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A VERY NOVEL IDEA
29 Oct 08 - HER FIRST novel started out as a short story and was never meant to see the light of day. Now longstanding Dulwich Village resident, author Amanda Brookfield, has written her thirteenth novel...

RAIN MAN STAR TILLY HAPPY
03 Oct 08 - SOUTHWARK ACTRESS Tilly Blackwood will be starring in the West End's production of the film Rain Man with Josh Hartnett. She has lived in Southwark for the past ten years and has "fallen head over heels in love" with the borough...

NOBBY ROLLS WITH THE STONES
16 Sep 08 - SOUTHWARK IS absolutely littered with the quietly famous and photographer Nobby Clark fits nicely into that category..

HITTING THE BIG TIME
21 Aug 08 - WITH THE Batman movie being on everyones’ lips the talk inevitably turns to Heath Ledger's 'brilliant' performance as the Joker, with the film's stars telling the world he should be getting a posthumous Oscar. ..

TICKLED HERRING
05 Jul 08 - OVER A career spanning some 20 years, Richard Herring has built a solid reputation as a comedian's comedian, writes Damien Gayle.....

GOING UNDERGROUND
10 Jun 08 - Releasing their second single last week The Metros, a Peckham band quickly working their way above the ranks of mediocre bands crowding the Brit music scene still live in the area they love even though others may have been tempted away.....

ARE YOU UP FERRET?
07 May 08 - If you have ever walked around Southwark Park, or any park for that matter, you will be more than familiar with seeing owners taking their pets for a walk ..

SUITS YOU SIR!
03 Apr 08 - It isn't the most remarkable of shops from the outside, nor is it to be found in the most remarkable of places. But step inside Threadneedleman Tailors on Walworth Road and you will find one of the best kept secrets in London..

BEND IT LIKE PECKHAM
06 Mar 08 - When asked to think of famous footballers from Peckham you may well respond by mentioning the Ferdinand brothers. But there is one other who is top of their own league..

LITERARY HEIGHTS
31 Jan 08 - Southwark has had its fair share of literary triumphs - The Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare, Rio Ferdinand's autobiography. Now, Camberwell-born Ben Borek has staked his claim to a place in this literary pantheon...

STRAIGHT OUTTA PECKHAM
04 Jan 08 - As part of the notorious Peckham based hip-hop collective, So Solid Crew, Ashley Walters AKA Asher D, won two MOBOs and a Brit..
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
29 Nov 07 - East Dulwich resident Jay Backford defied all odds to realise this dream. Born blind, and given sight for the first time aged three after an operation, Jay started carving a career at Crystal Palace youth football team..

A DREAD GOOD READ...
01 Nov 07 - In an era obsessed with the macabre underbelly of Jack the Ripper's London, Penny Dreadfuls were a publishing phenomenon. Now a Southwark resident is breathing life back into the gruesome Victorian genre...

PHIL HANGS UP SCISSORS AFTER 60 YEARS IN TRADE
15 Oct 07 - If you've had your hair cut along the Old Kent Road in the last sixty years or so then you might have missed a familiar face recently, who at one time or other has lopped off your locks...

GREEN SLEEVES
27 Sep 07 - Donnachadh McCarthy's house is pure green, if not in look then certainly in every other terms. He has wind turbines, solar panels and rain harvesters that ease the eco-conscience but also cut all those household bills too. ..

SOUTH LONDON SOUNDS
30 Aug 07 - With A-Level results having come back, a lot of kids are considering their career options. Sadly, most advisors will never recommend 'renaissance man' but that seems to be working out very well for East Dulwich resident Rob da Bank...