# lewisham (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lewisham. Page: Feed: --- ## [Stitching the unsayable: artist Tegan Piper on exhibiting her underwear](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/07/stitching-the-unsayable-interview-with-artist-tegan-piper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stitching-the-unsayable-interview-with-artist-tegan-piper) _2026-07-15 · Beatrice Wolfenden · Eastlondonlines_ Textiles haven’t exactly escaped their cultural baggage. Stitching still carries labels like “domestic”, “decorative”, or “women’s work”, and Tegan Piper is keenly aware of how that shapes the reception of her pieces. She’s discovered that the medium itself seems to trigger assumptions, not just about the work, but about her. “When I first started, I didn’t think it would be as controversial as it… ## [Beyond the bass: inside London’s underground rave culture](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/07/beyond-the-bass-inside-londons-underground-rave-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-the-bass-inside-londons-underground-rave-culture) _2026-07-14 · Shen Hau · Eastlondonlines_ The bass arrives before the music fully takes shape, travelling through the concrete floor of an underground warehouse, rising through the soles of your shoes before the melody properly lands. For a few hours, the outside world begins to fade, and the urgency of real-world responsibilities slip away. Rave culture has never quite shaken off its enduring reputation. Drug use and recklessness have… ## [Man who threatened to kill Jews to be sentenced](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/man-who-threatened-to-kill-jews-to-be-sentenced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-who-threatened-to-kill-jews-to-be-sentenced) _2026-05-21 · Yassmine Tabka · Eastlondonlines_ A man who shouted death threats at a synagogue manager and some members of the Jewish community in north London will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, May 22. Tavius Jean Charles, 36, from Hackney in east London, pleaded guilty last month to eight offences against six victims of religiously aggravated threatening behaviour and religiously aggravated criminal damage. The offences… ## [Africa for a day: Pop up market to ‘transform’ heart of East End](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/africa-for-a-day-pop-up-market-to-transform-heart-of-east-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=africa-for-a-day-pop-up-market-to-transform-heart-of-east-end) _2026-05-20 · Yassmine Tabka · Eastlondonlines_ A workshop on suya, the nutty dry spice rub originally from Nigeria. Menswear from Rwanda. A live Afrobeats performance. An Africa-inspired shopping experience with a side order of cultural offerings returns to London’s Spitalfields Market on Monday, May 25, at the end of the long bank holiday weekend. Pop Up Africa, a London-based events organisation founded in 2013, says the Spitalfields event… ## [Calls for an inquiry as Polanski says ‘sorry’ for failing to pay council tax](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/green-leader-zack-polanski-says-sorry-for-failing-to-pay-council-tax-amid-calls-for-inquiry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-leader-zack-polanski-says-sorry-for-failing-to-pay-council-tax-amid-calls-for-inquiry) _2026-05-12 · Yassmine Tabka · Eastlondonlines_ Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said ‘sorry’ for failing to pay the correct council tax while living on a houseboat in east London, amid calls for an investigation into his conduct as an elected member of the London Assembly. Polanski had previously told The Times that he lived on the houseboat only “occasionally” but an advertisement for its sale last week by his partner said the boat had… ## [Man charged with arson following Whitechapel synagogue fire](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/two-arrested-over-anti-terrorism-investigation-into-whitechapel-synagogue-fire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-arrested-over-anti-terrorism-investigation-into-whitechapel-synagogue-fire) _2026-05-11 · Yassmine Tabka · Eastlondonlines_ A 45-year-old man has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life in connection to the attack at a former synagogue in the East End on May 5. Moses Edwards, from Wanstead, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody until a further hearing next month. The fire at the East London Central Synagogue building in Whitechapel was deliberately lit at 5:16 BST… ## [Local elections: Conservatives cling on in Croydon as Perry remains mayor](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/local-elections-conservatives-cling-to-power-in-croydon-and-mayor-jason-perry-is-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-elections-conservatives-cling-to-power-in-croydon-and-mayor-jason-perry-is-back) _2026-05-11 · ELL Admin · Eastlondonlines_ Jason Perry has scraped through to a second mayoral term on a council where no party holds a majority. Kasper McLeish reports: Croydon council will remain under no overall control after both Labour and the Conservatives failed to win a majority in the May 7 local election. Labour and the Labour and Co-operative Party won 30 seats together, down four from 2022. The Conservatives got 28 seats after… ## [Local elections: Two ELL boroughs go Green decisively to end legacy Labour rule; Rahman and Perry return](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/local-elections-2026-ell-boroughs-vote-decisively-to-end-legacy-labour-rule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-elections-2026-ell-boroughs-vote-decisively-to-end-legacy-labour-rule) _2026-05-11 · Meena Iyer · Eastlondonlines_ In the crucial local elections, two EastLondonLines boroughs have voted to cut traditional ties with Labour, shaking up a system that has long dominated the capitol, even as a clear difference was revealed between London’s choices and the rest of England. With Hackney and Lewisham becoming two of the three London councils wrested by the Green Party from years of Labour control, this year’s local… ## [Local elections: Greens sweep Labour from power in Hackney](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/local-elections-greens-sweep-labour-from-power-in-hackney/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-elections-greens-sweep-labour-from-power-in-hackney) _2026-05-11 · ELL Admin · Eastlondonlines_ A Labour stronghold for nearly a quarter century, Hackney has flipped to the Greens. Kasper McLeish reports The Green Party has taken control of Hackney Council in a landslide win that saw Labour ousted from the borough for the first time in 24 years. The Hackney Greens now hold 42 of the borough’s 57 seats, while Labour has dropped from 50 councillors to just nine. The Greens went into the May 7… ## [Local elections: Rahman triumphs again in Tower Hamlets](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/local-elections-lutfur-rahman-triumphs-again-in-tower-hamlets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-elections-lutfur-rahman-triumphs-again-in-tower-hamlets) _2026-05-11 · Yassmine Tabka · Eastlondonlines_ As both Greens and Reform gained power across London, Tower Hamlets remained an outlier with control retained by Luftur Rahman and his Aspire Party. Yassmine Tabka reports Lutfur Rahman has secured another term as the executive mayor of Tower Hamlets and led his Aspire party to an overall majority in a clear sign of the independent party’s hold on the council. Rahman retained the mayoralty with… ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2pUZwoDLxmGc) _2026-05-11 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [The Line: Special Local Election Edition 2026](https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2026/05/on-the-line-special-local-election-edition-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-line-special-local-election-edition-2026) _2026-05-07 · Meena Iyer · Podcasts – Eastlondonlines_ ELL Audio · On The Line: Local Election Special Edition 2026 Producer, Journalist, and Editor: Meena Iyer Time Stamps: 0:00 – Intro 0:30 – Interviews with local Lewisham residents 3:48 – Information for the election 4:09 – Interview with Patrick Diamond 14:50 – What is it like to be a local Lewisham candidate? 20:10 – Outro Today, elections are happening across the East London Line (ELL) boroughs,…