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The latest news, opportunities and announcements covering the Clapham area, including Clapham Town, Clapham Common, Thornton and Ferndale wards.

1975 poster for original gay times tango with illustrations of bearded men in dresses & women in gangster suits - text updated to 2019 event with performers & prices; right hand column mayor wellbelove in red robes & gold chain of office photographed in Lambeth Tomn Hall

Mayor of Lambeth celebrates Gay Times Tango

In 1975 South London Gay Liberation Front organised a Gay Times Tango in support of the Gay Times Festival. February 2019 and the Mayor of Lambeth, Christopher Wellbelove, is...

L-R: Polish women writers bicentenary poster; drag king in green tuxedo with drawn-on moustache & beard; Gay Times Tango 70s-style poster dance event at Lambeth Assembly Halls

Lambeth LGBT+ History Month – part 2

LGBT+ History Month in Lambeth celebrates the diversity of our communities and Lambeth’s commitment to equality with events in Lambeth Libraries & in the community.

children & adults dressed as kids book character where's wally in red & white striped jumpers, round black spectacles and bobble hats join fundraising fun run on Clapham Common

Where’s Wally? fun run returns to Clapham Common

Clapham Common will be full of red and white jumpers, bobble hats and glasses for the seventh annual National Literacy Trust ‘Where’s Wally’ themed fun run in March

Children, parents, grandparents and representatives of food growing garden experts Urban Growth all 'dig in' for a bulb planting day

Estates dig in for spring

This winter, Lambeth and Urban Growth teamed up to give residents on six estates who volunteered a chance to plant bulbs for a brighter spring.

L-R: photo from exhibition of LGBT+ people in Delhi; cross-dressed storytellers for DRag Queen story time in Lambeth libraries; collage of shows at 96 Festival Clapham Omnibus inc. dancers, actors, & more

LGBT+ Month in Lambeth – events all February

Lambeth’s LGBT+ History month includes events all February and some in March - as well as one-offs. Find full details via Lambeth Libraries.

L-R Section 28 film BBC news invasion; Rainbow cupid from craft fair; cover of book 'Giovanni#s Room' by James Baldwin (readers group discussion)

Lambeth LGBT History Month Feb 2019 – Weeks 1 and 2

Lambeth’s LGBT+ History month includes books, talks, storytelling, photography, dance and more.

Close up of young people's hands holding volleyballs with different coloured stripes - some with 'Giants' and 'Lambeth' written on them - in a circle

Join the giants in Clapham

Junior volleyball continues to grow at Clapham Leisure Centre, with volleyball club Little Giants reporting Sunday morning coaching sessions becoming more and more popular – but there’s room for...

Clapham Common under spring skies

Clapham Common restoration under way after Winterville

Winterville’s contractors are working to restore Clapham Common to public use and the cost of restoration work is part of the event organiser’s duty to the Council for use...

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