Why do Croydonians still commute to work?
Every year, 22 million people enter and exit the East Croydon station (that’s over 70,000 daily) and this number is set to grow as more and more people make the welcome decision to move to London’s...
View ArticleHow Croydon businesses can get LinkedIn in 2018
The last time I wrote about LinkedIn it centred on the topic of death – today I want to talk about LinkedIn from a less morbid perspective: how Croydon’s professionals, entrepreneurs and freelancers...
View ArticleWhat the M25 Cat Killer teaches us about the value of human life
For the past three years, police have been on the hunt for a man allegedly responsible for the death and mutilation of hundreds of cats in Croydon and surrounding areas. The story resurfaced in...
View ArticleWe’ve got coffee shops, work spaces, and galleries galore, here’s what...
Six years ago, Croydon was in a state of economic and cultural stasis. In 2018, that has all changed. Croydon now stands as London’s coolest borough. It is the ‘Street art capital of London’, and the...
View ArticleThe Croydon Conservatives’ voluntary tax proposals are an appeal to a better...
In advance of this year’s council elections, the Croydon Conservatives have proposed introducing a voluntary tax for those living in Band H homes to pay to support the borough’s homeless. Voluntary...
View ArticleSex, lies and online affairs: why Croydon is the adultery capital of London
An interesting and desperately sad article in the Croydon Advertiser last month revealed that over 18,000 Croydonians are currently signed up to Illicit Encounters, a self-described ‘discreet and...
View ArticleMyPTCycle: the new centre of power for Croydon’s movers, shakers and spinners
Deep in the recesses of St George’s Walk, a little bit up from the cool stylings of RISEgallery and a little bit down from benches where the skaters hang out is MyPTCyle: an indoor spin-class studio....
View ArticleThe Croydon Conversations: who wants to help to make Croydon a home for...
Socrates once allegedly said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Some people are content with an unexamined life; one that is not much more complicated than catching up on Netflix series,...
View ArticleCroydonites Festival 2018 review: Gill Manly’s Radio Apocalypse
On the face of it, it didn’t bode well that Radio Apocalypse – a show based on the end of the world being ushered in by a Trump presidency – opened on the night that leaders of South and North Korea...
View ArticleFour more reasons why you should write for the Croydon Citizen
The Croydon Citizen‘s new production editor, Cassie Whittell, recently gave her thoughts as to why Croydonians should write for this website. In it, she makes it clear that writing for the Croydon...
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