So the worst has happened. You've got yourself in a spot of drug-related bother (possibly after following Croydon's cut-out-and-keep guide) and been sent down to do a bid. Worse still, that pill-popping has left you with a fiendish habit, all cold sweats and shaky hands without that daily fix. How to feed the drug monkey on your back? See if you can score a transfer to Wandsworth Prison. According to a report by the......

Just in case you budding filmmakers weren't feeling guilty enough about getting off your lazy backsides and entering that short film contest – you know, the one you keep putting off year after year after year … Last week, the inmates of Wandsworth Prison showed six short films to fellow prisoners and special guests at the concluding screening of Media for Development's Inside Film project. Over the course of two months, selected inmates were......

This day in London’s history 1905: Thomas and Ann Farrow, South London shopkeepers, were discovered by neighbours after having been violently attacked at home. Thomas was already dead and Ann died four days later. Their killers, brothers Alfred and Albert Stratton, were convicted on the basis of fingerprint evidence, the very first time this technique was used, launching forensic science in the process. The Strattons went to the gallows in May of that year.......

As Cherie Blair and whoever the hell is in the final of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Mon 9pm ITV1 - we don't have a clue, as we really couldn't give a broken biro who wins the bloody thing) would probably tell you, it isn't easy being famous. Once you've been in the public eye, slipping back into obscurity must be dreadfully depressing. What do you say to interviewers? "My experience......

We saw Ray Winstone in Scum at an early age and have fond memories of Mickey and Mallory shooting their way to freedom in Natural Born Killers, so we here at Londonist think we are well versed in the art of the prison riot. Over the years we've watched Clint Eastwood sneak out from under the nose of Patrick McGoohan in Escape from Alcatraz, applauded the use of a thick towel as Chopper's ears......

Normally the refreshment of choice for the more sedate members of society, Herbal Teas have been capturing new markets amongst London's prison population. Apparently Wandsworth Prison has been dispensing cups of soothing herbal goodness for a few years now and other prisons such as Downview are following suit as it's "favoured by the authorities because it reduces dependence on prescription drugs". This is all a far cry from Her Majesty's Prison Liverpool, which was recently......