Blur to play Hyde Park comeback gig

By Paul Campbell
 
Twenty years after forming at Goldsmiths college, Blur have retreated from their country houses to launch another assault on Britain’s music scene. Following Led Zeppelin, The Police and their Britpop contemporaries The Verve, the band play Hyde Park next summer, in what will be their first gig since the end of the century.

Suicidal samurai saved by Kylie

By Paul Campbell
General Ninja Ant, who stopped short of stabbing himself to death outside Number 10 when he heard a Kylie Minogue song, was cleared of any wrongdoing this week.

Chaplin’s colourful childhood documented

By Paul Campbell
A young and desperate Charlie Chaplin planted a row of pennies in a Southwark field, hoping to grow enough money to feed his poor family, according to a new book released this week.

Bermondsey boxer “The Hayemaker” debuts at the O2

By Paul Campbell

Cruiserweight champ David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye makes his heavyweight debut against American Monte Barrett, in what will be the “most explosive” fight of his career this Saturday at the 02 arena in Greenwich.

Tango for cash over Brockley ballroom

By Paul Campbell
Ambitious plans to save a historic ballroom have been rocked this week after the owner slapped a £10 million price tag on the property.
A consortium of interested buyers, who formed a group called ‘Let’s Buy The Rivoli Ballroom’ on social-networking site Facebook, hoped to make “a reasonable offer that is affordable to us,” [...]