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
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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...
Get out and sing to celebrate Windrush Day
Lambeth residents are invited to join in a borough-wide door-step mass singing of Desmond Dekker and the Aces’ You Can Get It If You...
Brixton’s Windrush Square hosts Remembrance Sunday
Brixton again hosted a Remembrance Sunday event yesterday (10 November) at the African and Caribbean war and peace memorial in Windrush Square.
It was followed...
MUSIC
New Soothsayers single out Friday
Brixton music collective Soothsayers have teamed up for an exciting project with New York-born, São Paulo-based producer-engineer-bassist, Victor Rice, and some of Brazil’s top...
CULTURE
Brixton Blog & Bugle Summer Art show opens 4 July
A major celebration of local talent, the Brixton Blog & Bugle Summer Art Show opens on 4 July in the Tate Library, Windrush Square
Works by...
