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Cover your ears! The Brixton tube station evangelist is back!

Thu 10th March, 2011Thu 10th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Last seen – or rather heard – bellowing out Godsquad platitudes outside Brixton tube station over a decade ago, I’d rather hoped that my ears had rung to the last …

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‘Our Way Anarchy’ – Quality archive Brixton graffiti

Tue 8th March, 2011Mon 7th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

‘Our Way Anarchy’ – amended NatWest billboard, Atlantic Road, Brixton SW9, Jan 2002.

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Victoria Line turns 42 today. Happy Birthday!

Mon 7th March, 2011Mon 7th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Huzzah! It’s the Victoria Line’s birthday today, which was opened by the Queen on the 7th March 1969.

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Illegal Coldharbour Lane, Brixton billboard – update

Mon 7th March, 2011Mon 7th March, 2011 - by editor - 6 Comments.

I’ve learnt a lot about the murky world of illegal billboard builders ever since this mahoosive, twin headed beast suddenly appeared on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, London SW9.

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Brixton Windmill gets its sails back, reopens to public May 2011

Mon 7th March, 2011Mon 7th March, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Situated in a small park called Windmill Gardens, at the west end of Blenheim Gardens, London SW2, the Brixton Windmill is set to reopen to the public on 2nd May 2011 after …

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Here is what’s left of the Rest Is Noise bar, Brixton

Fri 4th March, 2011Fri 4th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

It’s hard to imagine that only a few months ago this was a fun and lively bar putting on live gigs and club nights, but here’s the scene today, as the bar …

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Police heavy manners in Brixton Village bust

Fri 4th March, 2011Fri 4th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’m still trying to get the full story on this, but word is that the cops came down ridiculously hard on two kids having a spliff during yesterday’s late night …

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‘Shop Is Cloze Today’, Brixton

Fri 4th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Shop sign, Atlantic Road, Brixton, yesterday.

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A very drunken night in the Brixton Dogstar. Oh dear!

Fri 4th March, 2011Fri 4th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It’s been a very long night, but I promised to post up these photos from my fabulously fun night out in Brixton, so here they are – four mobile phone pics …

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Brixton Car Park comes tumbling down

Thu 3rd March, 2011Thu 3rd March, 2011 - by editor - 5 Comments.

There may be controversy a plenty about what’s replacing this multi-story car park on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Popes Road, but there won’t many people wailing at the sight of …

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Captain Hotknives and Atilla the Stockbroker in SW9

Mon 28th February, 2011Mon 28th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This was a great night out in SW9, with the Acoustic Insurgency benefit night serving up punk poet Atilla the Stockbroker and the hilarious Captain Hotknives.

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Offline DJ special – photos from the mayhem! 25th Feb 2011

Sat 26th February, 2011Sat 26th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I was rather expecting a bit of a quiet night seeing as it was a last minute booking and we had no bands playing but – blimey – the place …

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Brixton station in the steam era (1950s footage)

Thu 24th February, 2011Wed 23rd February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Filmed in the 1950s, this fascinating amateur-shot footage (below) shows a tantalisingly short glimpse of steam trains thundering through a Brixton station still controlled by mechanical signals.

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Lambeth Town Hall occupied by anti-cuts protesters, 23rd Feb 2011

Wed 23rd February, 2011Thu 24th February, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

There were lively scenes in Lambeth tonight as angry protesters stormed the Town Hall to disrupt the council’s meeting to vote on its proposed huge budget cuts.

