The Great Inversion

Last month, we posted a map showing how house prices have changed in London the last three years, with Lewisham among an inner core of London boroughs which rose while outer boroughs stagnated. It's one expression of a phenomenon that US demographer Alan Ehrenhalt calls 'The Great Inversion'.“The late 20th century,” he writes, “was the age of poor ...

LOOM large at the Amersham, October 12th

New Cross' answer to Og Mandino, Tom Vause writes:Where were you on 10:30pm on Friday 1st February 2013??? I’ll tell you where I was, in a packed room of gig goers watching the most exciting live band I've seen in a long time with one of the most charismatic and energetic front men in recent ...

Zumba and Belley Dance Classes at St Hildas Church – Brockley

Hypnobirthing Coffee Morning

Soft Wax and the Search for LT: a 1950s London Soundman?

As mentioned here last week, Vinyl is a new record shop in Deptford at 4 Tanners Hill (previously home to Blossoming Together, Deptford Deli, Deptford Properly and in the 1930s the Communist Party's Workers Bookshop).  It has a coffee shop upstairs, records downstairs and a gallery space. There's a great installation on there at the moment ...

PERSONAL TRAINER (female) -lose weight, get fit, gain endurance, stay healthy

Poor place suffers from poverty-related health problems

The 2013 health profile of Lewisham is out! It's not pretty.We're winning on hip fractures (in your face, Eastbourne) and healthy eating (by virtue of the fact that Lewisham is not in the north of England) but not much else:Deprivation is higher than average and about 17,900 children live in povertyLife expectancy for both men ...

Chinese developer aims to rebuild Crystal Palace

The Broca Food Market’s big move

Erin from the Broca writes:We are moving the Broca Food Market over to Brockley Cross, to the shop currently occupied by Birds Dress Agency on Malpas Road.We're aiming to be in and open by middle of December. The Birds ladies are having a sale now and will be leaving on November 22nd. The Mantle Road property ...

St Peter’s Church Clock Chiming