Brockley Christmas Market, December 14th

North London’s hand-drawn domination

Courtesy of @YourButler comes this Vettriano-esque @glplondon map of London, starring the Rivoli, the Big Red Bus and the Deptford Project, sadly on ice. Click here for details.

New Year’s Eve at the Rivoli

The Ladywell Tavern reopening plans

The Ladywell Tavern closed during the protracted roadworks that blighted Ladywell town centre but reopens later this month. Stuart writes:The Ladywell Tavern will be reopening on Friday the 13th December with Live music and burlesque on the opening night. I am the Curator of The Misty Moon Gallery and I am the new licensee and ...

Students occupy Goldsmiths in support of staff strike

Students at Goldsmiths are occupying the Deptford Town Hall building on New Cross Road. In a statement issued last night they say:'Tonight over 100 of us are occupying the offices of Goldsmiths University management, in solidarity with our lecturers and university staff who have been forced into striking for the second time on 3rd December ...

PANTO! Puss in Boots

Music Monday: Richard Sanderson

Richard Sanderson is an important figure in the London improvisational music scene, not to mention a member of the fearsome Blackheath Morris Men. For the past couple of years he has been releasing some interesting sounds on his digital label, Linear Obsessional Recordings, and he has now put out a new album of his own, ...

Space for our coffee shop/cafe….

Brockley Christmas Market – Saturday 14th December

Some of you will have seen that the garden down at Brockley Common now has a bit more structure to it with the addition of some small paths and edging through the plot. This was done over a couple of sessions recently and was partly enabled thanks to funds gained through helping out with last ...

World AIDS Day – 1500+ living with HIV in Lewisham

Today is World AIDS Day, so a good point to recall that 'more than 1,500 people are known to be living with the HIV infection in Lewisham – that’s one of the highest rates in the UK. And many more are likely to be infected without knowing' (Lewisham Council). In fact, 'The rate of HIV infection in ...