February 2022 - Brockley SE4

Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice Offor – Talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm

Feb

22

2022

On Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm there will be a talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Curator, Bruce Castle Museum, Tottenham, London on Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice OfforBeatrice Offor (1864-1920) was an extraordinary painter of women. Born in Sydenham, she was one of the first women at the Slade School of Art. There she ...

Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice Offor – Talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm

Feb

22

2022

On Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm there will be a talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Curator, Bruce Castle Museum, Tottenham, London on Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice OfforBeatrice Offor (1864-1920) was an extraordinary painter of women. Born in Sydenham, she was one of the first women at the Slade School of Art. There she ...

Russian Revolutionaries in New Cross/Deptford, 1907

Feb

21

2022

In 1907 the 5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was held at the Brotherhood Church in Hackney. The 338 delegates represented the various factions of the party, chiefly its Bolshevik and Menshevik wings, and included Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg and, Maxim Gorki. The Radical History of Hackney blog has written about ...

Light Perpetual – remembering the New Cross V2 disaster

Feb

19

2022

An eye catching, if slightly storm frayed billboard advert in New Cross Road announces the paperback publication of Francis Spufford's novel 'Light Perpetual'. Spufford has been teaching creative writing at Goldsmiths since 2008 and the novel is directly inspired by events in New Cross Road. As he explains in the book, 'for the last twelve ...

Reweirding London: Authors on the Secret City at the Amersham Arms

Feb

15

2022

'Reweirding' put on interesting talks and events at Conway Hall and elsewhere. Next month they are coming to the Amersham Arms in New Cross for 'Reweirding London: Authors on the Secret City', an event that will feature talks from the authors of three recent books on underground London - physically and metaphorically. Speakers include:Caitlin Davies – ...

Around the Cemetery in Eighty Minutes: from Havana to Hong Kong, free guided walk 20/2/22 1:00pm

Feb

13

2022

On Sunday 20th February at 1:00pm there will be a free guided walk, led by members of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, 'Around the Cemetery in Eighty Minutes: from Havana to Hong Kong'The walk will stop at the graves of some of the illustrious deceased, including artists, soldiers and explorers connected to different ...

Deptford Slavery Map Launch

Feb

9

2022

A campaign group has been set up with the goal of establishing a Museum of Slavery and Freedom (M ō S a F) on the site of the old Royal Naval Dockyard on the bank of the River Thames at Deptford: 'The museum will focus on the role of Deptford, London and the Royal Navy ...

Wassail

Feb

7

2022

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Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Feb

5

2022

The buildings that today house the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park previously housed a school to train boys for the Navy, as well as at times girls for domestic service. The Royal Hospital School had its origins in the early 18th century and from the beginning of the 19th century the Queens House in ...

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Feb

5

2022

The buildings that today house the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park previously housed a school to train boys for the Navy, as well as at times girls for domestic service. The Royal Hospital School had its origins in the early 18th century and from the beginning of the 19th century the Queens House in ...

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