Lewisham Live crowdfunder

The Lewisham Live organisers are crowdfunding to pay for next year's event. They say:Lewisham Live Festival will be back in 2018, providing many more unique performance and development opportunities for local children and young people.Programmed and run by a consortium of top-class arts organisations in the borough, the festival in 2017 saw 16 performances, in ...

Driver mugged by moped gang in Ladywell

Police have asked the public for help in catching a moped gang who robbed a driver on Ladywell Road on July 6. The Standard reports: "A gang of thieves on mopeds robbed a Porsche driver at knifepoint in broad daylight in south-east London."Shocking footage showed the gang of four, on two bikes, pulling up beside the ...

Ladywell Fields Food Festival, August 5

Lewisham Gateway revisions rejected

Proposed changes to the Lewisham Gateway scheme, currently under construction in the centre of Lewisham, and intended to connect the station with the high street, have been rejected by the Council. South London Press reports:The revised plans for phase two of the Lewisham Gateway development were unanimously rejected by Lewisham Council’s strategic planning committee.There was ...

Music Monday: Peter Perrett ‘How the West was Won’

'How the West was Won' is the new solo album from Peter Perrett (Domino, 2017).Perrett is best known as the former lead singer of The Only Ones, responsible for one of the greatest songs of the punk era 'Another Girl, Another Planet'. He  was born at Kings in Camberwell in 1952, and after being kicked out of ...

Summer of Love, July 22

I Want Your Love

'I want your love' - tape on metal box, Peckham Rye/Nunhead Lane junction.But are they referencing Chic or Transvision Vamp?

Parlez, Coulgate Street

@parlezlocal is officially nearly open. Fab menu and prices and promises to be a massive asset in #Brockley pic.twitter.com/AMXo2jVOjB— SwanAround Photos (@CaroSwannie) July 14, 2017 New Coulgate Street restaurant Parlez opened last night. If you've had a chance to try it, please post your reviews below.

Cat locked in suitcase found in Telegraph Hill

Gill writes:My husband found this poor cat locked in a suitcase in Telegraph Hill this morning. We have it at home and are have taken it to Celia Hammond, so if anyone wants to give it a home, you know where to go.

Coming soon: Gently

Gently is the sister shop of Gently Elephant and will be opening in Crofton Park soon. Owner Helen teased this shot today and promises a shop for grown ups.