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Stephen Kovacevich at St Mary the Virgin in Ladywell

May

3

2017

The acclaimed pianist will play at Ladywell's ancient church on May 19thRos writes:I’m a member of Lewisham Park (Crescent) Residents’ Association and we are organising a charity concert in Lewisham in aid of St Mungo’s the homelessness charity, and also to fund improvements to the park. Proceeds will be spilt equally between these two.Somewhat miraculously ...

Flat Fields

May

2

2017

It's been a while since we've had an historical postcard of Brockley to look at. Here's one of Hilly Fields, which somehow contrives to make the park look flat.Hilly Fields & Montague Avenue #Brockley #SE4 pic.twitter.com/ZLwGEFdZnq— @SE23LDN (@se23ldn) May 2, 2017

Coming soon: Suttons’ Radio

May

2

2017

Mark: There's no pocket to this zip. That's the way things are these days: 'Let's just put a zip here, a swastika there, why not? Who knows what these things were once used for. Who the hell even cares?'- Peep ShowPub group Antic London have renamed the Market Tavern on Lewisham High Street "Suttons' Radio" ...

Crofton Park Pictures at The Rivoli

May

1

2017

The Shining is playing on October 25thSmile, you son of a bitch! Crofton Park Pictures is screening classic movies, including Jaws and A Nightmare on Elm Street at the Rivoli Ballroom (the perfect setting for a pop-up cinema experience) later this year.The season starts on June 22nd with Jaws and ends on October 27th with ...

Music Monday: Lisa Knapp – Til April is Dead: A Garland of May

May

1

2017

What could be better for May Day than a whole album of May Day themed songs? Beautiful singing combined with found sounds, birdsong and spoken word samples - including what sounds to me like folklorist Steve Roud on the opening track. The Guardian review likened her vocals to a 'south London Björk', though I don't ...

May Day 1894: Peckham anarchists in Hyde Park

Apr

30

2017

'The May Day demonstrations - The London anarchists - Violent scenes''A demonstration arranged by the Social Democratic Federation was held today in Hyde Park. The processionists, who did not exceed 3000 in number, were for the most part orderly, and included contingents from Camberwell, Hammersmith, Bow, Bromley, Deptford, Greenwich, etc. Among the speakers were Dr ...

1977 ‘Battle of Lewisham’ plaque

Apr

28

2017

August this year sees the 40th anniversary of the demonstrations and clashes of the 'Battle of Lewisham' when thousands of people turned out to oppose a racist march from New Cross to Lewisham by the far right National Front. Goldsmiths is leading on a number of events to commemorate the 1977 protests which are recognised ...

Peckham Soul brings Togetherness to Beckenham

Apr

27

2017

I love Beckenham Place Park with its green spaces, woodland and grand old mansion house, so good to see that there are some interesting things going on there to encourage other people to come along and discover it. Personally I mainly go there to run (among other things there's a newish parkrun every Saturday morning) ...

The Silver Birch & the Blackcap – A guest blog

Apr

26

2017

As I started to write this blog at the end of March, I looked out of the window and saw in our Silver Birch a small brown bird. It was a Chiffchaff, and in all probability it had just arrived from North Africa where it had spent the winter. For twenty minutes it fed on ...

The Silver Birch & the Blackcap – A guest blog

Apr

26

2017

As I started to write this blog at the end of March, I looked out of the window and saw in our Silver Birch a small brown bird. It was a Chiffchaff, and in all probability it had just arrived from North Africa where it had spent the winter. For twenty minutes it fed on ...

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