Ken Livingstone has named the forthcoming relandscaping of Potters Fields Park as one of the next batch of his 100 Public Spaces programme, underlining the importance of open spaces.
The prime minister came to Bermondsey on Monday to deliver a major speech on education at the new City of London Academy in Lynton Road.
Architects Purcell Miller Tritton of Maguire Street last week received a commendation from RIBA London for the restoration of the capital's "most significant building at risk".
BBC News presenter Anna Ford was at St John's Churchyard in Waterloo on Saturday to open a community fair.
Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey this week announced his plans for the Waterloo theatre into 2006, including a unique British/Iraqi collaboration on The Soldier's Tale.
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