Geological Map: New Cross at the seaside (50 million years ago)

The British Geological Survey 'Geology of Britain' viewer is an interactive map showing the different rocks under our feet. You can enter in a place of interest (here New Cross Gate), zoom in and out, and choose to show just the bedrock or the superficial deposits on top of it.The geology of London has helped ...

The Transpontine Paris Commune

Always on the look out for uses of the word 'transpontine', so that was the first word I entered when I found the treasure trove of the Spectator archive. There were quite a few references, confirming its most common meaning as being in relation to the 19th century theatres of South London, with their taste ...

Croftmas comes early

Black and white kitten found

24-hour weekend Jubilee Line is coming

LondonLovesBusiness reports:For the first time ever, Tubes on the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria Lines will run round the clock [at weekends]. The project will begin in 2015 and is expected to create 200 jobs. Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground, said: “Rebuilt stations, new trains and signalling systems mean we are now ...

Giant at Bussey Building

A top night of house and disco at the Bussey Building this Friday 22 November:'Giant returns to Peckham's Bussey Building on Friday Nov 22nd after a sold out opening party in October. We switch things around for part 2 moving the house to the middle floor to accommodate our heavyweight tag team of Atjazz and ...

Airport Transfers

Airport Transfers

Fame the Musical in Eltham

Two Angry Men* – Part 2: Brockley Police Station

Knight Frank have listed the former Brockley Police Station for sale, noting that it's a sui generis use class, which means that any developer that buys it will have to justify whatever use they propose to put it to. Most likely, someone will try to turn it into flats, although, as we've argued before, this ...