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Having It Large! Raving at Return to the Source, Electric Brixton, August 2014 – in photos
Back in August 2014, the ley lines, chakras and big name DJs aligned for a huge Return to the Source (RTTS) reunion party at the Electric Brixton (formerly known as …
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Code, Community and Creativity: Peckham Digital Festival Returns 16th-19th October 2025
Peckham Digital, the South East London festival celebrating creative technology and digital art, returns from 16–19 October 2025 at Copeland Gallery with a bold programme that invites the public to …
Chris Kaba’s family ‘fight to get justice’ three years after police shooting
They are expecting progress on both his inquest and misconduct proceedings against the police officer who shot him in the coming weeks.
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Brixton resident launches crowdfunder to create 3D tumour models for safer brain surgery
Lifelong Brixton resident Elkin Atwell is taking in an ambitious project to build software that turns MRI scans into 3D models, helping neurosurgeons plan brain operations more safely. He’s been …
Brixton House Takeover with CASA Festival, Sat 4th October 2025
Brixton House Takeover is a bold celebration of movement, community and perseverance, presented in new collaboration between Dance Umbrella, Brixton House and CASA, Brixton House’s Associate Company. Honouring the spirit …
Black History Month all-dayer at Clapham library
Brixton Immortals Domino Club is hosting a marathon free Black History Month extravaganza and celebration of Black heritage on Saturday 25 October at Clapham Library. A cultural cornerstone of Brixton since the 1970s, the Immo...
How Brixton’s gentrification gravy train is pushing locals aside
As house prices soar so do plans for development, but residents aren’t so keen
The slow death of bars, clubs, restaurants and the hospitality trade in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton
Back in May 2024, we wrote about the worsening state of the night time hospitality trade along the once-thriving short stretch of Coldharbour Lane between Brixton Road and Atlantic Road. …
Archive photo of the day #1: A car with no wheels, Atlantic Road, September 2003
Here’s the start of an occasional new series where we dip into our vast Brixton photographic archives and post up what we think is an interesting photo from the past. …
Dark cloud of Christian fascism descends upon Lambeth for Elon Musk backed Tommy Robinson march
Britain’s biggest far right mobilisation began in Lambeth on Saturday, with thousands marching over Westminster Bridge to Whitehall. Prayers led by Bishop Dewar opened the rally, while Union Jacks and …
Street Preachers of Brixton: the man with all the pamphlets
We’ve been documenting the street preachers around Brixton for over 25 years and have seen all sorts of big and small displays of faith. Some are solo, some are mob …
Zarah Sultana leads Your Party’s Brixton launch with Andrew Feinstein
Your Party’s South London debut proved an instant hit on Friday night as Zarah Sultana MP and anti-apartheid veteran Andrew Feinstein fronted a sold-out rally at Brixton Jamm – with …
Brixton social entrepreneur’s 1,000km Rwanda cycling challenge to fund new youth hub
Brixton-based social entrepreneur Philip Dobson is set to swap south London streets for Rwanda’s mountains later this month, taking on a punishing 1,000km ride in just six days to raise …
£20m overspend, £1.1bn debt, £40m housing loan: Lambeth Council’s finances are a masterclass in running out of road
Lambeth Council’s finances remain in crisis, with the latest Quarter 1 Budget Monitoring Report forecasting a £20.38 million overspend for 2025/26. The grim figure, due to be signed off by …
Your Party Lambeth launched at a packed Advocacy Academy in Brixton
Over 150 people crammed into the Advocacy Academy in Brixton to launch Your Party Lambeth on Thursday. They had come discuss the project for a new party launched by MPs …
Clapham shooting victim named as family pay tribute
Detectives investigating a shooting on the Brixton/Clapham borders have named the victim, as they continue to probe the circumstances of his death. Kyrone Moodie, aged 27, was fatally shot in …
Work finally moves forward on Somerleyton Road regeneration – but questions remain over private sector role
More than a decade after Lambeth Council first unveiled its ambitions to regenerate the Somerleyton Road site in Brixton, fresh plans are finally moving forward. A major application for the …
Brixton’s new Club Cheek in Barrington Road – confirmed shows for Sept – Dec 2025
Taking over the space previously occupied by Loki and Simulacara Studios (and long before that, the long running Meddusa Club), Club Cheek describe themselves as an “independent DIY nightclub & …
Green leader Polanski welcomes defection of ex-Labour councillor Abrams
Former Labour councillor Martin Abrams was welcomed by Green Party leader Zack Polanski on the steps of Lambeth Town Hall as he announced his decision to join the party. Lambeth …
In Photos: Party leader Zack Polanski cycles to Brixton in the rain to welcomes Martin Abrams into Lambeth Greens
Zack Polanski, the recently elected leader of the Green Party braved the rain, and cycled to Brixton Town Hall, to welcome suspended Labour councillor Martin Abrams on his defection to …