Quirky
26 February 2026
If you’re the parent of a primary school–aged child, chances are you’ve been eagerly anticipating the opening of Clip ’n Climb in Croydon town centre. We were no exception, so on the final day...
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18 December 2025
I feared I may have ‘panto’ peaked too early this year when I went to see Cinderella at Hackney Empire at the end of November (yes, shocking, I know, but I do occasionally leave...
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27 November 2025
And it’s Chriiiiissssstttttmmmaaaassss! Yes, it is actually December on Monday. Oh no it isn’t, oh yes it is! Are you ready? I’m definitely not… Whether you’re someone who did all your Christmas shopping in...
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23 October 2025
We’re hurtling towards the final show of this year’s Croydonites festival – an immersive extravaganza, called Trainwreck by experimental theatre company TomYumSim, which runs from Tuesday 28 October – Saturday 1 November, at South...
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16 October 2025
It’s that time of year again when Croydon’s streets fill with ghouls, ghosts, and more than a few dodgy fake cobwebs. Halloween has officially crept up on us and whether you’re into spine-tingling scares,...
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21 August 2025
Romantic? Croydon? It’s not a combination of words we usually (ever?) put together. We all know Croydon has a reputation; let’s not waste time on the same old tropes. Instead, what if I said...
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17 July 2025
Last week we popped by Bishops Wine Bar to catch up with co-owner Angela Ferrara about the bar’s history and their upcoming ABBA night on Saturday 26 July, which celebrates the 10th birthday of...
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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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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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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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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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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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20 December 2024
Now are you a last-minute-shopper, or a do-it-all-in-August kind of present-buyer? Are you a shop-local person or a get-it-on-Amazon-as-there’s-no-time panic-buyer? Or a combination of all of the above? It may be less than a...
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4 December 2024
This Saturday, 7 December, a new comedy show comes to town and there’s not a stand-up comedian in sight. Sketchy, by Best Before Productions is a combination of sketch and musical comedy and takes...
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21 November 2024
After having a very hectic panto season last year with trips to not one but two Croydon pantos, we’re back on it for 2024 to find out what the ‘magical’ season has in store...
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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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31 October 2024
This year the spooky season spills into November as Stanley Arts’ Days of the Dead Festival takes place next week. On the festival programme there is a new immersive theatre production called Selecting a...
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3 October 2024
A couple of weeks ago I spent my Friday evening holding a paintbrush and sipping prosecco at Hive – the new arts space on the edge of the leafy rec in the heart of...
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26 September 2024
Did you know that there used to be a Walnut Fair in Croydon? When I say ‘used to be’ we’re talking a long long time ago – if we discount the 1987 revival at...
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21 August 2024
Looking for local things to do to kick off the bank holiday weekend? Well look no further than the Queen’s Gardens Party (see what they did there with the name) which takes place this...
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