LouiseC

I stayed at the Nomad hotel last time, around midtown so really easy to get around.

If you work for a British or European company in the US, you generally get the same holiday allowance as over here.

Love Jamie, love sprouts, hate Cath Kidston...

Yes agreed, the key tones on the phone makes me want to snatch it out of the users hand and stamp on it shouting WHY?!

185 bus to Vauxhall then Victoria line to Goodge St. Or train to Victoria from Denmark Hill the Victoria line.

I did hear a rumour a few weeks ago through a friend who works at the A&H, so happy it's true! The Canton used to be my local and great food, staff and atmosphere.

Hi James, I'm assuming there will be ticket barriers or 'touch ins' at the old/new entrance? Seems like an obvious thing I know but the rest has been such a monumental cock up it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't....the final nail in the coffin! I have spoken to a couple of the staff there who have also fed back and complained but they have said it's falling on deaf ears and no-one's interested. What a terrible waste of money...

Morleys in Brixton has most major cosmetics brands (including Mac, without the Selfridges queues) there is also an independent further down on Northcross Rd (called Madme Butterfly, I think....) which sells some good skincare brands and cosmetics if my memory serves me correctly.

Being a blatent opportunist....If anyone out there has one they don't use and want to sell, let me know!

Hi Nigello, perhaps I wasn't clear enough in my initial post but I haven't just "whined vainly on an Internet forum" I have actually complained to South Eastern trains and as I have had no response was hoping people on the forum could give some advice or feedback on both their experiences and knowledge on next steps of who to contact. This is becoming not just an inconvenience but a Health and Safety issue (in a real way not a 'jobsworth' way) apologies for my vain whining but clearly others feel the same way.

Does anyone else out there feel the situation at Denmark Hill is beyond a joke? Between the new entrance, which has taken over 18months and seems to have ground to a halt, the lack of station staff, overcrowding (especially on staircases, which surely must be a fire hazard) and constant last minute change of platforms, causing many people to completely miss trains, I think something seriously needs to be done. Can anyone advise where to complain because South Eastern don't seem to care one iota? Is this something our local government can help with?

Comfortably numb- Pink Floyd

Kennington Park is good, Ruskin Park awful!

Yes they sure do and Ludlow Thompson charge double what most other estate agents charge, they tried to charge me nearly ?300 admin fee for a one bedroom flat, Bushells and Winkworths are around ?150. The only one who is worse is Foxtons but that goes without saying......beware and ask for a breakdown of costs, better still go private.