This year’s International Women’s Day is just a couple of week’s away, on Saturday 8 March. The 2025 theme is #AccelerateAction for gender equality. Depressingly, stats show that at the current rate of progress,...
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The Shop for Mortals and Fools opens today at Stanley Arts. This is no ordinary shop however, as this shop is a site-responsive and immersive physical theatre experience, by artist and local Vinicius Salles....
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Wiggle Wonderland is coming to the Whitgift Centre… ‘What are all these ‘W’ words’ I hear you cry. Co-founders Lucy Grainge and Beau McCarthy describe Wiggle Wonderland as ‘a timber-framed, open-air gallery that can...
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An exciting new exhibition comes to Croydon next month to celebrate LGBT+ History Month which takes place across the UK each February. With my graphic design hat on, I’ve had the pleasure of working...
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Founded back in 1870, the Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society (CNHSS) explores our borough’s history, geology, archaeology, flora and fauna, by hosting talks, walks, and more. I had encountered the society a couple...
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Happy new year Croydon, and hello 2025! If you’re a regular reader you’ll know we begin each January with a group feature on thoughts for the year ahead, to whet our appetites for what’s...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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This year the Creative Croydon exhibition took on a bit of a different format. We teamed up again with Croydon BID and our alter ego 31% Wool (aka our day job) to curate the...
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Summer is well under way, so for many performers that means decamping to Scotland for ‘The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world.’ Yes folks, I’m talking about the Edinburgh Fringe. This week...
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Did you know that drumming can boost your IQ? Well Croydon drummer Bella Matthews must be very smart, as earlier this year, she was the only female finalist out of 10 young drummers in...
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This week we catch up with performance artist Vijay Patel ahead of his show, Brotherly, Otherly, Disorderly, arriving at Stanley Arts on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June. The show, described as ‘an access...
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I would just like to say, how lucky are we to have the David Lean Cinema? Seriously, there’s always something decent on and recently we’ve been treated to incredible Q&As with the likes of...
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Earlier this week I met up with the artistic director of Maya Productions, Suzanne Gorman, at the Museum of Croydon to see their current exhibition Routes to Roots, as well as to hear more...
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Over the last few months (in my day job as a graphic designer) I’ve had the pleasure of working with Shaniqua Benjamin to help create a set of poetry posters which form part of...
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There’s just over three weeks to go until our Cro Cro Land Festival, so we wanted to chat with more of our awesome artists, to hear about their music, their thoughts on the festival,...
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