New Cross and Hither Green – A foreign land for Farage

This weekend, Nigel Farage told his party conference in Torquay that parts of Britain have become "unrecognisable".Curiously, he chose a train journey from Charing X to Kent to illustrate his point, claiming that he rode through London Bridge, New Cross and Hither Green to Grove Park before his nerves were calmed by the sound of ...

Brockley Brewery’s One Year Birthday Bash

The Brockley Brewery team say: "We're having our first music event with local musicians playing at the brewery on Friday 14 March. Limited tickets (advance purchase only), so be quick!"

Music Monday: Goldsmith Music Studios (& Thom Yorke at Laban)

Record producer Nigel Godrich, best known for his work with Radiohead, officially launched the new Goldsmiths Music Studios on New Cross Road last Thursday. According to Goldsmiths, it has 'been designed to be a creative space for research, performance and recording where musicians, both Goldsmiths students and members of the public, can make professional-level recordings ...

Brockley Market reaches BBC Food and Farming Award Finals

#bbcfoodawards judges @CorrigansFood & Peter Gott are visiting FAFA finalists @BrockleyMarket today. #coffee to start pic.twitter.com/VcRocGJ2GO— The Food Programme (@BBCFoodProg) March 1, 2014Brockley Market has reached the final of the BBC Food & Farming awards in the 'Best Market' category, having been shortlisted alongside two other British markets. The BBC and its judges, including chef ...

A Welsh Church on Lewisham Way

St David's Day seems like a good time to document a lost local Welsh institution. The Presbyterian Church of Wales (Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru) was open until recently at 289 Lewisham Way SE4. Its location suggests that at one time there must have been enough Welsh speaking presbyterians locally to sustain a congregation - or maybe ...

The FT on Lewisham: The new Hackney

The FT has more research from estate agents Savills, who claim that London's 'mid-tier boroughs', including Lewisham, Ealing, Barnet and Tower Hamlets - where housing stock and transport links are good - will see the biggest house price rises in the capital over the next five years.The paper's profile of Lewisham, says we can look ...