Around Dulwich – May news!

Around Dulwich – May news!

My BABY (he’s almost 10) has gone away on a residential school trip to swing on ropes and learn to canoe! We have followed the packing list to the letter, but – if his previous trip is anything to go by – most of the ‘essential’ items will no doubt return neatly...
East Dulwich Craft Shop Celebrates National Award

East Dulwich Craft Shop Celebrates National Award

Local haberdashery Really Maria on Lordship Lane has been named Highly Commended Independent Craft Retailer of the Year at a recent ceremony held at the NEC in Birmingham. The awards, organised by Craft Business magazine, are the biggest and most respected in the...
Walking For Jimmy

Walking For Jimmy

The charity, For Jimmy, has opened registration for its biggest fundraising event of the year, walking across 21 of London’s bridges on 25th May 2019. The charity For Jimmy, set up after the murder of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen in 2008, began the 21 Bridges walk back in...
SE22 Councillor Jon Hartley

SE22 Councillor Jon Hartley

By Jon Hartley, Dulwich Hill Ward At the most recent Dulwich Community Council meeting, my fellow Dulwich Hill Councillor Maggie Browning and I were able to assign funding to local projects via the Cleaner Greener Safer fund, Neighbourhood Fund and Highways Capital...
Education news: Computer Whizz Kids

Education news: Computer Whizz Kids

Robert Payne, teacher of ICT at Alleyn’s, on how to bring on our child’s knowledge of ICT. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” (Benjamin Franklin) Knowledge and experience of using computer systems is important in an ever-changing...