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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...

Zoe Konez – Bones

Jul

2016

Zoe Konez, singer with Cat Bear Tree (featured here previously), has a new solo single out this week. The video for Bones was filmed by Gareth Gray at Antenna Studios in Crystal Palace (where, among others, Florence and The Machine started out rehearsing).Camberwell-based Zoe will be launching Bones this Wedneday 20th July at The Green ...

Paralympic ‘Superhumans’ at Rivoli Ballroom

Jul

2016

Channel 4 are the latest to make use of the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park, filming part of the uplifting 'We're the Superhumans' trailer for the Rio Paralympics there.See previous posts on the star-studded Rivoli Ballroom

Spiderwall

Jul

2016

A tough day, stumbled into something joyful in Peckham. Investigating further, I tried the door - well it said 'Open' - and found myself inside MOCA gallery on Bellenden Road, SE15. The colourful floral/coral/what was it? sculpture had spread inside over the walls and ceilings - Spiderwall by Bologna artist Francesca Pasquali. On closer inspection it ...

‘Dig that Crazy Beat’ – Friday night at The Savoy in Catford, 1960

Jul

2016

From the Daily Mirror, 1 October 1960:'The Mirror drops in for a night out at The Savoy in Catford SE6''from Dixon Scott, Catford, Friday Night''Lots of hugging - but no kissing! Tell her you love her - but no kissing! Ask her to marry you as you whirl around the dance hall - but no ...

Wicca talk at Old Kings Head SE1,

Jul

2016

Tomorrow night (Thursday 14 July) at the always interesting South East London Folklore Society, at the Old Kings Head off Borough High Street SE1, a talk on contemporary Wicca:'The past century has borne witness to a growing interest in the belief systems of ancient Europe, with an array of contemporary Pagan groups claiming to revive ...

When we were Kings – Ali tribute night at Goldsmiths

Jul

2016

On Thursday night (14 July) there's a tribute night for Muhammad Ali at Curzon Cinema at Goldsmiths in New Cross, featuring a chance to see the great documentary 'When we were Kings' on the big screen:'On October 30, 1974, perhaps the most famous heavyweight championship boxing match of all time took place in Kinshasa, Zaire: ...

Lobby against Lewisham Library Cuts

Jul

2016

There's a lobby of Lewisham Council's Mayor and Cabinet meeting tomorrow (Wednesday 13 July) in protest against cuts to library services in the borough. Another lobby is planned for the following Wednesday's full Council meeting.Campaigners say: 'Lewisham Council has made a decision to cut £1 million from the libraries budget. The Council’s preferred option is ...

New Cross Academy finance officer jailed in ‘biggest ever education fraud’

Jul

2016

Surprized that amongst UK newspapers, only The Daily Mail seems to have picked up on the jailing of an accountant for nine years for the 'biggest ever education fraud' seen in the UK. Sam Kayade was found guilty of obtaining £150,000 by theft and £3.95 million by fraud, and was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court ...

Kathryn Williams at Canada Water Library

Jul

2016

Really enjoyed Kathryn Williams' gig last month (June 18th) in the theatre space at Canada Water Library. She was performing songs from her Sylvia Plath-inspired album Hypoxia as part of Southwark's Rhyme and Reason poetry festival.Nice surprise too that she was accompanied on stage by fellow One Little Indian label mates Astrid Williamson and Michele ...

New Bowie Mural in Bromley

Jul

2016

A new David Bowie mural was painted in Bromley shopping centre on Saturday, by Marvellous Murals. Bowie may have been born in Brixton, but he grew up as a Bromley boy, living in Canon Road, Clarence Road and then from 1955, 4 Plaistow Grove. He went to Burnt Ash Junior School then Bromley Technical High School ...