Poetry & libraries are just common sense right????
#OutofSilence

Live work or study in South Croydon?
Why not drop in to the South Croydon Cuppa with a Copper - Weds 8 May, 11am to noon, at A&N Brothers Café?croydoncc.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/sou… with South Croydon Police

And we’re 8! Rewinding through 411 features since we started, back on 5 May 2016. Time flies chatting about all things cultural, quirky and cool in our hometown. 🤩🎂 A huge thanks to all our readers, followers, writers, collaborators, interviewees & friends on our birthday 🥳🙏

Can’t believe it’s 8 years since Angela Martin and I started the Croydonist 🤩🙌👇

In this week’s feature we review the excellent screening and Q&A we attended last week at David Lean Cinema where we heard director Andrew Haigh talk about his Croydon-based film #allofusstrangers with Joanna Scanlan and Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw 🎥 croydonist.co.uk/andrew-haigh/

We have an amazing independent cinema in the heart of Croydon 🤩👇David Lean Cinema

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In this week’s feature we review the excellent screening and Q&A we attended last week at David Lean Cinema where we heard director Andrew Haigh talk about his Croydon-based film #allofusstrangers with Joanna Scanlan and Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw 🎥 croydonist.co.uk/andrew-haigh/

We’re hosting a short city Photowalk & presentation by 2 LofC members, ChristopherHopeFitch & London In 360.

The event is open to anyone with an interest in photography, irrespective of experience/kit (phone works).

Signup: bit.ly/LofC

📢📢 Thrilled to announce that the Routes to Roots - A South Asian Heritage Project Exhibition by Maya Productions has been extended until 31 May! 🎉
museumofcroydon.com/routes-to-roots
🆓 Free entry!
🗓️Weds & Fris 11am-4pm
📍Museum of Croydon Exhibition Gallery, ground floor

Our April newsletter is out 👉 Read about Shaniqua Benjamin’s final Poet Laureate project, guest reviews of Cro Cro Land, and Park Hill’s new community event, as well as a chat with Maya Productions’ Suzanne Gorman. 💌
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Our April newsletter is out 👉 Read about Shaniqua Benjamin’s final Poet Laureate project, guest reviews of Cro Cro Land, and Park Hill’s new community event, as well as a chat with Maya Productions’ Suzanne Gorman. 💌
Subscribe to future editions 👉  eepurl.com/djdJ81

'Dogviolet played beautifully melodic songs, with a wonderful psychedelic/grungy sound; and Whitelands provided a wonderfully introspective shoe-gazing set. I think they are both destined for bigger things.'

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Well done on another wonderful festival CroCroLand

This week guest writer Richard Stableford reviews CroCroLand festival which we ran at the lovely Stanley Arts earlier this month (incase you didn’t know 🤩) 👉
croydonist.co.uk/crocroland24-r…

📢📢 Final Day 📢📢

Last chance to see the Routes to Roots Exhibition!!
mayaproductions.co.uk/routes-to-root…

📍Museum of Croydon
📆Today - 26th April
⏰11am - 4pm
🎟️Entry is free!

Made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

#southasian #heritage #croydon #angloindian #routes2routescroydon

#TheList paperback is out today - and I'm very excited that it's been chosen as a Richard and Judy bookclub pick with WHSmith 🎉💪🏾

Looking forward to a whole different audience meeting Michael and Ola! Available now 👇🏾

whsmith.co.uk/products/the-l…