Trumped by Brexhit: A Cartoon Guide to the last 12 months

20 April 2017, 7.30pm at the Fox & Firkin In a year where it feels the world has turned upside down, Martin Rowson, one of the UK's leading cartoonists and political satirists and 'scourge of the political establishment', will give his take on Brexit and the US elections through his cartoons which have appeared in ...

Welcome to Ladywell

The Ladywell Street Art design for the Ellerdale Street Bridge, kindly funded by Lewisham Council through the Ladywell Assembly, has now been approved by Network Rail and the work will take place next week (27/03/17 - 31/03/17).The Bread Collective has said they would love the local community to get involved  to help with prep and ...

Two fundraisers

Two local fundraising projects to tell you about...Leaf & GrooveLeaf & Groove will take a long-disused shop space in Forest Hill and turn it into something wonderful. A second hand bookshop of distinction, also selling vinyl, donating profits to the community library scheme. Not only that, but also an underground lounge space for secret meetings ...

Embleton Green is people!

The campaigner's photo of the threatened green spaceRosie writes:Lewisham Council has announced that it intends to build on the green space/gardens at the back of the flats on Ermine Road, fronting on to Embleton Road. One of the residents of the flats tells me that they are also to lose their garages [directly underneath the ...

V22 Ladywell Bridge

V22, an art organisation that provides studio and workshop space for creatives, is opening a new facility beneath Ladywell Bridge. They say:V22 are pleased to announce that we are taking a ten year lease on seven arches under Ladywell Bridge which lead onto the station and back onto the park. The studios have good height ...

Pasta-way

After the love has gone. A shop has become availableLadywell did not love pasta enough to sustain We Love Pasta, the first new business in the door at PLACE Ladywell. The deli has carbo-loaded the removal van and left town. Ed writes:"The posh pasta shop has gone... Jimmy Mizzen cafe reports 'yes, I think he's ...

Mobile hairdresser

Hello everybody! My name is Natalie Thomas and i am a mobile hairdresser! I have been qualified for 4 years now. Iv worked in London salons and now i travel to people homes so they can have fabulous hair without even stepping out the door i will come to you. I do keep up with ...

Ladywell to become Lewisham tennis hub

I ain't got time to bleed: A predator-eye view of the floodlit courtsEd writes:The three tarmac and two grass tennis courts in Ladywell Fields are being replaced by five tarmac courts. Four of them will be floodlit. Having read through the planning docs, here are some of the main points:- 18 seven-metre high LED floodlights ...

Code Club

MyCompleteFocus CIC have started a new code club at PLACE/Ladywell and it’s free for young people aged 6-16. Free coding, programming and robotics sessions available. Find out more.

Valentine’s Day Market, Ladywell