Cold and intimidating, Wandsworth Prison has stood for more than 150 years, its faded Victorian frontage giving little away as to the goings-on inside.
For decades, Jack Lovell was forbidden from discussing the pigeon soldiers that defied the Nazis in World War II. No longer bound by the Official Secrets Act, he tells KEVIN BARNES how he kept on the tail of the enemy.
Time was when we would wince and bear unwanted yuletide gifts. Now, the modern day carol would have it: 'On the first day after Christmas, I flogged on eBay-dot-uk...'
He was a poet of genius, mentioned in the same breath as Keats. So why is James Farrar now neglected in the place he enshrined in verse? KEVIN BARNES sheds sunlight on the writer that Carshalton forgot.
"The difference between being on the stage and being a judge is not all that big. It is a very theatrical life with lots of interesting characters, albeit plenty of flawed ones too."
Twenty years on, the Great Storm of 1987 lives on in many memories - not least those of Michael Fish. HELEN CRANE looks at the extraordinary lucky double-escape of a young Sutton family.
An exhibition exploring Sutton's surprising links to the transatlantic slave trade is the centrepiece of the borough's celebration of Black History and Diversity Month.
When Jessica Blend volunteered to work in an orphanage in Ghana, she had little idea that the trip would not only change her life but also transform the lives of more than a hundred local children.
A nurse who was accidentally infected with hepatitis C talks to Heather Darlington about its impact.
It is known as the silent killer and was thought of as something only drug users get until Anita Roddick spoke out about the condition. But for 200,000 people in the UK, hepatitis C is a grim reality.
