Tag: Coldharbour Lane
Look both ways – Brixton’s colourful new crossings
Brixton Design Trail hit the streets again this morning as four Eley Kishimoto designed crossings replaced the zebras outside the Dogstar at the junction...
Bookmongers’ dogs are back on Coldharbour Lane
The mural Dogs Of Bookmongers, commissioned by Patrick Kelly, the founder of Brixton’s favourite bookshop almost 25 years ago, has finally emerged, having been...
Council seeks architects’ help to ‘regenerate’ Atlantic Road
Lambeth council is offering a contract of up to £50,000 for architects to draw up plans to “regenerate” Atlantic Road.
The Architects’ Journal reports that the...
Brixton’s giant twin eggs going down well
The new large sculptures on the corner of Somerleyton Road and Coldharbour Lane on the grassy area outside Southwyck House (the Barrier Block) seem to...
38 new jobs when Premier Inn opens in June
Premier Inn says that its Brixton hotel, due to open officially on 18 June, will generate 38 new year-round jobs.
Whitbread, the parent company of...
Brixton Reviews: Shrub and Shutter
By Peter Ward
If you were debating the ideal location in Brixton to open a trendy cocktail bar and restaurant, I doubt the spot at...
Brixton Review: Chip Shop Brixton
Growing up, Friday tradition was fish and chips. We’d jump in the car after school and drive straight to the chippy. Fish, chips (with...
Brixton Review: Three Little Birds
By Mark Muldoon
Brixton is fast becoming the hot place where your – shall we say - higher class of reality TV star chooses to...
Brixton Review: Nanban
By James Eaton
When MasterChef Champion Tim Anderson first introduced his Japanese soul food to Brixton last year it was fantastic - top quality, wonderful...
Brixton Reviews: Mamma Dough
By Nikki Griffiths
I live with a person who is somewhat of a pizza-fanatic (he’s eating one right now), and so correlatively, I eat a...
414 Nightclub to be turned into flats and retail outlet
By Mark Wadie
Brixton clubbers have been left devastated by the news that one of the area's longest running nightclubs is set to close.
Planning permission...
Kaff Bar crew are back at Granville Market Space
Proving you can't keep a good bar down, it's great news to hear that the crew behind the sadly departed Kaff Bar have a...
Police searching for man wanted in connection with rape
Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak with in connection with a rape last year.
On October 19 2014,...
Sunshine Splash
Great weather brought big crowds to this year's tenth anniversary Brixton Splash
Coldharbour Lane residents’ battle over restaurant plans
Residents will get their last chance to try to block a controversial bid to build a new restaurant in their block of flats.
Earlier this...
“Help Mob” organised in Brixton this Saturday
A “Help Mob” has been organised in Brixton for this Saturday, May 16.
The Free Help Guy, an anonymous person who “believes in doing what...