March 2026 - Brockley SE4

Figurant at Strange Parade

Mar

30

2026

A mesmerising audiovisual performance at Strange Parade in Nunhead last month (28 February 2026), with Inga Tillere's film piece accompanied by words from Johny Brown (of Band of Holy Joy) and musical accompaniment from Mark Beazley (bass) and Jono Podmore (theremin and other sounds).'Figurant' is centred around the 'discarded fragments of space and time' embodied ...

South London Landscape History

Mar

22

2026

I strongly recommend 'Commonplace: a South London Landscape History', a series of limited edition zines/pamphlets written by John Gray with photographs by Sam Walton. There have been three published so far:'Bostall Heath to Plumstead Common''Woolwich Common to Eltham Common''One Tree Hill to Peckham Rye Common'The next one, 'Streatham Common to Tooting Common' will be out ...

South London Landscape History

Mar

22

2026

I strongly recommend 'Commonplace: a South London Landscape History', a series of limited edition zines/pamphlets written by John Gray with photographs by Sam Walton. There have been three published so far:'Bostall Heath to Plumstead Common''Woolwich Common to Eltham Common''One Tree Hill to Peckham Rye Common'The next one, 'Streatham Common to Tooting Common' will be out ...

Telegraph Hill Festival 2026: a music walk and a New Cross history talk (and a new book)

Mar

14

2026

Lots of great events coming up in Telegraph Hill Festival this month I am doing two history related talks.New Cross from fields to factories in the 19th centuryThursday 26th March at the Somerville, 260 Queens Road, SE14 5JN - tickets here (donation)'In the space of a few decades in the mid-19th century, New Cross went ...

Brockley SE4

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Figurant at Strange Parade

South London Landscape History

South London Landscape History

Telegraph Hill Festival 2026: a music walk and a New Cross history talk (and a new book)