Se22 in the press:ES magazine 23 August

[Bony Fido]

Stephanie Calman in Londoners Diary wrote :-

Dulwich, my adopted home, has a reputation for being posh and pointless, a view held only by those who don?t live here.

Well, it?s their loss. I?m a convert from north of the river, the sort people avoid at dinner parties because I can?t shut up about the superiority of where I live. But Lordship Lane, our high street, is gentrifying ? fast.

Right now the balance is just right, but one coffee chain has already appeared, and a city village is a delicate ecosystem. We don?t want to be visiting the Museum of Local Shops in 20 years, do we?

And no, we don?t need yet another branch of a certain well-known estate agent with its absurd glass-fronted fridges: ?Have a free Coke!? ?Oh, I?ll certainly buy a house off you then.? Oh, please. We already have cold drinks in South London, thank you; you can go.