Editing Camberwell (section)

==Culture==
===Art===
[[File:Portrait of John Ruskin (4671937).jpg|thumb|Wood-engraving of the Victorian art critic and watercolourist [[John Ruskin]] by Henry Sigismund Uhlrich. Ruskin lived in Camberwell for many years]]
Camberwell has several art galleries including [[Camberwell College of Arts]], the [[South London Gallery]] and numerous smaller commercial art spaces. There is an annual Camberwell Arts Festival in the summer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.camberwellarts.org.uk/festival-2018/|title=Camberwell Arts Festival|access-date=10 February 2019|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011651/http://www.camberwellarts.org.uk/festival-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Blue Elephant Theatre]] on Bethwin Road is the only theatre venue in Camberwell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blueelephanttheatre.co.uk|title=Home page – Blue Elephant Theatre|website=blueelephanttheatre.co.uk}}</ref>

A group now known as the YBAs (the Young British Artists) began in Camberwell – in the Millard building of [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths' College]] on Cormont Road. A former training college for women teachers, the Millard was the home of Goldsmiths Fine Art and Textiles department until 1988. It was converted to flats in 1996 and is now known as St Gabriel's Manor.

The core of the later-to-be YBAs, graduated from the Goldsmiths BA Fine Art degree course in the classes of 1987–90. [[Liam Gillick]], [[Fiona Rae]], [[Stephen Park (artist)|Steve Park]] and [[Sarah Lucas]], were graduates in the class of 1987. [[Ian Davenport (artist)|Ian Davenport]], [[Michael Landy]], [[Gary Hume]], [[Anya Gallaccio]], [[Henry Bond]] and [[Angela Bulloch]], were graduates in the class of 1988; [[Damien Hirst]], [[Angus Fairhurst]], [[Mat Collishaw]], [[Simon Patterson (artist)|Simon Patterson]], and [[Abigail Lane]], were graduates from the class of 1989; whilst [[Gillian Wearing]], and [[Sam Taylor-Wood]], were graduates from the class of 1990. During the years 1987–90, the teaching staff on the Goldsmiths BA Fine Art included [[Jon Thompson (artist)|Jon Thompson]], [[Richard Wentworth (artist)|Richard Wentworth]], [[Michael Craig-Martin]], [[Ian Jeffrey]], [[Helen Chadwick]], [[Mark Wallinger]], Judith Cowan and [[Glen Baxter (cartoonist)|Glen Baxter]]. Collishaw has a studio in a pub in Camberwell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hungertv.com/art-culture/feature/art-in-the-east-end-mat-collishaw |title=Art in the East End: Mat Collishaw |work=hungertv.com |date=28 May 2012 |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104015532/http://www.hungertv.com/art-culture/feature/art-in-the-east-end-mat-collishaw/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> as does the sculptor [[Anish Kapoor]].<ref>Architects Journal June 2012 http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/caseyfierro-unwraps-anish-kapoor-studio/8625145.article</ref>

In his memoir ''Lucky Kunst'', artist [[Gregor Muir]], writes: 
::Not yet housed in the university building at New Cross to which it eventually moved in the late 1980s, Goldsmiths was a stone's throw away in Myatts Field on the other side of Camberwell Green. In contrast to Camberwell's Friday night bacchanal, Goldsmith's held its disco on a Tuesday evening with dinner ladies serving drinks, including tea, from a service hatch. This indicated to me that Goldsmiths was deeply uncool.

The building was also the hospital where [[Vera Brittain]] served as a nurse and described in her memoir ''[[Testament of Youth]]''.<ref>Lucky Kunst, ''The Rise and Fall of Young British Art''.  Aurum Press, London 2012, p. 11 {{ISBN|1845133900}}</ref>

===Literature===

[[Thomas Hood]], humorist and author of "[[The Song of the Shirt]]", lived in Camberwell from 1840 for two years; initially at 8, South Place, (now 181, Camberwell New Road). He later moved to 2, Union Row (now 266, High Street). He wrote to friends praising the clean air. In late 1841, he moved to [[St John's Wood]].<ref>'Camberwell', Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 269–286 Date accessed: 13 February 2011.> http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45281</ref> The Victorian art critic and watercolourist [[John Ruskin]] lived at 163 [[Denmark Hill]] from 1847, but moved out in 1872 as the railways spoiled his view.<ref name="southlondonguide.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.southlondonguide.co.uk/camberwell/history.htm|title=Welcome to Camberwell Guide|publisher=Southlondonguide.co.uk|access-date=27 February 2011}}</ref> Ruskin designed part of a stained-glass window in [[St Giles' Church, Camberwell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgilescamberwell.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=57&Itemid=73|title=The Ruskin Window|publisher=Stgilescamberwell.org.uk|access-date=27 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116035609/http://www.stgilescamberwell.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=57&Itemid=73|archive-date=16 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Ruskin Park]] is named after him, and there is also a John Ruskin Street.
[[File:Peckham Rye.jpg|thumb|[[Peckham Rye]] Common]]
Another famous writer who lived in the area was the poet [[Robert Browning]], who was born in nearby [[Walworth]], and lived there until he was 28.<ref name="southwark.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200159/history_of_southwark/1034/southwarks_historic_villages/3|title=Camberwell history – Southwark's historic villages|publisher=Southwark.gov.uk|date=26 January 2010|access-date=27 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323165626/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200159/history_of_southwark/1034/southwarks_historic_villages/3|archive-date=23 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Novelist [[George Gissing]], in the summer of 1893, took lodgings at 76 Burton Road, Brixton. From Burton Road he went for long walks through nearby Camberwell, soaking up impressions of the way of life he saw emerging there."<ref>Paul Delany, to ''[[In the Year of Jubilee]]''. London: J.M. Dent, 1994.</ref> This led him to writing ''In the Year of Jubilee'', the story of "the romantic and sexual initiation of a suburban heroine, Nancy Lord." Gissing originally called his novel ''Miss Lord of Camberwell''.<ref>Paul Delany, "Introduction".</ref>

