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Community arts festival Brockley Max 2023 kicks off on June 2 with an Opening Night party in the afternoon and an evening of music and…

Valerie Weber laments the loss of birds, bees and insects in her Lewisham neighbourhood. I was born in a spacious Victorian terrace in Deptford, surrounded…

Lewisham council has placed a Tree Protection Order on the ancient Mulberry tree in the garden of Ladywell House, the former vicarage for St Mary’s…

RUSS, the volunteer-led Community Land Trust, reached a significant milestone earlier this year with its project to build 36 new homes at 12 Church Grove,…

Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, uncovers a Ladywell link to one of Rudyard Kipling’s good friends and delves deeper…

To mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day on June 22 2023, Lewisham council is offering micro grants of up to £500 to support community…

Over 20 women keen to find out about local women’s history joined a special walk in Ladywell & Brockley Cemeteries on Saturday 8 April, writes…

Ladywell resident Julie Robinson, who worked as a local studies librarian at the Lewisham Local History Centre, has written a fascinating booklet on South London’s…

A 50-strong group of Ladywell residents  is opposing council plans to charge for upgraded tennis courts on Hilly Fields and has made a last ditch…

Local Assemblies bring together residents, councillors, the police, local organisations, and the wider community to decide on how to improve their neighbourhood local area. It’s…