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Max Bowden as 'Rico 'Ratso' Rizzo' and Paul Jacob French as 'Joe Buck' in Midnight Cowboy at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. (Picture credit: Pamela Raith)

Review: Midnight Cowboy at Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Southwark Playhouse Elephant’s production of Midnight Cowboy sees the first musical iteration of James Leo Herlihy’s beloved 1965 novel. It was most

A vibrant promotional graphic for BFI Flare 2025, the LGBTQ+ film festival hosted by the British Film Institute. The text “BFI FLARE 2025” is displayed in a neon, glowing font over a stylized, colorful image of flowers and leaves with a pink and blue color scheme.

UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival returns for 39th Year

BFI Flare will be returning to the BFI Southbank cinema and BFI Player from 19-30 March. First held in 1986

Picture of paint pots with hand holding paintbrush

Peckham community help design new Rye Lane mural

Three new Rye Lane murals are being designed in collaboration with Peckham residents and a south London food charity ahead

Picture of London Bridge, lit at night, from the lower, northern side of the river. The Shard is in the background to the upper-right.

Labour Council quashes ‘no confidence’ debate in Southwark power struggle

Southwark’s Labour Council fended off what was styled as a ‘No Confidence Vote’ by opposition councillors this week. In a

Two jailed after Southwark e-scooter shooting

Two men were given combined sentences of 30 years’ imprisonment for a 2023 e-scooter shooting in Walworth. Kemar Edwards, 25,

SEN Swim School London

New location opens for SEN Swim School in South East London

Photograph of the outside of Orbit Brewery in Walworth

WATCH: Local brewery success despite post-pandemic hospitality crisis

Protest at Southwark Council targeting the housing crisis.

Protest held at Southwark Council over housing crisis

Trussell Food Bank Christmas Appeal

Trussell’s Southwark food bank cuts usage in half through pantry scheme tackling food poverty

Image of books on shelves in a library

‘The staff here know me by name’: Local library resurgence in South London

Performers dressed as bees on Asif Khan's new boardwalk at Canada Water

Asif Khan’s new wildlife friendly boardwalk unveiled in Canada Water

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