French Conversation Group at The Montage

Bonjour! You want to refresh your French, avoid expensive fees of private lessons and meet other people in a pleasant setting? Join now the French Conversation group at the Montage and widen your knowledge of French culture and language. The teacher is here to suggest topics, help with the vocabulary and pronunciation and explain some ...

Brockley Max is all of a Twitter tonight

We are taking to Twitter to host Shaping Brockley - an exploration of the future of our cities - in conjunction with our headline sponsors Shape Real Estate. It is being held at 7pm on Tuesday 31st May. Here’s the thing. The world is undergoing mass urbanisation at an unprecedented rate. It is predicted that ...

Free drawing classes and portrait sessions at PLACE / Ladywell

PLACE/Ladywell (261 Lewisham High Street) - the new pop-up housing development-cum-creative enterprise hub - is inviting residents to drop in to have their portraits drawn and attend free drawing workshops by Lewisham-born artist, Emi Ali.You can find the dates of the sessions at Ali's website here.The workshops are part of a season-long effort to include the ...

French Group for Adult Beginners

Bonjour! I am Audrey, a qualified French Teacher. I am setting up a French class in Forest Hill. The group is open to all adult beginners (max 5 persons per group). The aim is to give the students all the tools to start speaking in French with confidence in everyday situations and develop their listening ...

Brockley Max’s Children’s Treasure Trail

Looking for half-term activities with your little ones? The Brockley Max treasure trail is sure to keep them entertained (and they might even win a treasure chest of goodies!). Download the map from the link below and collect the stamps during the festival week from local Lewisham shops to help save Hilly Fields. Once you’ve ...

Anti-gentrifiers scorn social housing

The laser-guided missiles of the anti-gentrifiers have struck again - this time targeting the Yuppie scum who will be living the temporary social housing and enterprise hub that Lewisham Council has erected on the site of the former Ladywell pool.That'll teach the Council to try and inject any colour or whimsy into emergency housing - ...

Love Art in the Park at Brockley Max? Help save it – we can’t do it without you!

Brockley Max's Art in the Park needs your support. Due to changes in the way Lewisham Council funds community projects, Brockley Max needs your help in making Art in the Park happen this year. To reach our funding goal, we need you to share the love and help get our message out there. When you ...

Brookbank Road activity

Work has started this week on the vacant shop next to the dry cleaner on Brookbank Road. A nice glass frontage has already been put in. I asked Ibby the dry cleaner (font of all knowledge) today and he says it's going to be a cafe. Does anyone have more on this?

Indoor market and small cinema planned for Ladywell development

Pop-up development PLACE / Ladywell has an irritating name and would be better as a permanent structure rather than messing around as a temporary building, but by God, the team behind it know how to give the people what they want - and are planning an indoor market and small cinema on site. They say:We ...

Martin Rowson Brockley Max fundraiser, February 10

Political Cartoons: giving the gift of offence 10 February 8 pm at the Ladywell Tavern (80 Ladywell Road, SE13 7HS)Martin Rowson, one of the UK's leading cartoonists and political satirists and 'scourge of the political establishment', will give his thoughts on the power of giving and taking offence, exposing the techniques, practice and purpose of ...