The Murder List

Brockley resident and NHS psychologist Chris Merritt has just published a crime novel called The Murder List, set partly in SE4. He explains:"The main detective lives on Tressillian Road and there are a couple of scenes in Hilly Fields too. Other elements of the story are set around Crofton Park, Honor Oak and Deptford."It’s also ...

Yes, Let’s

Could this be the most measured and accurate account of Brockley ever to appear in a national newspaper? The Guardian's Let's Move To column has covered Brockley and says that while the case against it is a lack of a proper town centre (although Coulgate Street is doing its best) the case for it is ...

Sparrow hawked

Sexy Sparrow eggsSparrow is the pretty little restaurant, sitting in an unprepossessing spot on the emergent new traffic system that will one-day define Lewisham's future. When that future arrives, SE13 won't have to endure condescension from restaurant reviewers. Until then, it will have to take the rough with the smooth. BCer Kraig writes:"Glowing review for ...

The voice of degeneration

"This is Harry Allen, hip-hop activist and media assassin, with Flavor Flav. What's the flavor, Flavor?"- More News at 11, Public EnemyBrockley's mockney performance poet Kate Tempest has triggered a Daily Mail hit job thanks to her performance of "Tunnel Vision" on BBC Newsnight last night. The headline rants:'What an embarrassment!': BBC Newsnight is slammed ...

Surface-to-air rocket launcher case found in Brockley

Brockley expansionism just got real. The Mail reports:[Brockley woman] Kelly Watson posted a photo of the case, designed to hold the Javelin S-15 missile - used by British troops in the Gulf War - after finding it on the pavement.She said she found the case for the laser-guided warhead - also known as a Starburst ...

From the Big Time to Arsenal

BT Sport will screen a documentary about the careers of two people who put the Great in Greater Brockley - Ian Wright and David Rocastle."From Brockley to the Big Time" will screen on April 1. For details, click here.

Brockley: Fit, but we know it

George Osborne's Evening Standard has put Brockley on its list of Zone 2 bargains (admittedly it's a pretty small field to choose from). This week's Homes & Property section says:"The leafy Victorian charms of this south east London outpost have sent prices shooting up. It is particularly popular with Docklands workers, since it is only ...

Brockley’s official Big Issue seller

Congrats to Local guy Kevin who has been issued his badge to sell @thebigissue Catch him by #brockley station to get a copy! pic.twitter.com/SWmGnJw3G1— Nabeela & Saima (@masalawalacafe) February 15, 2017

Time Out: 14 reasons to go to Brockley Road

Once upon a time, I saw it as my job to rebalance Brockley's media profile. If the area attracted any coverage at all, it would usually be for a stabbing. Today, real journalists dish out the kind of hyperbole that even Brockley Nick-circa-2009 would have blanched at.Time Out has given us 14 reasons to visit ...

The Guardian: Lewisham Councillors in revolt over Millwall plan

The Guardian, which has been admirably dogged in its coverage of Millwall's battle with Lewisham Council over the future of the land around the club's stadium, reports:The plan to seize Millwall’s land around The Den has been left hanging by a thread on Tuesday after it emerged that Lewisham Labour councillors are in open revolt ...