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Gardeners’ Question Time comes to Brockley

Sep

3

2017

We were delighted to host BBC Radio 4‘s Gardeners’ Question Time last week. The broadcast is on Radio 4 this Friday 8th September at 3pm, and again two days later, and it will be on iPlayer for an indefinite period thereafter. Details are on the BBC website here.The programme is believed to be the world’s longest continuously running radio programme - ...

Pussy Riot in New Cross

Sep

2

2017

Maria Alyokhina, who was jailed in Putin's Russia for her activities with punk collective Pussy Riot, is speaking at the Centre for Investigative Journalism at Goldsmiths in New Cross on Wednesday 13 September 2017.Maria was convicted in 2012 of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and sentenced to two years in prison. Upon her release she ...

Ten minute plays at The London Theatre

Aug

30

2017

Nick Mouton, from New Cross' fringe venue The London Theatre, writes:The London Theatre, will be home to 'The Collective Collected', 16 new plays by the London-based group The 10 Minute a Month Playwriting Collective, from Tuesday 5th - Saturday 16th September.During the fortnight-long showcase event, each week will see eight separate 10-minute new plays performed, ...

FREE Film Screening of ‘A Plastic Ocean’ & Q&A – 7 September

Aug

30

2017

On Thursday 7 September, Veolia Southwark’s Integrated Waste Management Facility will be screening A Plastic Ocean, a feature-length documentary that follows a team of researchers around the world’s oceans, revealing the devastating impact of plastic pollution.The event is part of the Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival. As a Core Partner of the Ellen MacArthur ...

The Ladywell 10000M

Aug

28

2017

BCer Richard writes:Next Sunday there will be six 10km track races as part of a racing festival at the running track in Ladywell Fields, with the first race at 3pm and the final race at 7:30pm.The races will get progressively faster during the day. Each race is going to be very competitive with pace makers ...

Tree Sponsor of the month – September

Aug

24

2017

Tree Sponsor of the Month took a break in August. Here is our September sponsor. Eleanor Ashfield tells us about her contribution to planting very many street trees in Brockley. 1. Where is the sponsor tree located and why did you choose that particular site? I have sponsored about 20 street trees, starting in 2014, and they are located ...

Tree Sponsor of the month – September

Aug

24

2017

Tree Sponsor of the Month took a break in August. Here is our September sponsor. Eleanor Ashfield tells us about her contribution to planting very many street trees in Brockley. 1. Where is the sponsor tree located and why did you choose that particular site? I have sponsored about 20 street trees, starting in 2014, and they are located ...

The South East Makers Club Weekend, September 23rd – 24th

Aug

24

2017

Meander is one of the Brockley events at this year's FestivalThe South East Makers Club returns on the 23rd and 24th September as a Design Route in the 2017 London Design Festival.The event brings top local talent together across Brockley, New Cross, Deptford, Peckham and Nunhead, to deliver workshops, talks, exhibitions, screenings and a makers ...

Bank Holiday Rum Day at Model Market

Aug

23

2017

To celebrate Notting Hill Carnival weekend and in honour of the king of spirits, Model Market is pitching Rum Day. They say:Street Feast’s late and local Lewisham market (196 Lewisham High St) will be opening its doors this Bank Holiday Sunday for 10 hours of street food, music and RUM.Head down early to nestle into ...

Red Stage: the 1930s Workers Theatre Movement in South London

Aug

21

2017

Some interesting material in the University of Warwick's digital archive on British Political Theatre 1930s to 1950s, including some newsletters from the 1930s from the Workers Theatre Movement, associated with the Communist Party. As mentioned here before, South London was a focus for this kind of theatre, with performances of agitational sketches and songs given ...

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