Secret Greater Brockley in Time Out

Brockley is dominating the media dojo today. The article we wrote for Time Out as part of their Secret London series went live on their site today.The brief was to pick five "secret" places in London and since Brockley is a "hidden gem", we could technically have shoved the whole of SE4 in. Instead, we ...

The “Hidden Gem” returns!

The Times' "London Villages" area guide has alighted on Brockley today with the Broca, Browns, The Orchard, The Rivoli, The Brockley Jack, The Brockley Brewing Company and The Gantry among those getting name-checks. They say of us:Tucked away in a green and open part of southeast London, Brockley has undergone incredible change over the past decade. More ...

Do the Brockley Squeeze

The Guardian is collecting examples of lamentable London cycle provision. Today's entry is called the Brockley Squeeze and stars a pathetic scrap of cycle lane on Mantle Road:Less than zero useNever mind the building works creating a bottle-neck, these sorts of lanes are worse than useless. No cyclist would bother with it and no pedestrian ...

Brockley restaurants make Standard’s cheap list

Tonight, two Brockley restaurants made the Evening Standard's list of the top nine affordable South London restaurants - a bias so strong, they had to hide it by pretending that Meze Mangal is in Lewisham. Here's what they say:Meze MangalWell worth the journey south for those who live in other parts of London, this neighbourhood Turkish is ...

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 ...

The Gantry (and the Orchard) in PR Week

Homer: Yes son, I'm the best mono-thingy guy there ever was.- Marge vs the MonorailRecently, Brockley Central did what we never normally get to do in the course of our day-job and took a journalist to lunch. The man from PR Week was very nice and wanted to know about Edelman and what we were ...