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I liked the This Life reunion but it did make me a bit depressed - being at the same stage in my life as they are in the show. Where mad nights out give way to nights in as all your friends become parents. And mortgages and DIY take more of your thoughts than drinking and flirting. But most of all it made me realise how much I love my uni friends and how much I miss them!

Couldn't agree with you more about Beauberry House Nutty. We went for a 'special' Valentine's meal which turned into one disaster after another. Perhaps best illustrated by the fact that when we arrived, after being kept waiting for about 5 minutes in the foyer, the greeting lady said her colleague would take my coat. So I gratefully gave it to him. Whereupon he handed it to my husband and told him there was a cloakroom downstairs. In a daze my husband took the coat downstairs himself , only to be charged ?1! My lobster was not cooked - it was revolting, there was no apology or even concern. It was atrocious. I haven't received a reply to my complaint letter. I hope they sort themselves out - such a waste of a beautiful building.

Mon Petit Chou (as rightly recommended by Karter)- looks a bit like a greasy spoon from outside. Inside it's lovely - great service and mouth-watering food. Only recently discovered it, but will be going back regularly! They do take-away too.

I agree DirtyBox - I've nothing against the odd Gastropub but why does every single pub have to become one? What's wrong with a down to earth boozer? Why is it impossible to play pool or darts anymore? I despair. And Ganleys did the best chips in Herne Hill - much better than the over-hyped (and priced) Ollies. Thought I'd throw in a little controversy there! :)-D

If anyone would like to see An Inconvenient Truth, I very much recommend the Prince Charles cinema. They were so blown away by it that they have pledged to show it every week during 2007. When I went to see it they also had 3 green business people do a Q & A afterwards. It was great - all that for ?5 or just ?1 without the speakers. www.princecharlescinema.com

As I've said elsewhere on the forum, one of the reasons you don't get more independent businesses opening up in East Dulwich is that the landlords who own the premises will only rent them to 'established' businesses. So they're doing more than any other group of people to make it easy for chain stores to open up. It's frustrating, unfair and ought to be banned, but it's the landlords prerogative.

You may be interested to know that one of the reasons that there aren't more independent shops opening up in East Dulwich is because many of the landlords who own these properties will only rent premises to 'established' businesses. So they are doing more than anyone else to turn Lordship Lane into an area of chain shops. I wish there was something we could do, but it's the landlords prerogative. I guess the only thing we can do is object to planning applications and boycott the stores?