Renewable energy pioneer remembered in Ruskin Park
Professor Godfrey Boyle, a pioneer of renewable energy and a local resident, has been honoured by the naming of a bench in Ruskin Park...
‘Pride and belief’: Brixton Village and Re:Sole mark Stephen Lawrence Day
Brixton charity Re:Sole, Brixton Village and Adidas will mark Stephen Lawrence Day tomorrow (22 April) with the launch of a new cultural programme and...
Sunday ceremony to open Brixton Cherry Groce memorial
The Cherry Groce memorial pavilion on Brixton’s Windrush Square is due to be officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday 25 April at...
81 Acts launches Brixton Uprising cultural programme
81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance, set up to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising of 1981 with a community-led cultural programme, today...
Work starts on Brixton Cherry Groce memorial
The Cherry Groce memorial is due to be delivered to Windrush Square in Brixton from 9am on Wednesday (March 17).
Lambeth council and The Cherry Groce...
New Cross Fire anniversary march organisers call for big turnout
To mark the 40th anniversary of the New Cross Fire and the Black People’s Day of Action which followed it, a commemoration march is...
Holocaust Memorial Day in Lambeth
Writer Anna Blasiak will discuss the life and times of Holocaust survivor Lili Stern-Pohlmann in an online event on Monday (25 January) at 7pm...
Britain’s first Black pop star to be honoured in Brixton
Sixty-six years ago today a Black woman was top of the Christmas pops in the UK.
Winifred Atwell’s Let’s Have Another Party went to No...
New Brixton mural honours Ty
A new permanent Brixton mural paying homage to UK hip-hop artist Ty, who passed away in May due to complications related to Covid-19, was revealed today...
Council to underwrite cost of Cherry Groce memorial
Lambeth council is to underwrite more than £80,000 of the cost of the Cherry Groce memorial in Brixton's Windrush Square.
A council report says the...
Google honours Brixton activist Olive Morris
Brixton activist Olive Morris – a member of the Windrush Generation – is the subject of today’s (26 June) Google Doodle – the small...
Windrush Day extra
We have videos of Brixton events connected to Windrush Day …
ITV made a short film of people in Brixton talking about Windrush Day and...
A Windrush Top Ten
Brixton’s Champion Agency, which created the theme for today’s Windrush Day celebration, has also put together a Windrush Top 10.
It has been compiled by...
Singing in the street – Brixton celebrates Windrush Day
https://youtu.be/n-IPlM3sPm0
Brixton celebrated Windrush Day by singing the new and specially created version of You Can Get It If You Really Want that was broadcast...
Plaque to mark 40 years since Bob Marley’s last London appearance
Forty years ago this month, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed their largest UK concert in South London as part of the 1980 “Uprising”...
Join in to celebrate Windrush Day
This year there is greater need than ever to commemorate and celebrate the arrival of the Empire Windrush and the people aboard. Those who...
MUSIC
World premiere at Brixton’s San Mei gallery
The wonderful San Mei Gallery on Loughborough Road will host an exciting sound event on Friday 22 October.
It is presented by Tangram – a movement...
CULTURE
Breaking the Mould – new show at 198 Gallery
Breaking the Mould: new signatures from DRC is the work of 12 emerging artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and marks the reopening...
