Wednesday, 19 January, 2022

Explore Brixton

It’s all about Brixton – the people, the places, the history. Find out more about your local area.

BRIXTON CALLING

Brixton Calling: Mary Seacole, determination and compassion

Brixton Calling: Music – Brixton’s record shop with soul

Brixton Calling: Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes

Brixton Calling: Remembered – after 100 years

Brixton Calling: Alan Wilmott – soldier, singer and star

BRIXTON PEOPLE

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Brixton People

Blue plaque for Darcus Howe on Brixton’s Railton Road

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Music

In tune with Brixton …

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Business

Images – 25 years of nail care for Brixton

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Film & TV

Brixton lockdown film premieres in West End

LOCAL HISTORY

The Half Moon pub in Herne Hill

Planning & housing

Half Moon pub to reopen after nearly three years

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

Local history

Townscape Heritage Initiative – Shopping over the decades

Local history

BRIX & MORTAR: Raleigh Hall to become the Black Cultural Archives

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Music

Brixton – from Tufty Club to the Fridge

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Creative arts

On These Streets – an audio history of the Brixton Uprising

Culture

‘Life and its most trivial particulars’ – the new exhibition in...

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A glimpse of Brixton in 1981

Uprising: Essential viewing that begins tonight

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Brownies’ guide does Brixton proud

An audio journey through Brixton’s 81 Uprising

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Brixton: ‘Everywhere else feels tame to me’

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