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    Brixton: ‘Everywhere else feels tame to me’

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    Wander into Brixton history – view the mural, try the tacos

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    Sir Steve McQueen fulfils ambition to direct BBC series on Brixton...

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    Help Pearl return to Brixton with a donation

    April1981: Police form a barricade across Railton Road outside the Atlantic, now the Dogstar. PICTURE: "1981 Brixton Riots" by Kim Aldis. Licensed under CC.
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    In Brixton, Unity is Still Strength

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    Then, suddenly, the balance of power shifted as petrol bombs began...

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    Sounds of the Brixton Uprising

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    Immortalised in Brixton: the place where Black music became the norm

    Electric Avenue around 1910, long before the market stalls moved in.
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    Townscape Heritage Initiative – Shopping over the decades

    Photograph of the room believed to be where Vincent van Gogh stayed prior to the renovation. © Finbarr Falon, 2015.
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    Van Gogh’s time in Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative

    Image of Railton Road street sign
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    Forgotten Black Bookshops of Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative

    This shows the grand – but not very big – entrance between the cinema and the library and the size of the building behind the library reaching to Rushcroft Road
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    Townscape Heritage Initiative – Entertainment in Brixton

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    Lambeth Heritage Festival 2020

    Black Cultural Archives, Windrush Square, Brixton, London, UK
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    A brief background to Brixton’s buildings – Townscape Heritage Initiative

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    Townscape Heritage Initiative – An abstraction of Brixton’s essential spirit

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    Townscape Heritage Initiative – Championing bold, creative voices

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    A glimpse of Brixton in 1981

    Tonight (23 July) BBC One airs the final episode of Uprising. It deals in detail with the immediate and long-term reasons for the Uprising in...
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    Uprising: Essential viewing that begins tonight

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    Brownies’ guide does Brixton proud

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    An audio journey through Brixton’s 81 Uprising

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