On the 24th of May 1973, David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars played Lewisham Odeon. Just a few miles from Haddon Hall, this was as close to a homecoming gig as it got on the entire Ziggy S… Read More

An eye catching, if slightly storm frayed billboard advert in New Cross Road announces the paperback publication of Francis Spufford's novel 'Light Perpetual'. Spufford has been teaching cre… Read More

American rock'n'roll legend Little Richard played in Lewisham on at least two occasions.The first time was on 31 October 1963 as part of an amazing line up that also included the Rolling Sto… Read More

To give you a chance to stock up for the new lockdown, we are extending our January sale. All titles in the online shop are half price with the discount code JANUARY until midnight on Sunday… Read More

This row of houses in Slaithwaite Road, Lewisham has some interesting connections - I believe the white house on the left is number 22, with number 20 to its right followed by number 18 and… Read More

Spitalfields Life Books is publishing A MODEST LIVING, Memoirs of Cockney Sikh by Suresh Singh next week and here is the sixth instalment. In this first London Sikh biography, Suresh te… Read More