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We’re glad all over! The Croydon Insider looks back on Leipzig
The Croydon Insider returns to its more eclectic look at recent local news, with a visit from the website’s football correspondent to share his experience of travelling to Leipzig for the European Conference League final. Plus, the panel discusses how … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Andrew Sinclair, Annabel Smith, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Old Palace, Schools, SEND, Tom Bowell, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Annabel Smith, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Ken Towl, Leipzig, Oliver Glasner, SEND, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Steve Parish, The Croydon Insider, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School, Yusuf Osman
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Our news podcast looks at bins, cold cases, LTNs and Reform
The new episode of The Croydon Insider, our regular round-table, news panel discussion podcast thingy, looks at recent events in Croydon, including the Reform party’s rally at the Fairfield Halls, where they revealed their candidate for Croydon Mayor – and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Community associations, Croydon Insider, Fairfield Halls, Fly tipping, Inside Croydon, Litter Free Norbury, Nadia Azizuddin, Neil Bennett, Refuse collection, Tony Hooker, Under The Flyover, Veolia
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Lanfranc air disaster, Litter Free Norbury, Nadia Azizuddin, Neil Bennett, Nigel Farage, Norbury, Reform, The Croydon Insider, The Lanfranc Boys, Tony Hooker, Tory, Under The Flyover, Veolia
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Exclusive interview with David Lean Cinema’s Joanna Scanlan
Sanderstead’s BAFTA award-winning actor Joanna Scanlan, fresh from her BBC drama success Riot Women, visited Inside Croydon’s virtual studio Under The Flyover this week to talk all things Croydon arts, including her significant part as patron of the David Lean … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Inside Croydon, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged After Love, Croydon, Croydonites Festival, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Getting On, Inside Croydon, Joanna Scanlan, Riot Women, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Stanley Arts, The Larkins, The Thick Of It, Under The Flyover
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Podcast: LibDem candidate says he’d clear-out council execs
EXCLUSIVE: Our Croydon Insider podcast, exclusive premium content for our paying subscribers, this month went behind the headlines to look at the scandal of agency payments at the cash-strapped council, where they are paying more than £700 per hour for … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Coulsdon, Croydon Insider, Elaine Jackson, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Marie Snelling, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Howard, Under The Flyover
Tagged Animal Farm, Anya Destiney, Commissioners, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Johnny Dobbyn, Katherine Kerswell, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Major Richard Howard, Mayor Jason Perry, Oumesh Sauba, Richard Howard, Under The Flyover
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Podcast: Kevin Day talks UEFA, Simon Jordan and Uncle Reg
Comedian, scriptwriter, author and all-round good bloke Kevin Day, pictured left, returns to our Under The Flyover podcast to explain and discuss the clear miscarriage that his club, Crystal Palace, has suffered at the hands of UEFA, and what they … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, John Textor, Sport, Steve Parish, Under The Flyover, Woody Johnson
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, Europa League, Kevin Day, Podcast, Simon Jordan, Spike Milligan, Steve Parish, UEFA, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Europa League, Under The Flyover
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London is a success. That’s why the right really hates our city
Earlier this month, in a corruscating piece of writing, Ian Dunt, author and columnist for The i Paper, tried to explain the phenomenon of right-wing politicians – including Croydon South MP Chris Philp – and commentators who have taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Ian Dunt, immigration, Podcast, racism, Reform UK, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The i Paper, Tory, Under The Flyover
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Austerity has been a ‘false economy’ says economics professor
In our latest Andrew Fisher Interview, our columnist discusses Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review with Jo Michell, Professor of Economics at the University of the West of England in Bristol Given the news around Croydon Council over the past few … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, austerity, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, Government Spending Review, Jo Michell, Labour, Labour Government, Podcast, Professor Jo Michell, Rachel Reeves, Spending Review, Spotify, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, University of the West of England
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‘It has to be’: Westfield scheme needs millions of public money
UNDER THE FLYOVER: In our latest podcast interview, housing specialist Fiona Fletcher-Smith, now the volunteer chair of the Whitgift Foundation’s governors, discusses the housing crisis, the closure of Old Palace School, what’s happening with the long-promised ‘kiosks’ in the Allders … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Charity, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Housing, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan, Under The Flyover, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Court of Governors, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, GLA, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Roisha Hughes, Under The Flyover, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Hurley’s Bowie-inspired one-woman show is coming home
Katie Hurley’s hit show from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe is finally coming home. The co-producer of the annual Croydonites Festival wrote and starred in her one-woman show at the world’s biggest fringe festival last summer, where You’re So F**king Croydon! … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Inside Croydon, Raye, Stanley Halls, Theatre, Under The Flyover
Tagged #SoEffingCroydon, Croydon College, Croydon College of Art, Croydonites, David Bowie, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Katie Hurley, So Fucking Croydon, Stanley Halls, Under The Flyover, You're So F**king Croydon
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The Andrew Fisher Interview: cuts are ‘a life or death issue’
With an estimated one million people facing having their benefits reduced by Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves in an announcement expected next week, our latest Andrew Fisher Interview meets disability rights campaigner Ellen Clifford to talk about what she calls ‘a … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Department for Work and Pensions, Disabled People Against the Cuts, DPAC, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Labour, Labour Government, Podcast, Rachel Reeves, Spotify, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
