Heard some familiar sounds in Eltham High Street recently? 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN has been talking to the man playing them… The chances of coming across a Portuguese guitarist playing in Eltham High Street, just outside Clinton’s, and asking him politely if he knows any Bert Jansch, only for him […]
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Mercury Man: Meet the Eltham author telling a forgotten war story
853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN meets the SE London author behind an acclaimed war story with a difference… Ain’t it great when a writer unearths a true and important story that might otherwise have gone totally AWOL? A writer like Wendy Moore and a true story like Endell Street. It’s Wendy’s fifth book and it’s […]
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Mercury Man: Finding cricket’s new generation in Hervey Road
Been switched on to cricket by The Hundred? 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN returns with the man who’s helping children from across Greenwich and Lewisham get to grips on the crease. I don’t like cricket. I love it. Especially compared to that game where all sorts of dastardly foul play are […]
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Mercury Man: From Deptford High Street to the mayor of Wells
Local journalism isn’t normally the way to fame and fortune – but one hack from SE London’s long-gone local paper has made it big in the West Country. 853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN caught up with an old friend… Taxi outside. Zooming to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, about me knees. Not sure if I’m under […]
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Mercury Man: Telling the story of Uncle Bob and the First World War
853‘s special correspondent, MERCURY MAN, is back with a family history story from the trenches of wartime France. Contacts is the name of the game. You find ‘em, you write ‘em up and you put ‘em – you’ve guessed it – in your contacts book. Which, more often than not, is little and black. Take […]
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From Shooters Hill to the United Nations: A musician’s pandemic journey
You’d better put the kettle on for tea and toast before I launch into this one about an incredibly bright young spark from Shooters Hill who, among many other things, is helping the United Nations celebrate its 75th birthday in October. Right, if you’re comfy, I’ll begin. Tom Powell, a 25-year-old creative powerhouse from the […]
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From Mbuji-Mayi to Lewisham: The wrestler and film star driving a minicab
Greetings, grapple fans! 853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN is back with a traditional bank holiday wrestling special – from the back of a minicab, with a bit of Hollywood glamour thrown in… The odd Uber for me these days – organised by MercBoys 1 & 2 – after me knees went missing. I look a […]
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Mercury Man: Brewery’s free beer to cheer up cheesed-off bin crews
Lager than life as usual, 853’s special correspondent MERCURY MAN joins residents and a local brewery in cheering The Brilliant Binnies… Let’s hear it for unsung heroes of the lockdown, the binmen and women who cheerfully do the job that few of us would ever fancy. All across south east London, residents have been shouting […]
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