So far this year - the year of the bowl - you've been for a posh bowl (All Stars), a retro bowl (Bloomsbury) and a chav bowl (arcade near the Eye), but now you're ready to try a 'British bowl'.

Sounds like a paradox, we know, but amongst the Pan Asian, Thai Fusion and Modern Global establishments of South London, The Balham Bowls Club is claiming a little corner of Ramsden Road forever England.

Wander through the unassuming entrance and you'll be transported into a shabby-chic snug replete with antique fixtures, original bowling club memorabilia (which, admit it, you've been trying to find on eBay recently), and casual dining room with HRH portrait.

There's wi-fi (freelancers, note the new office space!), a good selection of beer (we embarrassingly love the saccharine sweet raspberry Leffe, may not be British, but seems so right here), a new seasonal menu (unveiled today), and a snooker club in the pipeline.