Piano Lessons – Classical and Brazilian Music

Hello, I'm Júlia Fernandes! I'm a concert pianist and piano teacher from Brazil who has just moved in to London and is looking for new pupils to learn piano and/or music theory. I have a Bachelor Degree (Magna cum Laude) in Piano Performance from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and I am ...

The Long Halloween

If you like Halloween and you haven't had enough retro nights to last a lifetime then you are spoiled for choice this year. First up, the Rivoli plays host to Rouge, who say:On October 24th, we are throwing a Halloween Night of the Glamour Ghouls!Music is a throwback 1970's and 80's and disco ghoul funk ...

Mek’ it Blow: police raid New Cross Jah Shaka Blues Dance (1975)

From the groundbreaking black radical magazine, Race Today (May 1975), a report on 'the atmosphere of tension that has gripped the community of black youth in South London following a police invasion of a blues dance at Malpas Road, New Cross, on Saturday 26th April'. 'More than 200 young blacks danced to the sound of the ...

Refugee fundraiser, November 3rd

Rachel writes:Come down to Lewisham Town Hall on Tuesday 3rd November from 6.30pm for a night of talks, music and food in aid of refugees in Calais.Thousands of refugees are currently experiencing great hardships and risking their lives in desperate attempts to escape the terrible consequences of military interventions, civil wars and the economic exploitation ...

Green is Good! And we can prove it!!

In case it were needed, here's more evidence from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Journal website that street trees have quantifiable positive effects on our well-being and health. The research was done in Canada and correlates data about 530,000 trees with health data relating to 30,000 Toronto residents. Here's just one snippet: The results demonstrate ...

Mighty Noak Trees Grow on Mantle Road

@BrockleyCentral new kid on the west side arrives end october. #noak check out the menu! pic.twitter.com/XdVcCQLdje— a.annenberg (@alisonmilissa) October 22, 2015First glimpse of the Noak menu.

Coming soon: Buster Mantis

From Peckham and Brixton to Bermondsey and Waterloo, South London is criss-crossed with beautiful brick railway arches that now brim with cafes, bars and restaurants. Deptford's are not and the area is the poorer for it. But Buster Mantis aims to put all that right, while creating something that should prove to be a huge ...

Drop two dress sizes in 4 weeks

View attachment 3250 Fantastic results for Leeann! She lost 6 inches from her waist and dropped two dress sizes by using our 4-week Fitness Blast Personal Training programme. This programme includes 40 hours of personal training over 4 weeks, PLUS a month's supply of London Fitness Life Fat burning supplements, Detox and meal replacement shakes. ...

Desk Space to Rent

I have one desk space come available in A studio in Iliffe Yard, SE17. See: www.iliffeyard.co.uk Nearest tubes are Kennington and Elephant and Castle, 5 mins walk. In a great location, of a listed mews, sharing with 5 others. Rent @ 195 per month including all services. Please call me Bob on 07890 759505 To ...

Ghostpoet in Nunhead – more Mercury Prize news

Mentioned earlier this week  the nomination of Lewisham's Eska for this year's Mercury Music Prize, alongside Camberwell/Kennington's Florence Welch. Somebody has since pointed me in the direction of Nunhead's Shrunken Head Studios, who noted that another contender, Ghostpoet, recorded his nominated album 'Shedding Skin' there at 40 Nunhead Green