history
30 April 2026
Earlier this week, I headed to the Town Hall, with all its ornate Victorian grandeur, to hear the final lecture in the series exploring the hidden histories behind masterpieces from The National Gallery. This...
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15 April 2026
You may remember the Routes to Roots exhibition that took place at the Museum of Croydon in 2024, which documented the stories of Anglo-Indian and South Asian communities’ who migrated to the UK (and...
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12 February 2026
February is of course LGBT+ History Month – an annual, month-long celebration which shines a light on the lives, achievements, and rights of queer people across the UK. For last year’s history month we...
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30 October 2025
A couple of weeks ago a new gallery opened at the Museum of Croydon, which doubles the museum’s public area on level 1 of the Clocktower. It’s lovely to see this newly renovated space...
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25 September 2025
If you were in Queens Gardens last weekend for the quirky craft activities to celebrate all things architectural as part of Open House, then you’ll enjoy the next Culture Croydon offering coming up. Drum...
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18 September 2025
You may or may not know that over the summer Ashburton Park celebrated its 100th birthday… You also may or may not know, there is a group called Friends of Ashburton Park that helps...
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7 August 2025
At the end of July I popped by the Museum of Croydon’s latest exhibition, Forge: Industries of Croydon. The exhibition, which is in the level 1 special exhibitions gallery space, delves into the borough’s...
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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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23 January 2025
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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7 November 2024
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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5 September 2024
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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13 June 2024
I’ve lived in the Park Hill area of Croydon for a decade now, and have probably walked up and down Park Hill Road several thousand times, but I had never visited the modernist church...
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20 September 2023
Last Saturday we joined a Croydon Music Heritage Trail tour around the centre of Croydon. We (along with a dozen or so other walkers) met our three friendly guides from the Museum of Croydon...
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7 September 2023
September, the start of autumn and the last of those glorious warm evenings before the weather turns and the darker evenings set in… it’s one of my favourite months of the year, but not...
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3 August 2023
I continue to be surprised and impressed by the number of names linked to Croydon; famous actors, musicians, inventors, activists, writers… the list goes on. So this week dear readers, in my research I...
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12 April 2023
Whilst I was at the Fairfield Halls earlier this month enjoying the Oratorio of Hope in the Concert Hall, it got me thinking about their other main performance space, the Ashcroft Theatre, and its...
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2 March 2023
And we’re now in March, which in case you didn’t know is Women’s History Month. In the coming weeks we also of course celebrate International Women’s Day (next Wednesday 8 March) and Mother’s Day...
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17 November 2022
It is almost the festive countdown to Christmas stockings and dinner with all the trimmings! My dad, believe it or not, has already put up his Christmas decorations to make the most of the...
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4 August 2022
If you frequent the centre of Croydon I doubt it will have escaped your notice that we have a new park! Ok, not a ‘new’ new park. However The Queens Gardens (now with a...
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9 June 2022
If you fancy a bit of history whilst you’re enjoying Croydon’s greenspaces, then this is the walk for you. Here guest writer Peter Hall takes us on his Green Line walk part 5, through...
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