I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The London suburb once mocked for being ugly is enjoying a surprising property boom. Balham ...

When Peter Sellers said Balham was the “Gateway to the South” he was poking fun at the fact that nothing of note ever happened there. A semi-suburban no man’s land at the bottom of the Northern Line, ...

Once rough and ready, a couple of decades of property price rises and a ripple of affluent family buyers fleeing more expensive parts of south-west London have transformed Balham into a middle-class ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Balham's community of city types and young parents means it boasts a nourishing mix of hip bars and suburban restaurants. There are unassuming family pubs sat right next to pop-up joints serving ...

For some time now I have been thinking that maybe I should write down some of my memories from the second world war and of my life which has now spanned 75 years. My grand daughter Charlotte Cooper ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War Site by Suzanne Longstone and has been added to the website on behalf of Felicity Edwards (Medland) with her permission and she fully understands the ...