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Muriel Spark’s 1960 novel, the Ballad of Peckham Rye, describes a very different Peckham to the one we see today. The world depicted by this Grande Dame of literature - one of post-war spartan lodgings, smoky pubs and noisy garment factories - is an insular one: a community wary of outsiders; it is a south London populated with blousy busy-bodies and dangerous gossip mongers. Although times have changed, this remarkable literary legacy lifts our lovely locality from the prosaic and parochial and bestows upon it an uncertain glamour and a suggestion of mythical mysticism; ‘the Rye for an instant looking like a cloud of green and gold, the people seeming to ride upon it, as you might say there was another world than this.' At the end of this fatalistic fable the devil-may-care, satanic-pretender protagonist leaves behind a Peckham that is changed forever, but this is the very thing about Peckham; its ability to meet change with reinvention and optimism.  The Rye Hotel, now known as

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If you were planning a day trip with the children today but have been put off by the rain this article which appears in the May issues of the SE Magazines group of publications may come in handy. Finding things to keep the children happy during half term is always a challenge, living in this wonderful part of London there is always plenty to do all within striking distance, but inevitably there will be the odd afternoon when you struggle to keep them occupied. One solution would be a trip to the new SewEastDulwich on Lordship Lane. Kids love to learn to knit and they can see the results of their creativity immediately. Or, so long as you have a pantry packed with the necessary items, nothing is more fun than an impromptu baking session, and theoretically you should end up with something yummy for tea too. But baking is not my forte, so where to start? I caught up with local pastry chef extraordinaire and maker of cakes to the stars, Mark Hammerton, in his kitchen in le

Next time before you ‘add to cart’ remember it is so much more fun to buy books from a bookshop; where you will stumble across titles and subjects of which you were unaware, or your interest in which was waiting to be awakened.  More importantly buying books locally is so much better for the local economy and a bookshop is a vital part and the creative centre of the community on which we all depend. Bookshop owners pay their taxes too, so it really is better for everyone. Plus that amazing bookshop smell cannot be beaten!  We are lucky enough to have some of London’s best independent bookshops right on our doorsteps, suitably listed below in alphabetical order, so go and buy a book from a bookshop this weekend! 99.9% of the time if the bookshop does not have the title in stock, it can order it in for next day delivery.  The Bookseller Crow , Westow Street, SE19 3AF Jonathan at the Bookseller Crow believes in the power of surprise, with that in mind the shop show

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