Transpontine

South East London blogzine - things that are happening, things that happened, things that should never have happened. New Cross, Brockley, Deptford and other beauty spots. EMAIL US: transpontineblog at gmail.com Transpontine: 'on the other (i.e. the south) side of the bridges over the Thames; pertaining to or like the lurid melodrama played in theatres there in the 19th century'.

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Black Echoes - South London nights out 1987

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A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987: A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Thomas McCarthy at the Goose is Out

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An Irish flavoured event coming up at the Goose is Out at the Ivy House pub next week (31 May 2024) with headliner Thomas McCarthy. I first...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Becket House - an immigration prison in SE1

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At present there are major building works going on next to London Bridge station in St Thomas Street with the construction of a 27 storey ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Russell Dryden RIP

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Sorry to hear today of the passing of Russell Dryden. Familiar to many from his fish stall in Bermondsey's  Blue market, which he ran  f...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Hate is a Drag! - Honor Oak protest exhibition in Catford

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Hate is a Drag! is an exhibition at Catford Constitutional Club's Gallery SE6 of art from and inspired by last year's Honor Oak anti...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Electric Sweat at Venue MOT

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Coming up next Friday May 3rd at Venue MOT, Surrey Canal Road SE14 - Electric Sweat, a night of 'underground electro and jacking grooves...
Monday, April 01, 2024

Women in Revolt at Tate Britain

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'Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990' at Tate Britain features a huge amount of archive material from different 19...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Music Monday: Hope 4 Justice with Eska and John Stainer School Choir

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In 2022 over 1,000 young people, including students from 27 South London schools took part in Hope 4 Justice, an urgent call to action on th...
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Nunhead and District Municipal Museum 2024

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It's Telegraph Hill Open Studios this weekend, I went to the launch last night of the legendary pop up 'Nunhead Municipal Museum and...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Acoustic Anarchy

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Martin Howard's Acoustic Anarchy has been running since 2017 at waterintobeer in Brockley (209 Mantle Road SE4), an acoustic live music ...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Music Monday: Sahra

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Brockley-based singer Sahra is another graduate of the great South London jazz finishing school that is Trinity Laban. She's been gettin...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Goldsmiths: Redundancies protests/Palestine occupation

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A rally in the rain at Goldsmiths College last night (15 March 2024) brought together the fight against job cuts and the ongoing 'Goldsm...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Crystal Palace Dragon and Griffin

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Dragon and griffin in a Crystal Palace antique/vintage shop window (in Church Road). Fine 'lifesize' specimens - well who knows what...
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Monday, March 04, 2024

Music Monday: Goat Girl - Ride Around on Dawson's Heights (and Nunhead)

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Ride Around, the new single from Goat Girl, features scenes shot by Dawson' Heights Estate in East Dulwich... ...and inside our current ...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Peckham Peace Centre 1939

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The Peace Pledge Union was the main organisation of pacifists in Britain from its foundation in 1934, based on a pledge to 'renounce war...
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