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DEPTFORD DIARIES
09 Jun 10 - I'VE ONLY got three friends. I really don't think you need more than that. I have other friends of course but they're not really 'friend' friends. ..
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THE NEWS FROM NUNHEAD
09 Jun 10 - Just as Quentin Crisp found his spiritual home in New York, so a New Yorker found his spiritual home in Nunhead...

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
19 May 10 - 'IT'S REALLY nothing to worry about,' says the doctor reassuringly. ..

GRUMP COMES UP TRUMPS
19 May 10 - WHAT GETS your goat? London transport? Noisy neighbours? British weather? writes Emma Ailes.....

DEPFORD DIARIES
14 Apr 10 - By Al Green..

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?
14 Apr 10 - Shirley Valentine, the Bafta-nominated comedy by much-loved dramatist Willy Russell, hasn't been seen on the London stage since the eighties, but this season a revival at The Chocolate Factory on Southwark Street sees comedian and actress Meera Syal resurrecting the role, writes Emma Ailes.....

BIG ART FROM THE BIG MAN
09 Mar 10 - WE CONSTANTLY hear of the huge regeneration project that will supposedly rejuvenate the Elephant & Castle area, but along with those plans come the troubles connected to the billions needed to make it happen. ..

THE DEPFORD DIARIES
04 Mar 10 - By Al Green..

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
08 Feb 10 - I'VE GOT a cold and the thing with having a cold is you forget how utterly miserable it is until you get one again. So for that reason I'm keeping a diary of today so I can remember...

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
12 Jan 10 - By Al Freen..

THE DEPFORD DIARIES by Al Green
04 Dec 09 - I'M AFRAID we can only serve that one in halves,' says the barman after I order a pint. As something of a connoisseur I've popped down to sample the fine range of beers available at the real ale festival at the Camberwell branch of Wetherspoons. ..

NEXT OF THE SUMMER WINE
04 Dec 09 - BACK IN 1973 I was just starting my journey into manhood as I left my teenage years behind. It was also the year that Last of the Summer Wine - the world's longest running sitcom - started its own journey. ..

THE DEPFORD DIARIES by Al Green
23 Nov 09 - THERE AREN'T many times I can be bothered to go shopping but when it comes to buying slippers I always make an exception. ..

A MAN OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
05 Nov 09 - IF YOU are one of the seven billion and one people who have seen the original stage version of Mamma Mia then you will know Paul Clarkson. ..

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
02 Oct 09 - FOR ONE reason or another I've not been around my local area for a while, so it was with some trepidation that I went down the pub on Friday to see if anything had changed. Thankfully I was not disappointed...

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
14 Sep 09 - I AM in what appears to be at first glance, a pub. But it's not a pub in the sense that I'm used to. ..

VICTORIA HAS TALENT!
14 Sep 09 - VICTORIA WOOD may be known for her comedy, but becoming a household name wasn't always such a barrel of laughs, writes Soraya Kishtwari... ..

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
26 Aug 09 - THERE'S NO doubt about it, my nob has just slipped out of my shorts. I know this because I can see it in the mirror; I just pray that Darren hasn't noticed. ..

A COMEDY PIONEER
01 Jul 09 - Yes, we all know about Tommy Steele and Michael Barrymore and Max Bygraves and Wee Willie Harris being Bermondsey Boys, and that Michael Caine was born in St Olave's before being taken home to the Elephant, but not a lot of people know that one of the great pioneers of modern comedy was born and bred in Lower Road, SE16. ..

THE DEPTFORD DIARIES
01 Jul 09 - IT'S PROBABLY easier if I take my trousers off,' I say. David agrees. I should point out that although this is my second best chat up line I am not interested in David in that way. David is a nurse and I am at the New Cross Walk In Medical Centre, splayed across the tissue covered table in my pants, while David assesses my injuries. ..