Traffic chaos on Baring Road
A hair and beauty salon owner says roadworks outside her shop in South East London have led to some customers cancelling their appointments. Bola…
Resident awarded £500 after council failed to properly plan for the ending of his Education, Health Care Plan
A Lewisham resident has been awarded £500 in compensation after the council failed to properly plan for the ending of his Education, Health and…
The Last Black Messiah
This intense, thought-provoking story will leave you questioning everything The Last Black Messiah by Emeka Agada is a fierce, gripping drama about revolution, identity,…
Isolated By Domestic Abuse
Jade Winters’ When We Were Us tells of a group of thirty-somethings, DJ (Emily Cordell), Kelli (Katie Hamilton), and Blake (Violet Grace), who are…
Cody and Beau
A Wild West Story by Dylan and Will In 1889 Texas, Cody and Beau have one goal: to become cowboys. From the safety of…
Edward II
“All live to die, and rise to fall” This all-female version of Christopher Marlowe’s play brings a fresh take on this classic tale of…
Dark Water Journeys: River Paintings
Real and imaginary landscapes One of the founders of the Bermondsey Artists’ Group, Louise Sheridan has remained in the area and continued painting scenes…
Review: The Village Where No One Suffers at Brockley Jack Studio
A play to make Ukrainians homesick Between Kharkiv and Dnipro, Ukraine, nestles a village that has disappeared off all the maps, or else it…
Review: What I’d Be at Brockley Jack Studio
‘Both actors gave very touching performances’ Fifteen-year-old Ally (Beth Birss), dreams of becoming a writer, while Makayla 18, (Rachel Jones) hides her university admission…
Time Is On Our Side
Look through the Black Hole Viewfinder VSSL Studio presents Time Is On Our Side, an exhibition by Black Quantum Futurism. The exhibition concludes VSSL…
The Trials of Being a Gentleman
‘I was born in 1960 but was raised in the Forties. Not the greatest gambit for a man defending himself for murder, but there…
Verbal and threatening abuse on the rise at Lewisham’s libraries
Verbal and threatening abuse accounted for more than half of health and safety incidents reported across Lewisham’s libraries between October 2024 and September 2025.…


















