Friday, October 10, 2025

The Cramps in Nunhead Cemetery (1990)

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The great US band The Cramps visited London in 1990 and were photographed in a cemetery for a Melody Maker shoot by photographer and drummer...
Monday, October 06, 2025

Music Monday: 'Welcome to the Party' - Professor Green in Brockley

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Professor Green is often to be seen at coffee shops and similar in the Brockley area, so perhaps no surprize to see him filming his latest v...
Saturday, October 04, 2025

The Gig Guide - 1995 South London music listings

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I found this June 1995 issue of  The Gig Guide for London in Revolution Records in Penge. I don't remember it from the time and it certa...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Music Monday: Martin Carthy celebration (and rehearsals in New Cross Road)

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A lovely night at EartH in Dalston on Saturday to celebrate the life and songs of folk legend Martin Carthy. The event was organised by Jon ...
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Miners strike benefits 1984: Deptford, Woolwich, Old Kent Road with Test Dept, The Mekons and more

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There were many fundraising gigs in support of the miners during their 1984/85 strike, including across SE London. One of the most musically...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Bermondsey Folk Festival 2025

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Bermondsey Folk Festival is back on Saturday, 27 September 2025 in the Blue market (SE16 3UQ) from 12 noon to 5 pm, in an event that will f...
Sunday, September 07, 2025

Cenotaph South - South London's poetic landscape

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'Cenotaph South: mapping the lost poets of Nunhead Cemetery' (Penned in the Margins, 2016) by Chris McCabe is a remarkable book. Par...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Pagemasters Zine Fair 2025

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Coming up next weekend (6/7 September 2025), the Pagemasters Zine Fair at ArtHub Studios, Stanley Street SE8 4BL (near New Cross station). M...
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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Band of Holy Joy at Dash the Henge

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Dash the Henge in Camberwell has so much interesting stuff going on in addition to selling records, not to mention having a pop up Henge in ...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

RIP Charles Gallagher (Dog & Bell) and Bill Mannix (Rivoli Ballroom)

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Sorry to hear of the death this week of a couple of SE London nightlife legends:  Charles Gallagher, landlord of the Dog and Bell in Deptfor...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Lewisham 'Stop Starving Gaza' protest

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 200+ people out tonight at Lewisham Clock Tower for a 'Stop Starving Gaza' pot and pan protest, called by Lewisham Palestine Solida...

Romy at the Old Nun's Head

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Lots of local pubs were busy last Sunday for the final of the Women's Euros between England and Spain but the particularly enthusiastic ...
Friday, July 25, 2025

New Cross Songwriters Circle

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The indefatigable Martin Howard is doing more than most in keeping the flame of acoustic live music going in SE London, promoting the long r...
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Saturday, July 12, 2025

The Torch of Anarchy: 1890s meetings in Southwark Park

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The Torch - sometimes known as The Torch of Anarchy - was an 1890s anarchist communist journal started by Olivia, Arthur and Helen Rossetti,...
Sunday, July 06, 2025

Music Monday: Kae Tempest 'Sunshine on Catford

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Loving the new Kae Tempest album, Self-Titled, from a transpontine perspective the track 'Sunshine on Catford' in particular, which ...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Bermondsey Socialist Club 1890s

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The Bermondsey Socialist Club was at 78 Grange Road, SE1. This notice from 1897 lists its Sunday lectures. There's Felix Volkhovsky, a ...