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The Wizard of Wandsworth
9:59am Thursday 13th November 2008
Home is where the heart is and one local artist loves Battersea so much, he has dedicated his first show to documenting the area.
Comments (0)Glow-ing start to Christmas in Croydon
8:50am Monday 10th November 2008
Brian Blessed may be the star attraction of Croydon’s Christmas lights switch on this Saturday but there are plenty of other events to keep you entertained throughout the day.
Croydon goes Italian
12:57pm Monday 3rd November 2008
Kim Rossi Stuart’s Anche Libero Va Bene kicks off Festa del Film a Croydon this week, the only Italian film festival in London.
Battersea's Big Bang
10:30am Thursday 30th October 2008
Don’t play with fire, you’ll get burned is the old saying, but one man who pays no heed to this warning is Mike Jones, Firework Designer and the man responsible for ensuring Battersea Park’s annual display goes with a bang.
Freaky Fun at Thorpe Park
10:12am Thursday 30th October 2008
With Halloween on Friday and Fright Nights returning to Thorpe Park until November 2nd, we spoke to the woman with arguably Britain’s scariest and most exciting job.
Spirit of Vegas at Kempton
3:56pm Monday 27th October 2008
Remember remember the 5th November, for a big firework display at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury-on-Thames.
Writers in the library
10:35am Friday 17th October 2008
A bird or a boat? These were two of the many possibilities that sprung to the minds of a group of artists when “floating” was suggested as a theme for this year’s exhibition of original prints from the Richmond Printmakers.
Above and beyond
1:35pm Friday 10th October 2008
Story by Will Gore Simon Yates, one half of the mountain climbing duo made famous by the BAFTA award winning film Touching the Void, talks to Will Gore about his new show, his climbing career and cutting his partner’s rope What is your new show, Beyond the Void, about?
Toby's happy with big screen translation
6:18pm Monday 29th September 2008
Turning a much-loved book into a blockbuster film is a trick that is not very easy to pull off. Cinema history is littered with examples of high-profile failures, including such horrors as The Bonfire of the Vanities and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. But is Toby Young happy with how the film of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, his best-selling account of time working at Vanity Fair in New York, has turned out?
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Mental patient commited suicide on day release, inquest hears
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BBC success for Tooting playwright
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Multimillion pound cannabis gang raided
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Balham shop rumbled for illegal software
A computer shop in Balham was caught installing illegal software onto computers for customers to buy, it was announced this week.
Fudge wins award for Biccies
An entrepreneur from Claygate has made it to the finals of a national awards for her edible gifts company.
Library fines hit £100,000
The council has been accused of “making a quick buck” from the borough’s readers after raking in more than £100,000 in library fines.
Blind man sees 'ghosts'
Seeing a 1940s schoolboy creeping out of your fireplace is a frightening hallucination by anybody’s standards.
Benefit cheats to repay £15,000
Two housing benefit cheats will have to pay back more than £15,000 in fraudulent claims and carry out over 300 hours of community service after they were taken to court by the council.
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