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Unofficial Time Out London Bot @timeout-london-rss.bsky.social · 6h

A brand-new comedy venue is opening in Southwark this week

A celebrated comedy troupe is putting their roots down in south London.

www.timeout.com

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 5h

For Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, the Sámi-Norwegian artist transforms reindeer materials into a meditation on ecology, survival and sovereignty.

buff.ly/hfjXTOB

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Braise @braise.substack.com · 4h

I entered Camille in a slightly foul mood, and left elated. Any meal that can do that is guaranteed to be something special indeed.

Camille, SE1

Mood-altering cooking

braise.substack.com

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Londonist @londonist.com · 14h

We've coloured in another John Rocque map panel from 1746. For the first time ever, see Georgian Westminster and Lambeth mapped in colour. londonist.substack.com/p/1746-in-co...

1746 in Colour: Westminster and Lambeth

Colouring in a map of Georgian London.

londonist.substack.com

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Ben Lynch @benlynch07.bsky.social · 14h

Major Blackfriars Bridge refurb set to resume, now up on BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blackfriars Bridge refurb set to resume in October

The work, costing £10.8m, is due to start in October but will not lead to the bridge being shut.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Liz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social · 13h

A handful of my Thames-found World War One and World War Two related artefacts. My mudlarking friend Elle Harmer will be including these together with other similar Thames finds in a special cabinet display for Remembrance month this November at Southwark Cathedral 1/

A few of my World War One and World War Two artefacts found in the river Thames while mudlarking - including anti aircraft shrapnel, military & naval buttons, regimental cap and collar badges. We are moving towards Remembrance Sunday again and throughout November these and other artefacts will be on display in Southwark Cathedral, London.

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 14h

Open evening at Morley College this evening - find out about adult education courses www.se1.news/whatson/#wed...

London SE1 community website @se1.news · 1d

From 6.30pm - watch live on YouTube as Southwark councillors consider controversial plans for a new life sciences-led development on Snowsfields, replacing Cafe Nawaz / The Miller / the NCP car park / the old Ronald McDonald House www.youtube.com/@southwarkco...

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Metropolitan Walkers @metwalkers.bsky.social · 1d

This week’s midweek walk is a twilight trip through the parks of Lambeth.
www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersgb #walking #londonwalks #lambethparks #borough #vauxhall

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 1d

Gareth Thomas MP in Commons on @coinstreet.bsky.social housing co-op at Oxo Tower Wharf: "Given that Redwood is run by its tenants, charges some of the lowest rents in central London and offers some of the best views, should not every community have a Redwood?" www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...

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London Fire Brigade @london-fire.bsky.social · 2d

Firefighters were called to a fire at a building under construction in #Southwark in the early hours of Saturday morning. A bin in an external scaffold tower lift on the 26th floor of the 48 storey building was completely destroyed by fire. https://london-fire.pulse.ly/iqibcgohdy

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Máret Ánne Sara’s Turbine Hall review – did no one think to ask her for a little bit more?

The Sámi artist may use reindeer skulls and bones, but her spiralling wooden fences are so slight they fail to impose themselves on the venue’s vast space – or the imagination

www.theguardian.com

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 2d

"This figure includes £20,807 spent on cutting 40cm off 176 desks."
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TfL Splashes £240,000 on Office Upgrades Despite Staff Working From Home

Transport for London has forked out a cool £239,843 on refurbishments to just one floor of one of its offices this year. Given staff are only expected to

order-order.com

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Tom Urwin @tomurwin.bsky.social · 3d

22 Bishopsgate #London.
It was a bit misty this morning.
Still wonderful views from the 58th floor. #Cityscape
Looking down on the Walkie-Talkie and across to the Shard.

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 4d

Jilly Cooper’s memorial service will be held at Southwark Cathedral next January

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Bimber Distillery @bimberdistillery.bsky.social · 5d

We are delighted to announce that the ballot for our latest The Spirit of the Underground is now OPEN!

Release No. 8 journeys to and celebrates four iconic new stations: Elephant and Castle, Marble Arch, South Kensington, and Kew Gardens. The ballot will remain open until 14th October 25.

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 5d

From Handel to How to Train Your Dragon ... piano and organ concert tonight at St Mary Magdalen Church in Bermondsey Street
www.se1.news/whatson/#fri...

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TFL Pub Crawl @tflpubcrawl.bsky.social · 6d

230/422 London Bridge: Jubilee/Northern Line. My exit leads me to The Barrowboy & Banker. There’s two floors. I head upstairs and settle into an armchair but am quickly moved on by the bouncer as Sally has reserved it and she’s watching on looking cross. Sorry Sally. Half cider ‎ = £3.25 Rating 3/5

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 6d

£5.8 million house for sale in Wild's Rents storyofhome.co.uk/property/wil...

House For Sale Wild’s Rents, Bermondsey, SE1

At the top of the home, a second open-plan reception space embraces indoor-outdoor living. A kitchen and dining area, bathed in natural light opens to twin roof terraces, designed for evenings under…

storyofhome.co.uk

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 6d

The mother of a homeless former Big Issue vendor at Waterloo & Elephant & Castle who died five months ago is still searching for answers to how he lost his life. www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

One mum's months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel

Richard Sanders died in a homeless hostel in Brixton on 14 May. His mum Debby Wakeham didn’t find out until nine days later.

www.bigissue.com

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · 6d

"A man has been rushed to hospital with a severe head injury following a stabbing near Waterloo station. Waterloo Millennium Green has been taped off since 7.45pm on Wednesday evening when emergency services were called to reports of the incident." www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

Man rushed to hospital with serious head injury after South London stabbing

The entrance to Waterloo Millennium Green has been closed by police

www.mylondon.news

London SE1 community website @se1.news · 6d

TfL: 9pm-5am each night until Sunday, "Lambeth Palace Road will be closed between Lambeth Bridge and Evelina Children's Hospital. Access will be maintained for emergency vehicles. All other vehicles seeking access to the hospital or destinations north of the closure should approach from W Br Road."

London SE1 community website @se1.news · 6d

South Bank & Waterloo Forum meeting tonight - a chance to explore the new Methodist church on Lambeth Road www.se1.news/whatson/#thu...

Agenda includes
🌺 Emma Cons Gardens
🩰 Rambert
🏗️ Neighbourhood plan
🎨 Lesser-known local arts

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Ernie Howell’s Southend United Scrapbook @erniehowellsufc.bsky.social · 7d

Love this advert from inside the programme for “Stuart Surridge Double Crown Patent Valve Football”

(Photo of a football, the rest of the advert is text)

Its a better game with a good ball ...
Stuart Surridge Double Crown Patent Valve Football
CUP FINAL 1949 • ENGLAND v SCOTLAND 1949
used in both matches at Wembley
ITALY v ENGLAND—Double Crown First Half
Silver Double Crown Second Half
STUART SURRIDGE & Co. Ltd
210-2 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, S.E.1
The choice of Crystal Palace and many other leading Football Clubs

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 7d

Preparing the red carpet at the Southbank for tonight's premiere of the film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as the opening gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival.

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