The Croydon Citizen

Review: Mark Thomas: 100 Acts Of Minor Dissent (Matthews Yard)

Tom Black — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:35 +0000

Tom Black spends an hour in the company of the most charismatic revolutionary this side of Havana

Mark Thomas wants to change the world. In case that wasn’t obvious from his interview last week, his new show will make it perfectly clear.

Unlike so many who want to change the world, however, Thomas actually does something about it. Utilising all the tools available to ... Read More »

Going Green with Grace

Liz Sheppard-Jones — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:55 +0000

In the second in her series of interviews with people making a difference in Croydon, Liz Sheppard-Jones talks to Old Town resident and eco-champion Grace Onions

Back in 2005, you couldn’t recycle a battery in Croydon. As a mum with two pre-schoolers, I felt I should try my best for the environment, but how? Then a school-gate conversation produced a lead. There’s a lady round ... Read More »

Why politicians can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

Bieneosa Ebite — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:27 +0000

Gavin Barwell’s words do not match his actions, writes Bieneosa Ebite

On 16th April 2012, the House of Commons voted in favour of repealing Section 3 of the Equality Act. I, for one, was disturbed by this news.

Far from being an arbitrary mission statement, Section 3 of the Equality Act (otherwise known as the General Equality Duty) underpins our equality law. ... Read More »

In Limbo

James Naylor — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:39 +0000

Croydon = Purgatory. Predictable gag-premise or an unusually profound statement? James Naylor went to watch Limbo to find out

It’s hard enough trying to review a film that’s not even half-finished. Only 12 minutes of Limbo exist so far (part of the purpose of the screening I attended was to raise awareness and find finance for a completed film) and those minutes are ... Read More »

Computer Programmers Don’t Just Write Games!

Tara Green — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:17 +0000

Tara Green reports from the frontlines of Code Club’s war on technophobia and obsolescence – Croydon’s primary schools

The 7 and 8 year old children of our borough are cross. In true digital-native style, these children are feeling a bit left out because Croydon Code Club is not for them. The volunteer-lead action group is working very hard to get a computer-programming after school club into every ... Read More »

Theatre Review: Miss Julie (Fairfield Halls)

Tom Black — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:49 +0000

The wreckage from an explosion of class, sex, and history spills from this tense Swedish drama

Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls Time from East Croydon 5 minutes

Miss Julie sees an aristocratic daughter flaunt her social status over two of her servants one night in 1899. When her teasing leads to sex with the valet, the relationships between the characters – and the rules ... Read More »

#Croydon #TechCity startup @Makerble win £100,000 in match-funding

Jonny Rose — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:31:02 +0000

The team behind Makerble - the world’s first crowd-funding platform to apply gamification to charities’ impact statistics – has received £100,000 in match-funding from UnLtd, a social venture funding consortium.

Matt Kepple (pictured above), founded Makerble in 2012, and is working alongside Liam Reynolds, who was formerly involved in devising the growth strategy for Tesco Clubcard. Previously, Kepple has been the driving force behind social enterprise MakeWorldwide.

In a fortnight that has already ... Read More »

The concerning rise of French Situationism in Thornton Heath

Jonny Rose — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:54 +0000

Is the north of the borough becoming a breeding ground for cultural Marxists?

By now, many of you will be familiar with this viral video of a man and his female consort enjoying an evening meal together in the middle of Whitehorse Road in Thornton Heath.

Apparently oblivious to the underlying political message of this contrived spectacle, the video has provoked derision ... Read More »

Croydon Fairtrade Network

Andrew Dickinson — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:40 +0000

Fairtrade has been doing sterling work in (and for) Croydon. 18th May is an opportunity to recognise that

It will have escaped the notice of many residents, as it has done for the last ten years, but on Monday 22nd April Croydon council agreed to pass a resolution to continue supporting Fairtrade in the borough and therefore to renew our Fairtrade status for another ... Read More »

Why I Stand Up For Labour

Crispin Flintoff — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:42 +0000

Too many people are sitting at home screaming at the news or getting het up on Twitter. Stand Up For Labour gives people a chance to have a laugh and see for themselves that they are not alone in opposition to the government

In 2010 I was just another comedian performing at all the worst comedy venues in London, working my way from 10 minutes ... Read More »