A couple of local nominations for this year's Mercury Prize. Florence (with her Machine) is of course now a veritable global South London superstar, six years after launching her debut album at the Rivoli Ballroom and long after her days hanging out in Brockley Cemetery.
Less well known is Eska (Mtungwazi), born in Zimbabwe in 1971, but growing up in Lewisham where she still lives. She studied violin at Blackheath Conservatoire and has worked in a Southwark Primary School. She has been shortlisted for her long awaited self-titled album.
Proposal for Noah's Ark reconstruction
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Draft proposals for the reconstruction of number 229 Deptford High street
(the former Noah's Ark pub) have been made public this month for public
consult...
18 hours ago
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