Luna Carmoon’s luminous Lewisham
BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Luna Carmoon explains Lewisham roots, hyperreal dreamscapes, and making films you can smell.
Young people
Lewisham Library re-opening delayed another year
Why has the council's troubled refurbishment project been repeatedly delayed?
'It was a lifeline': LGBTQ+ charity Metro closes with fears for young service users
In a funding environment increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ communities, Metro closed its doors, with a loss of around 64 jobs.
Youth Lates: £30m investment to reverse 'catastrophic' youth club closures
City Hall announced funding for at least one late-night youth club in every London borough, offering young Londoners 'somewhere safe to go'.
Lewisham council and UCKG: survivor's complaint dismissed, but safeguarding concerns remain
The investigation found that mayor Brenda Dacres and councillor Kim Powell had not breached the council code of conduct, but survivors say safeguarding concerns about the council's dealings with UCKG are 'unresolved'.
'Environmental racism': council approves rubber crumb football pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham
Local GP and Public Health expert Jacky McLeod objected to the plan saying 'putting this kind of thing in an area, which in other areas would have been rejected' is environmental racism, but councillors overruled GP and community concerns.
Child-unfriendly? Fewer children every year in Lewisham and across London
In Lewisham and across London the number of primary school-age children is plummeting, and the London mayor was told to adjust policies to make the capital more child-friendly.