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Rarely has such a short title worked harder than Howl, which Howard Jacobson takes from Allen Ginsberg’s incantatory 1955 poem.

Black Elvis is bringing a burst of rock ’n’ roll glamour to Streatham Hill this Mother’s Day with a special afternoon show at The Crown & Sceptre on Streatham Hill, now better known as Tu Pub Latino thanks to its thriving Latino clientele and lively music scene.

Streatham Masters Athlete Pauline Graham has taken up the challenge of competing in the Australian Masters Athletics championships in Canberra, a bold move since the devastation her family experienced with the loss of their home and possessions in the January bushfire.

Crystal Palace Awaydaze

This season’s visit to Crystal Palace will now kick off at 2pm on Sunday, after we had to wait to see where their European adventure had got to before this could be confirmed. It will be televised live by Sky Sports.

Transport for London has rejected calls to extend Eltham’s new Superloop bus to Woolwich, despite campaigns for a fast link between the two town centres.

SNAKE Valley’s Royal Hotel hosted a special fundraiser recently to support the Carranballac Cricket Club community following the Skipton–Streatham bushfires which destroyed the Carranballac clubrooms.

There’s a very special match being played tomorrow, between a parliamentary team made up of footballer MPs and peers, against the England Parkinson’s walking football team.

The Streatham-raised rapper brings his The Boy Who Played the Harp Tour home for four nights in what could be one of London’s biggest gigs of 2026.

It is his first full UK tour since 2022, following the release of his third album, The Boy Who Played the Harp, late last year.

After a hiatus in 2025, the Streatham Kite Day is back in 2026, this year being staged on Sunday, May 10, from 11am to 5pm.

The event is London’s only free family-friendly kite festival, and combines world-class kite displays with the opportunity to fly your own.