Beckenham TED

26 June 2025

If you are a regular reader, you’ll know that we do occasionally cross the border to feature interesting events or places just outside of Croydon. This week we heard about TEDxBeckenham that is taking...
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Co-creating industrial art

19 June 2025

A team from local neurodivergent-led arts social enterprise A Collective have been commissioned to create an artwork for a new development in Factory Lane, and they want to collaborate with Croydon residents. Interested in...
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Big on nature

12 June 2025

In a couple of weeks, on Saturday 28 June, Green Spaces Day is back with its annual celebration of our borough’s green spaces, with free activities, events, stalls and performances dedicated to caring for...
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Joyful Art

5 June 2025

Yesterday lunchtime, I popped by the Clocktower to see the Museum of Croydon’s latest exhibition, Art & Joy. The exhibition showcases work by people affected by dementia, which was created at a series of...
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It ends with a crunch

29 May 2025

If you head down to Addiscombe today you’re sure for a big surprise – ok it’s not a teddy bears’ picnic, it’s better. Nestled in the heart of Addiscombe’s ever-evolving high street is Dirty...
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Conflict in paint

22 May 2025

In the heart of Addiscombe, a moment’s walk from the tram stop, is a dry cleaners, and hidden above it is the Blue Door Gallery Space. Georgie, a local artist, has her gallery and...
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Rhythm in common

15 May 2025

It’s that toe-tapping time of year when Commons returns to Stanley Arts. Launched in 2022 Commons Dance Festival showcases dance in all its diverse forms. From today (16 May) until next Sunday (25 May)...
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Get your game face on

8 May 2025

In our humble point of view, Croydon has never been lacking for things to do. Heck, we’ve been writing about them for 9 years now and still have a long list of things to...
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Cro Cro Cro: edition 3

1 May 2025

We are nearly a month on from the third edition of our music festival Cro Cro Land, which took place at Stanley Arts over the weekend of 5 and 6 April, and we have...
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New Addington’s nature adventure

23 April 2025

I have lived in Croydon all my life and I have yet to visit Hutchinson’s Bank Nature Reserve, in New Addington. I have heard its name mentioned before, but I didn’t quite realise how...
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Other-worldly art

17 April 2025

It’s not often you get a chance to chat with four artists in one day, but that’s exactly what happened earlier this week when I attended an evening viewing of the latest show in...
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The magic of DLC

10 April 2025

The David Lean Cinema has recently released their plans for the next three years. The cinema who (in this formation) has recently turned 10, is growing up. For an organisation run predominantly by their...
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The Ultimate Guide to Cro Cro Land!

3 April 2025

Dust off your dancing shoes, Croydon – Cro Cro Land is back, bringing its signature blend of indie, punk, and DIY spirit to our beloved borough. To make sure you don’t miss a single...
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Reset your 9 to 5

27 March 2025

Calling all those small business owners and solopreneurs in Croydon. Wouldn’t it be great to get together with other small business owners and solopreneurs to exchange tales of terrible clients and slippery suppliers, whilst...
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Accessible beats with Soda

20 March 2025

We first featured Club Soda back in 2019, when the charity (which empowers musicians and creatives with learning disabilities) relaunched their innovative volunteering project Gig Buddies. Next Monday, 24 March, Club Soda is hosting...
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The final Cro down

13 March 2025

In a hop skip and a jump it’ll be the Easter break and what better way to kick off Spring than with your favourite music festival, Cro Cro Land. We are bringing you a...
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Comic Stan

6 March 2025

A brand new Comics fair is coming to Stanley Arts later this month. (Yes, I couldn’t resist making a font pun, as a title – us graphic designers are a geeky lot – not...
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A big show for small audiences

27 February 2025

In a couple of weeks we are taking the smallest Croydonist team member to Talawa Theatre to see Home Song, which is an interactive musical created specifically for babies. Yes you heard right –...
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No ordinary shop

13 February 2025

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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