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A rapturous Ritzy homecoming for Brixton Filmmaker Andy Mundy-Castle. 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Keith Lewis met with local Film Director Andy Mundy-Castle before watching his superb documentary, The Fade, at the Ritzy. Andy Mundy-Castle, Director of ‘The Fade’ Andy opened his first feature len...
Developers apply to demolish Canterbury Arms 26 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
Canterbury Arms – picture from Google Streetview By Kaye Wiggins Developers have applied for permission to demolish the Canterbury Arms pub and build a nine-storey block of flats in its place. Unde...
Protestors brave rain to sleep out on Windrush Square 25 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
By Charlotte Latimer Prilly Lewis, one of the protestors sleeping out in Windrush Square Twenty-five Brixtonites braved the rain on Saturday night and camped out in Windrush Square to protest agains...
Weapons seized in ‘day of action’ on crime 23 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
The council and police forces have claimed a “big success” following a “day of action” in Brixton, during which seven suspected gang members were arrested and knives and shotgun carriages were seized....
Callaloo and Duck Egg Quiche 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
I love buying fresh fruit and vegetables in Brixton market. Rows and rows of bright colours and shapes, all at fantastic prices. But sometimes life has got in the way and I don’t have anything fresh i...
Herne Hill sets sights high with green roofing plans 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Rooftops on Norwood Road, Herne Hill Isabel Hope-Urwin looks into an environmental initiative that is turning the rooftops of Herne Hill green. Once home to John Ruskin, the desirable district of He...
Bank Holiday grooves at Electric Social 22 Aug 2013 | 03:27 pm
There are some corking nights coming up this weekend in Brixton to see in the Bank Holiday, including the inimitable Alabama 3 and Congo Natty at Jamm on Fri 23rd, and a cracking carnival after-party ...
GUEST POST: Poeticat take over Windmill for second residency this Saturday 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Catherine Martindale of local band Poeticat gives us a preview of their next Brixton Windmill residency gig, entitled ‘No Names or Chains or Locks on Our Timeless Clocks’. Poeticat live Want an unus...
Calls for more community focus at the Rec 21 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Director Stuart Everitt (far right) with the team at Afewee At a screening of a film about a Brixton football club last week, the council came under fire over their approach to the management of the ...
Shortlife stories: Trace Newton-Ingham 21 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Trace at her home in Clapham’s old town By Kaye Wiggins Some of Lambeth’s more desirable properties, including historic cottages in Clapham’s Old Town, have since the late 1970s been home to “shortl...
