KEN TOWL delved into the little-known world of local literary societies, the ‘Lits’, where talk is cheap and at least the fruitcakes promise ‘no nuts’ I have discovered a hidden world, a world that exists in the shadows, a world …Continue reading→

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Two Croydon schools have been announced among 250 that are to benefit from having solar panels fitted to their roofs under a scheme run by Great British Energy. The funding from Great British Energy and the government should enable millions …Continue reading→

There’s a new restaurant coming to Upper Norwood next week – and Inside Croydon readers who want to get in early can get half-price mains dishes to try out the new Orleans Smokehouse on Beulah Hill. The restaurant (what used …Continue reading→

Amid all the regeneration works taking place within the Grade II*-listed Crystal Palace Park, there’s also a busy schedule of events coming up, including Christmas wreath-making, a charity fun run and an arts and crafts fair in the award-winning Subway …Continue reading→

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Residents in Upper Norwood staged a protest this week to demand urgent action from Mayor Jason Perry and Croydon Council to tackle dangerous speeding on their road, where police have confirmed some cars are driven at almost three times the …Continue reading→

After almost 20 years, the Crystal Palace Festival is no more. The largely volunteer-led summer festival of music, comedy and arts, was first staged in 2006, by traders in the Upper Norwood Triangle. At its peak, thousands would attend various …Continue reading→

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The 2025 Labour Party Conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday. Here, our columnist, ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, the party’s former director of policy, assesses the state of Labour little more than a year into Keir Starmer’s government. And he takes …Continue reading→

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POLITICAL SKETCH: Ever been invited to a party when you’ve been expected to pay for your food? Or a launch event which is set up so you can neither see nor hear clearly the speakers on stage? KEN TOWL has, …Continue reading→

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CROYDON IN CRISIS: First, they failed to hold a public consultation over the ending of school street patrols. Then, they failed to inform the affected schools. Now, following an investigation by this website, it is confirmed that the council deliberately …Continue reading→

EXCLUSIVE: Here are the six road safety assessment reports that Croydon Council lied about, and then tried to withhold from the public After breaking the news that Croydon Council was to axe six primary school road safety patrols – “lollipop …Continue reading→

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Our Croydon Insider podcast is exclusive premium content for our paying subscribers. On our panel this month are Anna Arthur, director of The Croydonites Festival, now in its 10th year, Darryl Chamberlain, the Editor of the Greenwich Wire news website, …Continue reading→

Jonathan Main, for more than a quarter of a century a force behind one of Crystal Palace’s favourite shops, Bookseller Crow on Westow Street, died yesterday morning after a brief illness. Bookseller Crow was voted “Bookshop Heroes” in 2020 in …Continue reading→

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Croydon’s £84,000 per year Mayor is ignoring parents and pushing through cuts on road safety patrols for little children to make a saving of £58,000 Whatever the “review” was that Jason Perry’s council …Continue reading→

Uncharacteristic ‘openness’ from the Labour Party exposes their latest sham selection process, with candidates for next year’s local elections being named without grassroots members in most wards getting any say at all. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The fix is in. …Continue reading→

Six of Labour’s 34 sitting councillors have been deemed not good enough to be candidates for the party at the 2026 local elections – including a council shadow cabinet member and a 2024 parliamentary candidate. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political …Continue reading→