Friday, August 05, 2022

Bethlem Museum of the Mind/Bethlem Gallery

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The Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham (Monks Orchard Road) is one of the world's oldest mental health institutions. Starting out near ...
Tuesday, August 02, 2022

'F*ck Covid Hoaxers'

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'F*ck covid hoaxers - they're antisemitic dickheads' Nunhead, July 2022  
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Telegraph Hill Park Sunset, July 2022

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

Just call me angel of the morning

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Mattress art in St Marys Road SE15  
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Funky Munky in Camberwell

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Looking back through flyers for nights out which seem like only yesterday but were in fact more than 20 years ago. Remember when what is now...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

Abdul K. Kpakpa-Quartey: a Pan Africanist in 1920s Borough High Street

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Recently I was browsing through the 1922 Post Office Directory in Southwark Archives, just looking at what was on Borough High Street one hu...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Telegraph Hill Welcomes Refugees

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Telegraph Hill Welcomes Refugees is making plans to support a refugee family locally - can you help?  
Saturday, July 16, 2022

MDC and Flipper - American Punk at the New Cross Inn

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Not one but two classic American  punk bands with roots in the 1980s  coming up at the New Cross Inn next month.  August 1st sees the appear...
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Friday, July 15, 2022

Celebrating Sanctuary at the Horniman Museum

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The Horniman Museum has won the 2022 Art Fund 'Museum of the Year' award and it is certainly one of the great treasures of South Lon...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Music Monday: Carmody 'Imperfect Constellations'

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South London singer Carmody has a new album out, Imperfect Constellations. Carmody (full name Jessica Carmody Nathan) is a long time collabo...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Brixton Hill Clinic Defence Campaign - defeating anti-abortionists in 1990

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The anti-abortion movement in the UK will no doubt be emboldened by recent events in the United States, and while the scope for them to chal...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Save South London Buses (12, 45, 78, 521)

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Transport for London is currently consulting on major cuts to London bus routes, including in South London scrapping the 12, 45, 78 and 521....
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Nouveau Quiche - a co-operative restaurant in 1980s New Cross

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Nouveau Quiche was apparently a co-operative restaurant at 301 New Cross Road, this advert is from Marxism Today, 1986 and promises 'Cor...
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Thursday, June 09, 2022

'You and Me' - TV drama filming at Skehans

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 Lots of filming going on this week around Telegraph Hill locations for new ITV drama series 'You and Me', including at Skehans pub ...
Wednesday, June 08, 2022

'I hate to see your heartbreak'

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Railway Bridge, Vesta Road, SE4 (allotments in background)  
Sunday, June 05, 2022

Echoes of Ukraine invasion at Peter the Great statue

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Anti Putin graffiti and Ukrainian flag stickers on the Peter the Great statue at Millennium Quay in Deptford. The statue was built with the...
Friday, June 03, 2022

Lewisham Sound Systems Trail

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Big crowds last Sunday (29/5/2022) at the Lewisham Sound Systems Trail, with dub reggae and other sounds across the Deptford area. All free ...
Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Nunhead Cemetery Open Day 2022

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Nunhead Cemetery Open Day was busy on 21st May 2022 with its usual idiosyncratic mixture of local history, wildlife and cemetery enthusiast ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The Peanut Factory: squatting in South London in the 1970s

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I really enjoyed reading 'The Peanut Factory' by Deborah Price ( Guts Publishing , 2022), her memoir of life in South London squats ...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Music Monday: Naima Bock - 'Toll'

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Naima Bock was the  co-founder and bassist with Goat Girl, but has left the band to pursue a solo career. Her debut album is due out on Sub ...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Music Monday: Belle & Sebastian video on Ladywell Fields

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The music video for the latest Belle and Sebastian single “Talk To Me Talk To Me” features scenes shot in and around Ladywell Fields. The vi...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Airship over Nunhead

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The Goodyear Blimp airship has been in the skies of London and Kent this weekend, here seen over Lausanne Road in Nunhead on Saturday 14th M...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Reweirding: Lost Landscape and Found Lore

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A packed Amersham Arms in New Cross last month for the first of a series of 'Reweirding' events there. The theme for March was for &...