Architectural writer Nikolaus Pevsner, in his magnum opus The Buildings of England, dismisses south-west London’s Balham with the comment: “No village character of its own can be traced any longer.” ...

“I always remember a tournament down in Guildford, not long before a lot of scouts descended and the inevitable happened,” says Greg Cruttwell, founder and chairman of Balham FC and one of Fabio ...

Never one to rest on its laurels, this hip café is still the place to be seen for breakfast or brunch in Balham. Staff are full of smiles as they serve up tongue-in-cheek fish sandos, baked eggs and ...

Whether Vinted’s to blame or TikTok’s to thank, people are flocking back to car parks in search of secondhand bargains. How did the car boot get hip again?

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. There is no sight at The Priory of one of those blue ceramic plaques that mark out former residences of celebrated ...

Photographs about life in Balham, taken by local residents, go on show in 14 of Balham's shop windows in October. Conceived and organised by local photographer and artist, Felicitas Lind, Balham Sees ...

Lisa Loebenberg, is co-owner of The Exhibit, a bar, restaurant, event space and cinema. She has lived in Balham since she was 18 years old. ‘It’s a very cute indie patisserie. Staff are superfriendly ...

There are loads of green spaces and places to hang out (Picture: Facebook/Flickr) Balham – or ‘The Gateway to the South’ if you’re a Peter Sellers fan or aged 50+ – is the best place to live in London ...

In 1856, Balham station opened for the first time as Balham Hill. Credit: Network Rail. Network Rail has made an investment of around $3.6m (£2.6m) to minimise the gap between trains and platforms at ...

A fun and exciting free weekly Creative Hub offering a range of activities for babies and toddlers, and for children aged five – nine is coming to Balham this summer. The Balham Creative Hub, which ...

Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was shot dead in south-east London. The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service were called to a residential street, where a man was ...

Balham rose to fame in the Fifties as the joke location “Bal-ham: Gateway to the South” in a mock-American travelogue by Peter Sellers. The sketch, originally commissioned for a radio comedy show, ...