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Cafe Sitifis review, 11 Rushcroft Road, London SW2 1JS

Tue 22nd February, 2011Tue 22nd February, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

Tucked away off the main drag of Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane is Cafe Sitifis, a friendly cafe serving up a reasonably-priced selection of meze, hot and cold paninis, cooked and continental breakfasts, …

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The Nuns rock Brixton Windmill

Mon 21st February, 2011Mon 21st February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Last night I went along to a benefit gig at the Brixton Windmill to raise funds for Sedgehill School of Lewisham’s school trip. Once I’d stopped gazing in awe at the Windmill’s shiny …

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Brixton Nuclear Dawn mural turns 30, a party follows

Mon 21st February, 2011Mon 21st February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

A large crowd of around 60 folks turned up to celebrate the 30th birthday of one of Brixton’s most iconic murals, “Nuclear dawn,” a slowly fading 50ft high mural featuring a …

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Pussycat & the Dirty Johnsons/Vinny & the Curse at Brixton Offline

Sun 20th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

There was fun, dancing, falling over and drinking to be had in perilously large volumes at the Offline show at the Prince Albert on Friday, 18th Feb.

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Barclays Bank Brixton closed down by UK Uncut protesters

Sat 19th February, 2011Sat 19th February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

With Barclays Bank paying just 1% corporation tax in 2009 – a paltry sum of £113m after the company trousered record profits of £11.6bn – protesters have targeted their high …

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Remembering the Rest Is Noise pub, Brixton

Fri 18th February, 2011Fri 18th February, 2011 - by editor - 11 Comments.

I thought I’d pen a short obituary to what was a short-lived but rather fine addition to Brixton’s boozers.

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Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9: big ugly billboard goes up. Is it legal?

Thu 17th February, 2011Mon 21st February, 2011 - by editor - 24 Comments.

I always thought that planning permission had to be sought before companies could erect large billboards, but there certainly hasn’t been a single notice posted anywhere in the area for this monster …

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Archive Brixton scenes from Reggae Britannia

Tue 15th February, 2011Tue 15th February, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Still available on BBC’s iPlayer (if you’re quick enough) is Reggae Britannia, an excellent documentary charting the impact of reggae on Britain’s music scene, featuring interviews with greats like Big …

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Pic of the day: Preacher asks the question, Brixton

Sat 12th February, 2011Fri 11th February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Walk through the centre of Brixton on any given day and you can guarantee there’ll be some religious types hollering the Word of God in your ear ‘ole.

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Elm Park Tavern – a proper old school Brixton boozer

Wed 9th February, 2011Fri 11th February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

If you like your pubs untouched by the hand of progress, gimmicks, poncy gastro-types and braying yuppies, then take a trip to the Elm Park Tavern, 76 Elm Park, Brixton, …

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Lost streets of Brixton: Geneva Road, SW9

Tue 8th February, 2011Thu 18th February, 2021 - by editor - 152 Comments.

Now lost beneath the Moorlands Estate development of the 1970s, Geneva Road once ran south from Coldharbour Lane, and consisted of an unbroken terrace of solid three-storey Victorian buildings with basements.

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Brixton anti-cuts demo outside Lambeth Town Hall, Feb 7th, 2011

Mon 7th February, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

There was a big and very lively turn out tonight outside Lambeth Town Hall as councillors met inside to discuss a proposed £37 million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs – including …

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Save our libraries protest outside Brixton Library, Feb 5th 2011

Sat 5th February, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

A National Save Our Libraries Day saw over 100 events being held across the UK to bring attention to proposed government spending cuts.

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Get your Brockelly in Brixton market!

Sat 5th February, 2011Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

It’s a tough word to spell at the best of times, so I like the way this Brixton Village trader just went for the phonetic version.

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Brixton wigs, Brixton Village

Fri 4th February, 2011Fri 4th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I could be wrong, but I reckon Brixton must have more wigs, extensions, hair products and accessories for sale than any other part of London. There’s been wig shops in …

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Lost Brixton: Brixton Station Road market and John’s Cafe

Thu 3rd February, 2011Thu 3rd February, 2011 - by editor - 9 Comments.

Back in 2000, the only “vintage” clothes you could buy in central Brixton were of the old fashioned, second hand, cheap-as-chips variety, with a bustling Brixton Station Road market being the most popular shopping …