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Featured local business - Clubtek

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SE23

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I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

One Show, Many Voices

Aug

2015

Brockley resident and performer Jess Robinson provided a reason to watch The One Show last week. Check her out.

Geoffrey Road is Unwell

Aug

2015

Time Out's survey of the lives of 10,000 Londoners has found that people in Brockley are among the most likely to have got drunk in the last 7 days.This is a terribly sad reflection on local life, or brilliant, depending on your point of view. Either way, it reinforces our argument that the Brockley market ...

One of us, we accept you!

Jun

2015

Time for a quick update about the BC social channels.We don't know anyone who actively uses Google+ but the site publishes all our content in a much more attractive way than this site does and claims somehow to have generated more than 10.2m views of BC, so if you're one of those mysterious users, please ...

Brockley happiness: Deeds not words

Jun

2015

In the most scientific study since a PR agency produced a formula for the perfect cup of tea, a crack team of web designers mooched around 119 London postcodes for more than 700 hours to observe us all in our natural habitats and score us on the happiness we exhibited to compile a list of ...

The Shopping Dispute

Jun

2015

News Shopper journalists are on a two day strike, in protest at plans to cut jobs and rationalise operations.A younger, snarkier Brockley Nick might have asked how old ladies will cope without their regular diet of local people standing in front of something while frowning and pointing, but the Shopper has raised its game in ...

Sunday Times: Brockley house prices rising at fourth-fastest rate in UK

Jun

2015

The Sunday Times has declared Brockley (SE4) the fourth-fastest-rising property hotspot, after Chelsea (SW3), Manchester (M22) and, um, Burnley (BB10).In a league table published yesterday, based on data from Rightmove, asking prices for properties in Brockley rose an eye-watering 53.9% between January and May 2015, compared with a national average of 4.6%. Asking prices are ...

The Time Out Guide to Brockley: “Brunch, booze and a 1950s ballroom”

Jun

2015

In London you really feel that the world is someone else’s oyster. Whether it’s an A-list star on stage in the West End I can’t get tickets for, a Michelin-starred restaurant laughing contemptuously at my attempt to make a reservation or a nightclub with guest list admittance only, London has it all.- The Daily MashThe Time ...

Time Out wants you to speak your brains about Brockley

May

2015

Like a GenY version of The Guardian's Let's Move To, Time Out is working its way around the London postcodes, compiling user-generated area guides. Now it's Brockley's turn. They write:"We'd love to hear your recommendations, so let us know your favourite things in the area (and what makes them so good!) in our comments section."We ...

Food Assembly named Best British Food Initiative by BBC

May

2015

Congratulations to the team behind The Ladywell Food Assembly, which has just won the BBC Food and Farming Award for Best Initiative in British Food 2015. The Food Programme explains:"The Food Assembly is a social enterprise that enables direct trade between local food producers and customers through an online market. After buying online, customers pick ...

Hot Buzz

Apr

2015

BC's constructive critic Chris Wheal forgave us for our vile anti-dog-rumour-mongering just long enough to send us this recent article by Buzzfeed, which listed "31 [natch] Things to Eat in South East London Now."Of course, it's nice to see local favourites like Brown's of Brockley, the Royal Albert, Brockley Market and Mo Pho get name-checked, ...