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Fixing the finances: join the discussion with our podcast panel
In-depth and informed, this latest episode of The Croydon Insider looks back on a week of meetings at the Town Hall where residents’ Council Tax was hiked again and the council sought another government bail-out, this time £136million. Joining our … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Under The Flyover
Tagged Cllr Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Patreon, Podcast, Spotify, The Croydon Insider, Under The Flyover
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In-depth and informed: our podcast questions the councillor
Just how does Croydon’s cash-strapped council function? Is Westfield deliberately driving traders out of the Whitgift Centre? Why won’t Mayor Perry allow some councillors to speak at council meetings? Which Newman Numpty is today the chair of a key council … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Cockneys of Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Fairfield, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cockneys of Croydon, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Lee Townsend, Mayor Jason Perry, Oumesh Sauba, Ria Patel, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Croydon Insider, The Green Party, Tory, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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It’s pod-tastic! Croydon Insider looks at 2024’s biggest stories
The Croydon Insider is back, with the latest episode of our news discussion panel podcast thingy… And the last pod-tastic episode of 2024 looks back on the Croydon news of the past 12 months in the company of former BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Crystal Palace, Have I Got Croydon News For You, Have I Got News For You, Murders, Neil Bennett, New Addington, Podcast, Roy Hodgson, Sanjana Idnani, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Podcast: What Donald Trump’s election win might mean for us
Inflation x Incumbency = political death Inflation x Incumbency x Immigration = political catastrophe, particularly for the Left That’s the devastating equation to take away from the elections in America, according to the latest expert guest on our new podcast … Continue reading
Something for the weekend – our latest news panel podcast
Here’s our latest Croydon Insider news podcast, a politician-free zone where a panel of Croydon figures delve into the news that really matters to you. Our guests for our November episode are David Morgan, Croydon Minster archivist and author of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydonites Festival, Garwood Foundation, Inside Croydon, Schools, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Under The Flyover, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Anna Arthur, Brian Finegan, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, David Morgan, Dr Ross White, Garwood Foundation, Hammersfield, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, The Croydon Insider, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Oxford professor explains Budget in Andrew Fisher Interview
“The austerity period that started in 2010 was a first-year undergraduate mistake.” That’s the view of Oxford economics professor Simon Wren-Lewis in the first of a new podcast strand from Under The Flyover, The Andrew Fisher Interview, available exclusively to paying … Continue reading
Views behind the news headlines with the Croydon Insider
Have all the country’s politicians lost the ability to say, “No, thank you very much”? That’s just one of the questions considered by our panel guests in this latest, packed edition of the Croydon Insider. Our guests for this episode … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Whitgift Centre
Tagged #FreeGearKeir, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Darryl Chamberlain, Donna Fraser, Ken Towl, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Steve Reed OBE, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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From listed buildings to hurricane relief, riots to the Olympics
Our latest news podcast certainly covers some ground – though maybe not as much as our youngest ever contributor, eight-year-old Naomi Townsend, who this weekend is running to raise money for the victims of the Jamaican hurricane. The Croydon Insider … Continue reading
Hurley rises to David Bowie’s challenge at her Edinburgh show
“It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. “It represented everything I didn’t want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from. “I think it’s the most derogatory thing I can say about somebody or … Continue reading
Latest podcast on town centre, Rivers Week and the election
Our latest episode of The Croydon Insider, the news podcast exclusively for paid subscribers to Inside Croydon is now available to download from Patreon or Spotify. Our guests this episode are Oumesh Sauba and Paul Ainscough. Oumesh uses the programme … Continue reading
It’s magic! Britain’s Got Talent’s Trixy appears on our podcast
From the trick with Simon Cowell’s cherished first car, to making Peter Andre appear from a pack of life-sized human playing cards, Trixy was one of the sensations of this year’s series of Britain’s Got Talent. In our latest Under … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Inside Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged Ant and Dec, Britain's Got Talent, Magic, Magician Trixy, Podcast, Simon Cowell, Spotify, Trixy, Under The Flyover
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20% off Wolmar’s D-Day history book – signed and delivered
For our latest Under The Flyover podcast, our guest is author and transport expert Christian Wolmar. And not only do our listeners and readers get this premium content, but if they listen all the way to the end, they also … Continue reading
FREE: Our podcast answers the important election questions
Why vote? That is a question for many of us ahead of the July 4 General Election. In our latest, special episode of the Croydon Insider podcast, a panel of experts tries to answer some of the questions put to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon Insider, Croydon South, Croydon West, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Neil Chamroo, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, The Croydon Insider, Tory, Under The Flyover, Why Vote?
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Special offer this month: free access to the Croydon Insider
The Croydon Insider, our monthly news podcast that delves behind the headlines, is available FREE to all reader this month, as a special, unrepeatable offer. Our podcast is premium content that is usually only available to paid-up subscribers, who pay … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington North, New Addington South, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, ULEZ expansion, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 London elections, 25th Purley Scouts, Artist Taxi Driver, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London, London Elections, London elections 2024, Mayor, Patreon, Podcasts, Purley, Spotify, Stormzy, The Croydon Insider, Tory, Under The Flyover
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Andrew Haigh on why ‘Strangers’ had to be filmed in Croydon
Our latest, all-star Under The Flyover podcast from Inside Croydon is a recording from a special event staged earlier this week by the David Lean Cinema. All Of Us Strangers is the acclaimed movie from director Andrew Haigh, which was … Continue reading
