South London Hardcore

Mortlake and East Sheen, former home to mathematician and alchemist John Dee and Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the world wide web.

Con artists, counterfeit trainers, Rastafarian banners and our response to The Metro's 'Five reasons not to go to South London' article.

We visit the notable spots in South Norwood and talk about the area's most famous residents, including Pickles, the dog that found the World Cup, and Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant. Includes an interview with the South Norwood Tourist Board.

Join on us on a trip to South London's highest point, the newly re-opened Severndroog Castle, a folly on top of Shooter's Hill. We tramped through various woods to get there, including Oxleas, Castle and Jack, and finished our walk in Avery Hill Park.

The only South London spot on the Monopoly board - Old Kent Road. We stopped at the Thomas A Beckett pub, a former Soviet tank, the Hellraiser bus stop, the North Peckham Civic Centre and we talked about the history of the road, as well as the 1985 Arena documentary and Performance.

Rio Ferdinance, Ian Wright and Edgar Kail are among the big name footballers in our all-time South London XI.

Built between 1870 and 1901, Pullens Yards were designed as living and working spaces for craftspeople in the heart of west Walworth. Today, the workshops are still occupied by a remarkably diverse group of crafters, traders and businesses. We paid a visit to the Yards on their Open Day and spoke to artists, engineers, jewelry makers and a set designer for operas on our wander through the various...

We went on a disappointing tour of Lambeth Palace, the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the headquarters of the Anglican Church. Despite our reservations about the value of the tour, we still managed to gather enough material from inadvertent comedy and our own research on the Palace and the neighbouring deconsecrated church, St. Mary at Lambeth, which is now home to The Garden...

Writer, comedian and podcaster Daniel Ruiz Tizon speaks to his about his life in South West London and the influence it has had on his work.

Hardnoise were an early 90s hiphop posse. We spoke to DJ AJ about the group's brief but bright career. The Untitled Sessions EP is available now.

South London appears in Morrissey's work time and time again. We track the many references, starting at Battersea Park where You're the One for Me, Fatty was filmed, cut through Clapham for Interesting Drug and end up in Brixton, where the Smiths played their final gig. We're joined by Rob Pollard, journalist and Morrissey fan.

Austin Osman Spare, an artist and occultist who lived and worked across South London. We're joined by Tom Oldham, an amateur Spareologist and one of the people behind The Bones Go Last, a documentary that traces the work and workings of Spare's life.

Includes exclusive Ken Loach interview.

Arthur Conan Doyle lived in South Norwood and Sherlock Holmes, who famously resided at 221B Baker Street, often ventured south of the river to solve crimes. We discuss transpontine Holmes stories The Sign of the Four and The Adventure of the Norwood Builder and their many adaptations, the author’s time in South London and visit a lake named in his honour. Featuring readings by Joel Knight.

We spoke to a number of interested parties about the plans to redevelop the roundabout at The Elephant and Castle.

Katch 22 were a South London hip-hop crew in the early to mid-90s. We talk to rapper HKB Finn, known as HuntKillBury Finn when he was in Katch 22, about the Britcore scene and his solo career.

If you missed our Quiz Night at the Ivy House in Nunhead you can now play along at home! We also give a big shout out to the winning team, South London Bardcore, and to The Tupperware Man who generously donated the prizes.

The Brixton Bugle is a hyperlocal monthly newspaper. We spoke to co-editor Tim Dickens about the journalism, publishing and distribution and the paper's origins in the Brixton Blog, as well as Tim and the Bugle staff's views on the area. You can get the Brixton Bugle free from many places in Brixton, including libraries, Tesco Acre Lane and Bookmongers.

We wander through Penge and Anerley, finding almshouses, asylums and a very well-stocked charity shop while uncovering some local legends about bells and tunnels and discussing our favourite new fashion trend.

In celebration of St. Patrick's day we sat down with our pals Stephen and Isobel to talk about the experience of being Irish in South London. We discussed the different experiences Irish immigrants face in the 20th and 21st Centuries, growing up in an Irish family having been born in London and the various places that have served and entertained the Irish in South London over the years including C...

Neil from Transpontine, our favourite South London blog.

Local news including the renaming of the Heygate and Aylesbury Estates, the floods in Clapham, local MP Harriet Harman and news of the exciting reopening of Sevendroog Castle.

We pay a visit to artist Steven Appleby at his Camberwell studio to talk about his work in the NME, in animation, on the radio and 'The Good Inn', a new book co-written by Black Francis of The Pixies and Josh Frank, which Steven has provided illustrations for.

We explore around and under the peninsula, stopping by significant pubs, churches and docks, and visiting the Brunel Museum, Sands Films Studios and Canada Water Library. We also celebrate some of Rotherhithe's most notable residents and visitors, including Michael Caine, Max Bygraves, Fisher FC,

We retrace the route of one of London's earliest railway lines and discuss the history of the earliest. We discuss the industrial innovation that was involved in the creation of these lines and stop off at some of the stations to have a poke around.