French for children at All Fired Up – Summer term starting on 15th of April

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Lewisham: As you head south, the internet begins to run out of ideas...Inspired by Londonist's auto-complete guide to London, we've created the Google Search guide to Lewisham. The rules: Type each ward name followed by the word "is" and pick the first result that makes sense other than "is a ward in Lewisham". Articles with ...

Lewisham house price rises

The BBC reports that over the year to December 2012, Lewisham experienced the sixth-fastest rise in house prices of the 33 London boroughs. The 11.9% rise occurred despite a 1.6% fall in the last quarter and was driven mainly by large increases in house prices, rather than modest increases in the price of flats.There are ...

Matt Bannister – Crystal Palace Dinosaurs in the Snow

Illustrator Matt Bannister takes much of his inspiration from the streets and open spaces of London, and one of his pieces features in the current Londonist Underground exhibition at the Bishopsgate Institute. Prompted by recent weather conditions it shows two of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs emerging from the railway tunnel in the snow.Other South London works ...

War Child benefit gig at the Amersham

Live Artists writes:Live Artists Concerts and Captain Backfire's Martin Holiday have joined forces to curate an evening of amazing music all in support of the fantastic charity War Child at the Amersham Arms on Thursday, April 11th. Here's more about the artists who will be performing:Jay Brownhttp://www.iamjaybrown.comJay Brown is a young songwriter from Northampton. Her ...

Council to Cut 250 Jobs

In response to a Freedom of Information request, Lewisham Council has revealed that one impact of planned cuts in 2013/14 will be the loss of 254 Council posts. [...]

Hopscotch hiring

Nic from Hopscotch writes:We are looking for a part time member of staff at Hopscotch café bar in Honor Oak Park. Ideally with experience of making coffee as well as being friendly and reliable! The position would suit a student looking for part time work or someone looking for 2-3 shifts a week. Please email ...

Montague Arms to reopen?

The much loved Montague Arms on the New Cross/Peckham border in Queens Road closed last year (see appreciation here).Now comes news that in some form it may be reopening. A notice displayed on the pub states that Appleglass Limited have applied  to Lewisham Council for a premises licence 'to use the premises to be known ...

Hilly Fields Fruit Hedge – Update 1

Despite terrible weather, a good 15 or so hardy souls turned up on 16th March to help plant fruit trees and shrubs in five newly created beds to the back of the stone circle on Hilly Fields. We were delighted to have the help and practical support of Jon Stokes and Margaret Lipscombe from The ...

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