Octopump returns!

Octopump should have been a Barbarella villain but is instead a beloved, beery institution, returning to the Royal Albert next week. The team says:Octopump, The Royal Albert’s annual real ale and cider festival is back for its fourth year, bigger than ever before. This three-day festival, spread across the 26th, 27th and 28th September, boasts ...

Jam Piano

@BrockleyCentral @Antic_London @AnticEvents needs a little tlc pic.twitter.com/bpC1w2Cwug— Jam Circus (@jamcircus) August 27, 2014Jam Circus now has a piano! Although not yet fit for playing.

The Fox & Firkin garden

What better time to tell you about The Fox and Firkin's new(ish) garden, than the day after they had a massive party and when it's tipping down with rain?Anyway, the Firkin (316 Lewisham High Street) has a huge new garden that opened this summer and helps to address the relative paucity of outdoor drinking venues ...

I, for one, welcome our new Talbot overlords

The Talbot pub on Tyrwhitt Road has been sold. New owner Lesley writes:I'm the lucky new owner of The Talbot! Please do drop in to see myself or my partner Mike, if you have any questions or just want to say hello - one of us is always around.The Talbot is a great local pub, ...

The Honor Oak reopens [UPDATED]

True to their word, the team at the new-look Honor Oak pub have pulled-off an August reopening, with a launch party tonight. If you've been in, please share your thoughts in the comments section below.UPDATE: Brockley Jon writes:I was in on Friday night. The pub has had a complete makeover. They've made more dining space downstairs, ...

Coming soon: The Beer Shop London

On the Nunhead Forum, The Beer Shop London team have shared their plans to create a micro pub in the middle of Nunhead. They say:We wanted to introduce ourselves as we have made the application for change of use at 40 Nunhead Green. What we plan to do is open a micro pub, a space ...

Nestival, August 21-25

Five days of live music at one of London's best music pubs

Brox will eat itself

A date in the middle of a traffic island. That's Brockley for you. pic.twitter.com/tMijSeynEA— David (@DavidtheFixer) August 3, 2014This has already been doing the rounds on Twitter (follow BC here) but deserves to be shared more widely.A pop-up too far? Victims of the pub-shortage (albeit directly outside the Wickham Arms)? Hipsters? Never escaped the 80s. ...

The Waverley Arms

On Brockley's western fringes, round the corner from St Norbert's Road, The Waverley Arms (202 Ivydale Road) has recently reopened after a retro-modern refurbishment.The result is a perfect local pub, roomy enough to have a party, intimate enough that it feels like a local, a little roomier than The Talbot and a little warmer than the ...

Albertine’s stables and function room targeted for residential conversion

Developers have lodged planning applications to convert the old stables at the back of the pub formerly known as Albertine's (237 Lewisham Way) into new homes, and to convert the first-floor function room into residential use.Although the proposed new homes look OK, the stables (which you can see here) would be a bit of a loss. ...