Festival in the Forest

Last weekend we went along to Devonshire Road Nature Reserve's first 'Festival in the Forest', in search of some greenery, live music, and a few posh beers (see below). As an unexpected bonus, the sun was shining on us.The site is accessed via a narrow strip from the road, where a small hut and decked ...

Siouxsie at the South Bank – and Horniman Juju

I wasn't  quite sure what to expect at the Siouxsie gig at the Royal Festival Hall on Monday night. I thought it might be one of those polite 'an audience with...' sit down South Bank affairs, where ageing punks perform interpretations of Jacques Brel and Kurt Weill and labour through the Great American Songbook. But no, ...

Festival in Forest, June 30th

Jacob writes: Festival in the Forest is a family friendly mix of music, food and drink with an eclectic blend of Folk, Country, Rock and Irish acts with space to dance or roam or picnic as the mood takes you. Advance tickets available through wegottickets.com.Food offered will include Slow Roasted Pulled Pork, BBQ and Vegetarian ...

I’ll eat the high road

From Saturday 18 May Forest Hill and Honor Oak will be transformed into an urban orchard for three weeks.The event is called the Edible High Road; shops and businesses are hosting fruit trees to celebrate urban orchards: 50 Forest Hill and Honor Oak businesses are hosting 70+ trees including The Horniman Museum, Sainsbury's, Canvas and ...

Forest Bill

Greater Brockley's artist-in-residence Mike Hall has created another of his illustrated maps - this time, Forest Hill and Honor Oak, which he's selling on Etsy.

Forest Hill – View of the top

Forest Hill gets the Guardian's 'Let's Move To' treatment today, described as a gloomy, cheap alternative to Brockley or Peckham, which benefits from the Horniman and the views from the top.Many here have fallen: Brockley, Peckham, Crystal Palace. But Forest Hill is hanging on by its nails... The South Circular flows incessantly, and there are ...