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Featured local business - Clubtek

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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...

Light Houses Winter Wonderland

Dec

2013

Free film on the streets of Telegraph Hill/New Cross tonight (Sunday 8 December, 5-8pm), with New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival putting on a Light Houses Winter Wonderland special: 'a world of cinema and moving image projected in people's front room windows... 25 venues will be screening a dazzling range of films, shadows, animations ...

Fowlers Molly Dancers in New Cross/Deptford

Dec

2013

Molly dancing is a kind of Morris dance that was traditionally associated with out of work ploughboys over the winter. Fowlers Molly Dancers have revived this in South East London, and their first tour of the season is tomorrow, Sunday 8th December, with music and dancing in New Cross and Deptford.They will start from the ...

South London People’s Assembly in New Cross

Dec

2013

South London People's Assembly is happening this Saturday at Goldsmiths in New Cross. They say:'On Saturday 7 December, hundreds of people will attend the ‘South London People's Assembly’ at Goldsmiths' College to discuss alternatives to the government’s austerity programme and a plan of action to oppose it. They will be joined by nationally known speakers ...

Students occupy Goldsmiths in support of staff strike

Dec

2013

Students at Goldsmiths are occupying the Deptford Town Hall building on New Cross Road. In a statement issued last night they say:'Tonight over 100 of us are occupying the offices of Goldsmiths University management, in solidarity with our lecturers and university staff who have been forced into striking for the second time on 3rd December ...

Kickstart Maddy’s Fish Bar

Nov

2013

Maddy's Fish Bar is the latest project from the team behind The London Particular in New Cross and Fishdog. They want to open a new fish and chip shop right next door to their cafe and are fundraising £20,000 on Kickstarter, with the promise of curry sauce. They explain:Maddy’s fish bar will be located in ...

Maoists in 1970s South London

Nov

2013

Today's revelations about the so-called 'Lambeth Slavery' case have linked those arrested to the remnants of a small Maoist group that operated in Brixton in the 1970s. The central allegation seems to be that supporters of the group formed a collective that degenerated over time into an abusive scenario where several women felt themselves to ...

Geological Map: New Cross at the seaside (50 million years ago)

Nov

2013

The British Geological Survey 'Geology of Britain' viewer is an interactive map showing the different rocks under our feet. You can enter in a place of interest (here New Cross Gate), zoom in and out, and choose to show just the bedrock or the superficial deposits on top of it.The geology of London has helped ...

Pop-up records in New Cross

Nov

2013

The strip of run-down shops opposite the New Cross House pub has long been a point of discussion for New... [...]

London CryptoFestival in New Cross

Nov

2013

The CryptoFestival is coming up at Goldsmiths in New Cross on Saturday November 30th. They say:'Freaked out by spiralling revelations of NSA surveillance? Worried that the spooks have subverted the internet at every level to make it a vast, multi-layered panopticon? Or simply creeped out by the way services like Facebook & Gmail track everything you ...

Music Monday: Count on Me – Chase & Status with Moko

Nov

2013

I love Count on Me, the most recent single from Chase & Status. Well I'm an unreconstructed 1990s clubber, so what's not to like about piano samples (from 1992's Nush?), breakbeats and uplifting vocals. Yes I know it's been out a couple of months, but I've only just uncovered its local connections.Singer Moko is a ...