Joanna Lumley has agreed to become the ambassador for the Child Welfare Scheme charity based in Loman Street.
EV Restaurant has won a silver gilt award for its much admired outdoor plants and flowers in the forecourt behind Southwark Station.
Troilus and Cressida is one of Bankside's local plays. William Shakespeare took the tale from Chaucer who had dedicated his version to John Gower, a resident in the Southwark Priory precinct.
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