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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

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...

Lewisham experiences fastest house price rises in London

Apr

2016

The Standard reports:House prices are rising the fastest in the south-east London borough of Lewisham, according to new Land Registry figures.Lewisham's vastly improved transport links and planned housing developments have helped it take the top spot on a list previously dominated by areas already seeing an uplift from the Elizabeth line, such as Hillingdon and ...

Brockley Market’s Time Out takeover

Apr

2016

Brockley Market is the star of the latest edition of Time Out, which has donated a whole page to Mike+Ollie, the Blackwood Cheese Company, Nathan the Butcher, et al.Thanks to Kerstin for the scan.

What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice & the Deptford Way?

Mar

2016

People keep sending me this promotion that's currently running in the Standard, with the expectation that I can post it and we can all laugh about it. But I don't really see the joke.Deptford's a great area and a weekend in a nice apartment, mooching around local bars and cafes sounds like a decent prize ...

The thin blue line between love and hate

Mar

2016

Alan: "Yeah. I think the Irish are going through a major image change. I mean, the old image of Leprechauns, shamrocks, Guinness, horses running through council estates, toothless simpletons, people with eyebrows on their cheeks, badly tarmacked drives in this country, men in platform shoes being arrested for bombings, lots of rocks, and Beamish."- I'm ...

The world’s most frequently uncovered hidden gem

Mar

2016

With uncanny timing lands the Evening Standard's spotlight on Brockley in their Homes & Property section - complete with our trademark "hidden gem" suffix and a reference to gentrification. It's much as you'd expect, with choice quotes including:Caught between Camberwell College of Arts and Goldsmiths, University of London in New Cross, Brockley has a well-deserved ...

But is it smart?

Mar

2016

Has Greater Brockley reached Peak Iconic Cat?Demonstrating that there is life in the old media dog yet, The Guardian, The Standard and ITV News have all uncovered a hidden meaning in the sand cat sculpture that appeared this weekend on Coulgate Street. While we were all purring over the cat's artisanal curves, its creator, Zara ...

Ode to Malpas Paul

Feb

2016

Dicky Fox: The key to this business is personal relationships.- Jerry MaguireJournalist Simon Usborne has produced a paean to veteran Malpas Road barber Paul Neophytou. Writing in the Independent, he saysI have known Paul for 28 years but only learned his second name this week. "My name is Neophytou," he says while dropping a gown ...

Ladywell self-build community takes shape

Jan

2016

Architect's plans for Ladywell self-build housingThe Guardian has a brilliant feature on the plans to create a new self-build community in Ladywell based on the ideas of architect Walter Segal, who inspired the creation of Walter's Way in Forest Hill. Writer Oliver Wainwright says:On a site in Ladywell, the council has agreed to hand over ...

Brockley briefs earn Oscar nomination for local screenwriter

Jan

2016

Brockley-based screenwriter Matt Charman has been Oscar nominated in the Best Original Screenplay category for his work on Bridge of Spies, developing the script with the legendary Coen Brothers.The cold war drama, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, collected a total of six nominations. Charman pitched the story to Spielberg in his pants ...

The Undiscovered Country

Jan

2016

The Evening Standard's Homes & Property section has decided to chuck a bit of fuel on the fire that's raging on this thread, with an article that's been published today but could have been written at any point in the last decade.South East London - the Undiscovered Gem. Greater Brockley is all over it like ...