Sunday, 31 May, 2020

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

Delores William - 8 February, 2018

Brixton Calling: Remembered – after 100 years

Brixton Calling: Alan Wilmott – soldier, singer and star

BRIXTON PEOPLE

Errol Linton and his band playing at the Effra Hall Tavern

What's In MUSIC

Brixton’s Errol Linton releases new album

Dave Randall - 19 May, 2020

bovril wall brixton

Brixton People

Brixton architecture on paper

Contributor - 12 May, 2020

Ty, Ben Chijioke

Music

Ty: Friend and mentor to Brixton’s creative community

Dave Randall - 10 May, 2020

Creative arts

Local Artist Selected For International Portrait Exhibition

Leslie Manasseh - 1 May, 2020

LOCAL HISTORY

Community

Developers apply to demolish Canterbury Arms

Kaye - 26 August, 2013

Local history

Brixton bomb remembered

Alan Slingsby - 18 April, 2016

WW1 West Indian soldiers in Seaford

Community

Brixton Calling: Remembered – after 100 years

Delores William - 15 January, 2018

VEDay celebrations in Brixton with the Mayor, Alderman W. Lockyer, and other officials addressing the crowd from the steps of Lambeth Town Hall - 8th May 1945

Local history

May bank holiday move to mark VE Day

Linda Quinn - 8 May, 2020 0

Memorabilia from Lambeth Archive

Local history

Keep a lock-down diary

Linda Quinn - 21 April, 2020 0

Brixton Prison Treadmill

Local history

Brixton would be the worse without it

Steve Powdrill - 20 December, 2019 0

Photo of Havelock Ellis

Havelock Ellis a Brixton pioneer

3 November, 2019

historic images longfield hall

First black theatre company honoured with blue plaque

25 October, 2019

Learn about the history of Brixton at the heritage festival

4 September, 2019

Flyer for Adrian Stone's Windrush workshops

Family tree workshops: help to discover the powerful past

30 May, 2019

New book marks 200 years of Brixton prison

29 May, 2019

Mark Healey of HCAW; Chery Lewis; Donatus Anyanwu; and Louise Holden, London disability hate crime project manager for Inclusion London, an organisation that supports more than 70 deaf and disabled organisations in every London borough

Brixton marks 20th anniversary of nail bombing

18 April, 2019