Now are you a last-minute-shopper, or a do-it-all-in-August kind of present-buyer? Are you a shop-local person or a get-it-on-Amazon-as-there’s-no-time panic-buyer? Or a combination of all of the above? It may be less than a...
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When I first set eyes on Croydonopolis by Will Noble, I thought ‘what a great cover’*. Yes yes, I forever have my graphic design hat on… But the cover definitely does do this fresh...
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This Saturday, 7 December, a new comedy show comes to town and there’s not a stand-up comedian in sight. Sketchy, by Best Before Productions is a combination of sketch and musical comedy and takes...
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Earlier this week I found myself sitting amongst a 90-strong audience in the beautiful Braithwaite Hall, eagerly anticipating the start of the inaugural Lit Nights – a modern-day take on the traditional Literary Salon,...
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After having a very hectic panto season last year with trips to not one but two Croydon pantos, we’re back on it for 2024 to find out what the ‘magical’ season has in store...
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… my true love sent to me, the LMP brass band playing… OK, I’m shoehorning metaphors again. I’m actually talking about the sixth day of December, so read on. We are only at the...
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Last month during the Walnut Fair weekend we finally made it along to Pollocks Toy Museum, which has its current temporary home near Turf Projects in the Whitgift Centre. One of the oldest toy...
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This year the spooky season spills into November as Stanley Arts’ Days of the Dead Festival takes place next week. On the festival programme there is a new immersive theatre production called Selecting a...
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Ok we may have twisted an idiom to the max there, but we are very excited to announce that our baby and Croydon’s much-loved indie and alt-rock festival, Cro Cro Land, is making a...
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October is of course Black History Month, and as part of the borough’s culture programme, there is a series of events happening on the last weekend of the month, called Reclaiming Narratives, which shines...
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It’s Autumn and that means Croydonites is back very soon. In fact the theatre and performance festival is back x 2, because they are hosting their first ever Fringe Festival from Thursday 31 October...
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A couple of weeks ago I spent my Friday evening holding a paintbrush and sipping prosecco at Hive – the new arts space on the edge of the leafy rec in the heart of...
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Did you know that there used to be a Walnut Fair in Croydon? When I say ‘used to be’ we’re talking a long long time ago – if we discount the 1987 revival at...
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As Open House Festival continues around London, a series of events are on the programme celebrating Croydon’s Central Library building and its striking design. Croydon’s first Central Library moved into the Clocktower in Victorian...
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Earlier this week I went to a charming photography exhibition about Croydon architecture at Stanley Arts. ‘Framing Croydon: The Buildings that Shape us’ is a community-based exhibition that explores the buildings and places which...
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It’s September, which means the Open House Festival is just around the corner. As a bit of an architecture fan, it’s a festival I always look forward to, especially as the nosy part of...
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It seems fittingly summery, to finish August immersed in nature. So this week we chat with our current social media artist and Croydon resident Mirri Rowland who runs Drawn to Nature. A watercolour artist...
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Looking for local things to do to kick off the bank holiday weekend? Well look no further than the Queen’s Gardens Party (see what they did there with the name) which takes place this...
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Yes, it’s the middle of August and it feels like we’ve got weeks and weeks of lazy summer days where we can soak up the holiday atmosphere, before we need to brush off our...
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Back in April we featured Shaniqua Benjamin’s multi-generational project called ‘Out of Silence’ which is her final project as Croydon’s Poet Laureate. In case you missed it, the project engaged a diverse mix of...
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