Cleaner, Greener, Safer and Community Council Fund 2014, Peckham Rye Ward

Third Wave Entrepreneurs needed

For the last couple of years, a big problem for people aspiring to start a high street business in Brockley has been a lack of space. Most units were full, derelict or in limbo - occupied by dormant incumbent businesses.But suddenly, there are options. Some spaces have been refurbished, while in other cases local businesses ...

Hanuman Mural in Camberwell

This mural, apparently showing the Hindu monkey-like deity Hanuman, is at 5 Camberwell Station Road SE5. A quick google search shows that it is (or maybe was) the office of Hanuman Solutions - an architect's practice I think.

Crafty Explorers: half term fun!

Chill Pill, Feb 20th

Chill Pill Thursday 20 February 2014, 7.30pm (doors). Tickets £7, £5 (concs) Chill Pill: The Big One Thursday 24 April 2014, 7.30pm (doors) 'til late Tickets £9, £6 (concs) Because South London's second-coolest poetry night is for losers. The Albany Theatre team write:South London's coolest poetry night is coming to the Albany. The combined linguistic talents of Mr ...

Yoga in Nunhead

How do communities work?

John, of Brockley Central Twitter data fame, writes:I’m looking for people who live and work in or around SE4, SE8 and SE14 to take part in a study about the ways people communicate with each other to get to know and be involved in their local area.All it takes is an informal chat and a ...

Supporting Brockley’s Schools

Knocked ‘Em in the Old Kent Road

Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple (1928-2014) died this week. Once upon a long time ago she sang a South London song in 'The Little Princess' (1939), loosely based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Fallen on hard times as a servant girl, she searches the Veterans Hospital for her missing father, entertaining the ...

An Evening With Horror & Hollywood Legend Michael Berryman