A Love Letter to Deptford

Some good Deptford photos by Luke Overin at Vice, his 'Love letter to Deptford':'When I was at art school, a tutor gave me a book titled Songs from the Shandy Valley – a collection of poems and illustrations paying homage to the characters that populated Deptford Market and Broadway in the early 1990s. The book ...

Lewisham Chicken Sauna

Street Feast's brave #Newisham has not yet eclipsed good old #Lewishambles. Popbitch reports:Canny visitors to saunas in public baths have frequently smuggled in bags of ice to wrap around the thermostat and thus raise the temperature to proper Scandinavian levels. This was recently brought to the attention of the staff at a leisure centre in Lewisham. ...

Emergency Funds for Poor Unspent by Council

A Council-run fund designed to provide emergency help to the poor and those in desperate financial need remained largely unspent. [...]

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

This Sunday 27th April, Mike Keogh invites you to 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side' will lead the walk which will look at the trees and plants in the two Cemeteries. Members with expertise in this area are welcome to join in with Mike.All members and members of the public are, of course, welcome to ...

Brockley Barwatch [UPDATED]

Lots is happening at the moment.Little Nan's Bar is still being coy about the location of its new Brockley bar, but we do have an opening date - May 23rd for a soft launch, with the proper launch a week later.Late Knights, who, true to their name, are taking their sweet time about opening their ...

Radical Housing Weekend in New Cross

An interesting programme of talks, films and visits in New Cross this weekend as part of the Radical Housing Network's London-wide Housing Weekender events.On Saturday 26 April there will be films from 2 pm at New Cross Learning, whille in Cafe Crema (306 New Cross Road) talks will start at 1 pm, with speakers including:'Jon ...

John Donne primary school

The Relatives live at The Old Nun’s Head Fri 2nd MAy

cueB becomes the Buddha Bar

'One As All' by John DuckworthcueB gallery (aka the back of the Brockley Mess cafe) is hosting an exhibition of the work of US artist John Duckworth (May 2 - June 1). ‘This is the Tunes and Whispered’ will feature seven large format paintings that 'explore a dialogue between Eastern Buddhism and Western consumerism.'During the ...

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