Monthly Archives: November 2022

Croydon Council has declared itself ‘bankrupt yet again despite the support of the Government and the this year’s cuts budget. There has been a wide range of media coverage about it. inc. BBC. The Guardian, My London,  Evening Standard, South … Continue reading →

Contents: Overview, Events, Creating Beautiful Gardens Across Croydon, Law Centre Action Against Poor Housing Conditions, Sarah Jones On The Autumn Statement, Miscellaneous, Planning Advisory Service Report, Funding Opportunities Overview Croydon’s fiasco over the Penn report is featured in the latest … Continue reading →

Wednesday 16 November. 6-7pmm. Swimming with the Tide: the story of Battersea’s Lost Baths In this online talk local historian Sue Demont tells how in the 1900s Battersea boasted some of the finest municipal swimming baths in  England, including the … Continue reading →

Tuesday 15 November. 5-6.15pm. Trussonomics and After Independent Working Class Education invites you to contribute to “What’s behind ‘Truss-economics’? What is really going on?”Presenters: Dr Martin Allen “Running the economy like a household’ ! How do we challenge Neo-liberal thinking on budgets, borrowing and ‘economic competence? … Continue reading →

‘Breathtaking both for its scope and the audacity of its cinematic experiments.’ Mike Lee. ‘Exhilarating camera movements…luscious black-and-white cinematography.’ Chicago Reader.‘Deliriously beautiful.’ New York Times.‘Absolute film history.’ Paul Schrader, director. Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) took two years to make, but this joint Soviet-Cuban epic on … Continue reading →

Contents: Events, Beulah Ainley, The Poppy Story, Miscellaneous, Valuing The Lives of the Elderly Saturdays 12 & 19 November 11am-2.45pm. A Lightbulb idea: Lewis Latimer’s Scientific Breakthroughs. Black Cultural Archives Saturday 12 November 2022. 2-5pm. Essex Labour History Event Talks on … Continue reading →