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, ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...