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Article: Life beyond Croydon
Apparently there is life beyond Croydon. In journalistic style, taking my life in my hands, I stepped over the borough boundaries to see the following in the last few weeks.
- Belle & Sebastian concert in Trafalgar Square
- Lecture by James Cameron, chaired by HRH Prince Philip at the RSA
- Picnic in Kelsey Park
- Morrissey at the Palladium
- Folk music at the ICA
- Softball in Regent's Park
- Drinks at the Harrow, Farleigh
- Ojos de Brujo at the Barbican
- Compass debate in Westminster
- Japanese restaurant 'Okinawa' in Soho
- Walk and tea & cakes in Penshurst
- Clubbing in Vauxhall
It was all just fabulous. I may leave Croydon again
posted by matcroydon @ 5:29 PM
2 Comments:
Did you see Ojos de Brujo when they played at the Croydon World Party this year?
I really hope your new council doesn't pull the plug on the World Party/Mela.
Yes, it was great, despite the sound issues.
The new Tory Council has indeed decide to cancel the World Party and hold an African Caribbean festival instead, with the Mela continuing. I am not sure what I feel about this. I know I prefer the wider variety of world music that took place at the World Party, plus the environmental fair that was a key part.
Making both days more specific to their communities may perhaps be more isolating, but it is hard to justify ignoring such a major section of Croydon's cultural heritage, in the way that we have ignored the Caribbean community for so long.
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