[[Muriel Spark]], the author of ''[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]'' and ''[[The Ballad of Peckham Rye]]'' lived, between 1955 and 1965, in a [[bedsit]] at 13 Baldwin Crescent, Camberwell.<ref>{{Citation | title = The Go-Away Bird | first = Ferdinand | last = Mount | newspaper = The Spectator | type = review of ''Muriel Spark, the Biography'' by Martin Stannard | url = http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5258633/the-goaway-bird.thtml | access-date = 13 April 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618052705/http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5258633/the-goaway-bird.thtml | archive-date = 18 June 2010 | url-status=dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The novelist Mary Jane Staples, who grew up in [[Walworth]], wrote a book called ''The King of Camberwell'', the third instalment of her Adams family saga about Cockney life. Comedian [[Jenny Eclair]] is a long-term resident of Camberwell, and the area features in her 2001 novel ''Camberwell Beauty'', named after a species of [[Nymphalis antiopa|butterfly]]. Playwright [[Martin McDonagh]] and his brother, writer/director [[John Michael McDonagh]], live in Camberwell. The 2014 novel ''[[The Paying Guests]]'' by [[Sarah Waters]] is set in 1920s Camberwell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/14/paying-guests-sarah-waters-review-satire-costume-drama|title=The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters review – satire meets costume drama|date=15 August 2014|website=The Guardian}}</ref> In [[Daniel Defoe]]'s novel  ''[[Roxana]]'' (1724) the eponymous protagonist imagines her daughter, Susan, "drown'd in the Great Pond at Camberwell".

Nearby [[Peckham Rye]] was an important in the imaginative and creative development of poet [[William Blake]], who, when he was eight, claimed to have seen the Prophet Ezekiel there under a bush, and he was probably ten years old when he had a vision of angels in a tree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/blake/accessible/introduction.html|title=Virtual books: images only – The Notebook of William Blake: Introduction|first=Colin|last=Wight|website=bl.uk}}</ref>

===Music===
The avant-garde band [[Camberwell Now]] named themselves after the area.

[[Basement Jaxx]] recorded three songs about Camberwell: "Camberwell Skies", "Camberskank" and "I live in Camberwell"<ref>{{cite web |author=Göran – 4 December 2011 |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/527/50-best-london-songs-50-41 |title=The 100 best London songs – Songs about London |work=Time Out London |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-date=15 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115051201/http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/527/50-best-london-songs-50-41 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which are on ''The Singles: Special Edition'' album (2005).

[[Florence Welch]] from British indie-rock band [[Florence and the Machine]] wrote and recorded a song entitled "South London Forever" on her 2018 album [[High as Hope]] based on her experience growing up in Camberwell, naming places such as the Joiners Arms and the Horniman Museum.<ref>{{cite web |author=Braidwood - 29 June 2018 | url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/florence-welchs-guide-south-london-according-new-album-2347329 |title=Florence Welch's guide to South London – the real-life places referenced in her new album |work=NME | date=29 June 2018 |access-date=29 March 2023 }}</ref>

===Festivals===
Camberwell has played host to many festivals over the years, with the long-running Camberwell Arts Festival celebrating 20 years in 2014, and Camberwell Fair taking place on Camberwell Green in 2015, 2017 and 2018, resurrecting an ancient Fair that took place on the same green from 1279 to 1855.<ref>[http://www.camberwellfair.co.uk/camberwell-fair-history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522114604/http://www.camberwellfair.co.uk/camberwell-fair-history|date=22 May 2020}} Camberwell Fair]</ref> Since 2013, there is also an annual 10-day film festival – Camberwell Free Film Festival (CFFF) which is usually held in March/April in addition to special one-off screenings at other times of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.camberwellarts.org.uk/cfff-vimeo|title=CFFF Vimeo Films|website=Camberwell Arts}}</ref>