Lambeth’s Heritage Festival for 2020 is, like so many other great events, online only this year. It kicks off today and lasts through September. All events are free, but require booking. Here are some of particular interest for Brixton.
- Black Arts Timeline
- Come Round Any Old Time – Brixton’s music hall community
- Chess in Victorian Lambeth and Beyond
- The Empress, Brixton, Theatre of Varieties
- Ted Hollamby’s architectural legacy
- Brixton Memories: Eight Walks, One Area
- Researching Brixton’s Music Hall connections
- Community Banner making
- A Virtual Walk around Stockwell Green
- The Lambeth home of botany
- Music Hall Jugglers of Lambeth
- Blackamoors of Lambeth: symbolism, slavery and sugar in the 17th century
- A Virtual Tour of Van Gogh House
- Brixton memories in virtual reality
- Pandemic, famine and war – how millers respond in times of crisis
- South London and the 19th century cycling boom
- Mapping Windrush Generation Lives
- International Music Hall
