Local history | Brixton Blog

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

9 Apr

The Brixton uprising Tomorrow, 10 April, is the 40th anniversary of the start of the Brixton Uprising. Local resident Europe...

Sounds of the Brixton Uprising

4Apr

As the 40th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising approaches, Dave Randall listens to the soundtrack of the struggle Chaos, violence and...

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

2Apr

Trinity Gardens in Brixton got a new blue heritage plaque yesterday (1 April) to mark the origin of Choice FM,...

Electric Avenue around 1910, long before the market stalls moved in.

Townscape Heritage Initiative – Shopping over the decades

9Nov

In what is now Brixton’s Town Centre, shops were very limited in numbers and size before the railway station opened...

Photograph of the room believed to be where Vincent van Gogh stayed prior to the renovation. © Finbarr Falon, 2015.

Van Gogh’s time in Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative

7Sep

Maya Campbell speaks to the architects behind the renovation of Van Gogh House ‘At the Van Gogh House we are interested...

Forgotten Black Bookshops of Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative

3Sep

online pharmacy buy tamiflu no prescription Farmacia Rome IT Maya Campbell explores the history 121 Railton Road and...

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

Townscape Heritage Initiative – Entertainment in Brixton

1Sep

Alan Piper from The Brixton Society explores the history of entertainment in Brixton At the beginning of the 20th century, Brixton...

Lambeth Heritage Festival 2020

31Aug

Lambeth’s Heritage Festival for 2020 is, like so many other great events, online only this year. It kicks off today...

Black Cultural Archives, Windrush Square, Brixton, London, UK

A brief background to Brixton’s buildings – Townscape Heritage Initiative

28Jul

Today Brixton is regarded as one of London’s most culturally interesting destinations, and that diverse social heritage exists within a...

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

22Jul

The Brixton Townscape Heritage Initiative is proud to present the Electric Patterns Project. This project will create London’s first patterned...

Townscape Heritage Initiative – Championing bold, creative voices

17Jul

Maya Campbell on how people from so many different ethnic backgrounds, languages and dialects have woven together over many years...

Brixton music hall history – can you help?

11Jul

The wonderful Loughborough Road Histories website is involved in a project, already generating enthusiasm, to research Brixton’s music hall history. ...