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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...

Lene Lovich at the Hill Station

Jun

2014

Singer Lene Lovich was on Stiff Records during its late 1970s hey day, and had a big hit in 1978 with Lucky Number. But one way or another she has been making music and writing songs for forty years.She's apparently been recording locally and is playing a one off gig in the intimate surroundings of ...

Rebuilding the Albany in Deptford 1980

Jun

2014

This photo shows the current Albany theatre building in Douglas Way, Deptford under construction. The building opened in 1981, so guessing this picture was taken in around 1980. Note the poster for a 'Dance and Defend Benefit' featuring The Tribesmen and Bobby Henry. The Dance and Defend tour took place in 1979 and was organised by ...

Transpontine Twitter Spam

Jun

2014

When archaeologists from distant galaxies sift through the digital debris of 21st century human life will they be able to distinguish genuine communication between sentient beings from the randomly-generated utterances of spambots? Perhaps some of the latter will be hailed as great poets.One of the things this blog has helped do is to put the ...

Tiananmen in New Cross

Jun

2014

25 years ago today (June 4 1989), tanks entered Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the protest movement that had occupied the square for the previous six weeks. In clashes around the city, and in other parts of China, hundreds of people were killed - the full number may never be known. As Lilia Zhang, who ...

Virginia Woolf – A Dog’s view of London (& Robert Browning of New Cross)

Jun

2014

One of Virginia Woolf's lesser known works is Flush (1933), a biography of Eizabeth Barrett's spaniel. It's partly a whimsical parody of Victorian biography, but it does include a dog's eye (or rather dog's nose) perspective of London:'For the first time he heard his nails click upon the hard paving stones of London. For the ...

Brockley Max Festival

May

2014

This year's Brockley Max festival starts tonight with live music by the Brockley Station murals from 5 pm, and a gig at the Ladywell Tavern. Between now and the 7 June there's lots of arts, music and other events happening, many of them free.Tomorrow's events include a guided tour of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries which ...

Maya Angelou in South London

May

2014

So long Maya Angelou (1928-2014), who died today. The great African-American writer is featured in a mural on a wall by Brockley station, somewhat the worse for wear at the moment, with words from her poem 'Life don't frighten me at all':'...Tough guys fightAll alone at nightLife doesn't frighten me at all.Panthers in the parkStrangers ...

London Bus Garage Models

May

2014

Perhaps a bit of a niche product, but if you're stuck for a present for the public transport enthusiast in your life you could always buy a model card building kit of Catford bus garage......or Nunhead bus garage (now demolished - was at 20 Nunhead Lane):...or Peckham bus garage (demolished in the 1990s, it was ...

NHS Pay Protest at Lewisham Hospital, St Thomas’ & St George’s – 5 June 2014

May

2014

On 5 June health workers across the country will be taking part in a day of action protesting the Government’s decision to refuse a 1% pay rise to the majority of NHS staff. The pay rise was recommended by the Independent NHS Pay Review body but rejected by Conservative Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Many health ...

Will we build again? – thoughts on radical housing

May

2014

I went to some of the Radical Housing weekend in New Cross last month (26th April), one of a series of events across London from the Radical Housing Network. The day of talks at Cafe Crema in New Cross Road was packed, and I caught Owen Hatherley talking about the history of Council housing in ...