WORDS & IMAGES

10.17 p.m.

Mar 132012

by Jacqueline Downs
It was the summer of 1976 when we set fire to David McIntyre. Round the back of Brockwell Lido, bushes hiding us from the expanse of the park. Every now and then it comes back to me. [read more…]

Tagged with: Brixton, Dulwich, Jacqueline Downs

Why Smoke is always late

Mar 122012

Rumours that recreational drug use at Smoke HQ is now endemic and beginning to seriously impact on the production schedule were yesterday and today meanderingly denied by a spokesdude. [see more…]

Tagged with: Matt Haynes, Old Kent Road

Urban Intervention No. 78

Mar 112012

Urban Intervention No. 78

Glue a cheap Woolworths light-switch to each lamp post in your street along with a small printed note saying “Please turn off after use”.

Over The Water

Mar 102012

by Matt Haynes
It’s hard to believe that it’s over ten years now since I first found myself gazing out wistfully over the Ethelred Estate from the top floor of a house just off Lambeth Walk still part-owned by Lambeth Council and wondering why there seemed to be so many helicopters around these days. [read more…]

Tagged with: Football, Lambeth Walk, Leyton, Matt Haynes

Herne Hill United Church

Mar 092012

“Is the flood returning?” says the board outside Herne Hill United Church; but drivers descending to the plain below won’t be saved, for the temptations of Camberwell Green are many.

Rocked

Mar 082012

by Jane Woodham
We were a typical twosome: Tracey with her big red hair and matching mouth, and me, the sidekick, the quiet blonde one who encouraged from the sideline. We were mates because we liked the same band; it was all we had in common, but it was enough. [read more…]