'smashfest' as UCI track event returns

GB athletes set to go up against local riders at South London Grand Prix this week

Cycling Weekly · Jun 13, 2024

A mixture of soft, empathetic whispers and feral, unrestrained catharsis, Goat Girl's Below the Waste is the South London trio at their most liberated

Goat Girl's third album Below the Waste imagines "a world where oppressive structures are broken and stripped away"

Louder · Jun 4, 2024

Dionne Brown teases playing Queenie Jenkins in the adaptation of the best-selling novel

Queenie star Dionne Brown on playing the South London millennial who captured the hearts of readers and became a literary phenomenon

WhatToWatch · Jun 4, 2024

Man admits brazen £350 dine and dash fraud from two London restaurants

A South London man has admitted to racking up unpaid bills of nearly £350 after dining and dashing at two venues earlier this year.

Evening Standard · May 22, 2024

One to watch: Fat Dog

With a riotous sound part Nine Inch Nails, part Depeche Mode, the south London five-piece are shoo-ins for a mainstage festival slot

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

South London school worker who abused position to groom teenager jailed

Michael Commettant groomed teenager in ‘utterly disgraceful abuse of trust’

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2024

Pearson Forge review: fast and fun road bike with a perfect fit

The South London shop’s first stab at bike design isn’t cheap but is equal to big brands and more established rivals

T3 · Apr 4, 2024