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Borough High Street
Today Diamond Geezer turned his attention to the first mile of the A3 - aka Borough High Street.
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Diamond Geezer explores Great Dover Street
London Blogger Diamond Geezer is conducting an exploration of the first mile of Britain's first trunk roads - the A1 to the A9. Today he turns his attention to the A2, which starts by Borough tube station.
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GBP 10,000 bill for London Bridge graffiti
Railway People reports on the GBP 10,000 clean-up bill for graffiti sprayed on a footbridge at London Bridge Station.
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£1.5bn race to bulldoze Elephant and Castle
Two interesting pieces on the Elephant and Castle regeneration in Thursday's Times.
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Helen Oyeyemi interviewed
Scotland on Sunday has an interview with Helen Oyeyemi, the young novelist discovered by publishers when she was a pupil at SE1's Notre Dame RC School. Her debut novel The Icarus Girl is out now.
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Shard of glass "pure naked greed"
Read the full interview with English Heritage boss Simon Thurley in the Sunday Times.
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What not to Wear
Today's Telegraph reports that 100 Westminster Bridge Road, the 22-storey former MI6 HQ - rumoured to be the London home of Kevin Spacey, was used to film a series of Trinny and Susannah's What not to Wear.
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year from everyone at Bankside Press. We think that 2005 will be an exciting year in SE1 and an exciting year for this website, now almost 7 years old ... watch this space for news of our plans to make it even bigger and better.
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Southwark Council gobbledegook
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Seven puppies dumped on London Bridge
The Evening Standard reports: "Found in a cardboard box on London Bridge, seven puppies were among the first pets to be dumped this Christmas season. "They were saved from freezing to death when a passer-by heard their cries. They were taken to the RSPCA's animal
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SE1 in bloom?
London in Bloom launches Neighbourhood Category for 2005 Following the successful pilot of the Neighbourhood Category in London this year London in Bloom intends to open this to all entrants across London next year. This category is non-competitive and designed for communities working together to make an impact on
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Insights into the world of the Old Kent Road Tesco
Much discussed and complained about in our forum, this Yahoo! technology piece has some interesting insights: "The 45,000 square-foot Southwark Tesco is a "support store" -- it's given extra management resources because it operates in one of the more deprived areas of London, and
