Deptford Sounds Today

A couple of interesting musical events in Deptford this afternoon/evening (Saturday 19  November):First up from 5 pm at Vinyl Deptford (cafe/record shop at 4 Tanners Hill),  there's a progamme of 'live experimental, electronic and improvised music presented by Hither Green's foremost underground label Linear Obsessional Recordings'Line up includes:UNNAMABLE TRIO - A new trio brought together ...

Brockley Christmas Cards

Local artist Nancy Ellis has created four Brockley Christmas card designs. She explains:"Each scene takes you on a local journey,from stocking up at The Christmas Markets, watching The Christmas Play with a warming mulled wine, enjoying The Christmas Walk on a wintry Hilly Fields, to the infamous New Year’s Party at the Rivoli Ballroom!"The additional design ...

Thanksgiving at Noak

Westside restaurant Noak is throwing a Thanksgiving special. I would like to give thanks for Noak's reopening.

Guided Walk Sunday 20th November visiting some of the fallen from the Battle of the Somme

 -The Battle of the Ancre HeightsThere will be a free guided walk visiting the graves and headstones in the Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries of some of those who fought and fell during the 141 days of horror  of the Battle of the Somme (July to November 1916).  The walk will be led by FOBLC members ...

‘Pride, Prejudice and Peckham’ – John Beckett from Labour MP to Nazi apologist

I have been looking into  the murky waters of the history of the far right in South London.  One of the more depressing specimens is John Beckett (1894-1964).After the First World War, in which he served, Beckett joined the left wing Independent Labour Party and after a period as a Hackney councillor he became the ...

Love Ladywell Street Art

The campaign to brighten Ladywell and plug it in to the street art revolution that has transformed Greater Brockley continues. Joe writes:I have been allowed to go forward to bid for funding for the street art for my project under Ladywell railway bridge on Ellerdale Street.Bread Collective are currently drawing up designs for me to ...

I am Human – Precarious Journeys

Coming up next weekend at Goldsmiths in New Cross:'I am Human - Precarious JourneysTrace the precarious journeys of refugees as they navigate the perils of land, sea and a deadly human landscape riven by geopolitical failure on an unprecedented scale. Documentary filmmaker Professor Sue Clayton presents a multimedia installation responding to three perilous spaces that ...

Selencky /// Parsons opens in Coulgate Street

Architects Selencky///Parsons are the latest business to move into Coulgate Street, taking up residence at a new studio, which opened recently. They say:"Our practice was formed by Sam Selencky and David Parsons. We had our beginnings in Brockley, three years ago, when we worked from a room in one of our houses. After expanding and ...

Portlandia: The Brunch Special

On Sunday, Jam Circus will host a 'Ladies' Brunch' that combines shopping, eating and weight loss advice... Sam writes:"A lazy Sunday morning doing things we all love. Come and join us for Brunch on the 20th to find out more about how you can enjoy the festive season while eating well and watching the waist ...

Croftmas 2016