Editing Sidcup (section)

== Culture, identity and community ==
[[File:Northwest Facing View along Faraday Avenue, Sidcup.jpg|thumb|right|Buildings along Faraday Avenue, reflecting a mix of high-rise and low-rise buildings in the area around Sidcup railway station. In the background is the 14-storey [[Marlowe House]], a [[Metropolitan Police]] administration building housing  their [[Metropolitan Police Museum|Museum]] and [[Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection|Historic Vehicle Collection]].]]
Sidcup is home to the [[Rose Bruford College]] of drama and [[Bird College]], both of which have several famous alumni, and the Sidcup Symphony Orchestra,<ref name=sso>{{cite web | title = Sidcup Symphony Orchestra | url = http://www.sidcupsymphony.org.uk/ | access-date = 24 August 2015 }}</ref> which also serves the wider South East London area. In an interview with [[Lake Bell]] (who studied at Rose Bruford College) in 2015, comedian [[James Corden]] described Sidcup as "the armpit of England" on his late night American chat show ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]''.<ref name="corden">{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Jess|title='It's not the armpit, but it's close': James Corden trashes Sidcup on chat show|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13620634._It_s_not_the_armpit__but_it_s_close___James_Corden_trashes_Sidcup_on_chat_show/|access-date=11 June 2017|work=News Shopper|date=22 August 2015}}</ref>

The murder of teenager [[Rob Knox]] at the Metro Bar on Station Road in 2008 was national headline news. Knox was an aspiring actor who had, just before his death, filmed a small part in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. He was killed protecting his brother from a group of youths.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Lusher | first1 = Adam | last2 = Sawer | first2 = Patrick | date = 24 May 2008 | title = Harry Potter actor Robert Knox stabbed to death protecting his younger brother | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2022742/Harry-Potter-actor-Robert-Knox-stabbed-to-death-protecting-his-younger-brother.html | website = telegraph.co.uk | access-date = 24 August 2015 }}</ref> His murderer, Karl Bishop, also from Sidcup, was later found guilty of murder and sentenced.<ref>{{cite news | title = Man guilty of Potter actor murder | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7912105.stm | website = BBC News | date = 4 March 2009 | access-date = 24 August 2015 }}</ref> Following Knox's death, his family have campaigned to end [[knife legislation|knife crime]] among young people.<ref>{{cite web | last = Christie | first = Sam | date = 12 June 2013 | title = Mum of Sidcup knife victim Rob Knox 'not surprised' by high weapon crime in Dartford | url = http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10480332.Mum_of_Sidcup_knife_victim_Rob_Knox__not_surprised__by_high_weapon_crime_in_Dartford/ | website = newsshopper.co.uk | access-date = 24 August 2015 }}</ref> The Rob Knox Foundation has organised a Rob Knox Film Festival in Sidcup and the neighbouring town of [[Bexleyheath]], and a bench was dedicated to Knox at St John's Church in Sidcup in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | last = Griffiths | first = Josie | date = 15 August 2015 | title = Church bench tribute to murdered Harry Potter actor, Sidcup's Rob Knox | url = http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13599637.Church_bench_tribute_to_murdered_Harry_Potter_actor/ | website = newsshopper.co.uk | access-date = 24 August 2015 }}</ref>