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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2015

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Anyone catch the (very brief) mention of Brixton on the gentrification piece on radio 4's "thinking allowed"?From what I can gather the gentrification is considered to be less stark than in Hackney, but I never cared that much for Hackney, truth be told. WE HAVE THE TUBE*.

*we may not have escalators
 
Did anyone see the appeal for J'ssiah Brown on London Live?
http://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/2015-05-06/family-fundraising-90k-to-save-three-year-old

"A three-year-old from Camberwell is in desperate need of life saving treatment unavailable on the NHS and costing thousands.

J'ssiah Brown needs £90,000 to treat his rare Leukaemia which has returned months after receiving a successful bone marrow transplant.

His mother says she'll do whatever it takes to save her little boy".

His story was previously covered in the media when it was thought he had beat the cancer, but sadly it returned -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...reatment-amazes-doctors-miracle-recovery.html
http://m.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Fa...raculous/story-26349720-detail/story.html?767



If anyone wants to help the appeal (even £1 will help) - the donation page is here - http://www.gofundme.com/qxwk4g


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Don't know if its been mentioned here before, but I just wanted to point out a photography exhibition at St Martins in the Field which has Brixton connections:
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Last day is Saturday. Today the artist was there greeting customers - and quite interesting to chat to. He told me that although he had anticipated problems over his photo of a controversial Israeli rabbi this hadn't happened - but people had attempted to vandalise a photo of Peter Tatchell and one of Brian Sewell.

I am amazed people take such an attitude over art and social concern due to their prejudices.

Anyway good pictures - and at least three are present or past Brixton residents.
 
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He told me that although he had anticipated problems over his photo of a controversial Israeli rabbi this hadn't happened - but people had attempted to vandalise a photo of Peter Tatchell and one of Brian Sewell.

I am amazed people take such an attitude over art and social concern due to their prejudices.
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sounds like homophobia is still alive and well.
 
tbf, there are a whole bunch of reasons to not like either Peter Tatchell or Brian Sewell. Was there a reason for alighting on sexual preferences?
 
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The Effra Social crowd were loving the Palma Violets tonight!

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Did you find there was a lot of assholes there last night? We decamped to the front bar.

There was a group of people doing things with knitting that was mesmerizing. That guy Dynamo wouldn't be able to conjure up some stuff they were doing with knitting needles. The vibe there was more my style :oops::oops::D. If my 22 year old self had been able to see my 42 year old self it would have shot it.
 
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Did you find there was a lot of assholes there last night? We decamped to the front bar.
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They seemed OK to me - and their energy was impressive too. Photos coming up soon! I did pop into the full-on knitting room. I don't think that's what I'm looking for in a pub. I'll take the assholes :)
 
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Accountancy - sorry. They pay you to tell them the rules, they decide what ones they want to adhere to, you do the accounts, they "declare" for themselves. A basic one would be someone who works from home and claims the electric for the whole flat as a deduction from their earnings - most sole traders are up to it, hmrc's never going to check. Is is fair to the person who works as an employed individual and can't claim any expenses? Not really. I see it a lot, though.
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Mmmmm, as someone who has been freelance as a sole trader and then limited company for 15 years that isn't my experience. My accountant would refuse to file my accounts if I tried to claim dodgy expenses
 
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Mmmmm, as someone who has been freelance as a sole trader and then limited company for 15 years that isn't my experience. My accountant would refuse to file my accounts if I tried to claim dodgy expenses
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Same. I claim the allowance laid out by hmrc for my home office. Only business miles which I keep a log of etc.

It's not worth the risk of an inspection

I know a lot of people who do all sorts via umbrella companies though
 
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I did pop into the full-on knitting room. I don't think that's what I'm looking for in a pub.
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:D

Maybe it was just me. I was subjected to a loud conversation from 3 guys about getting their nobs stuck in their zips and it kind of went on from there. I've not been kind about the pub before but I must say I was wrong. I'll go there again.
 
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They seemed OK to me - and their energy was impressive too. Photos coming up soon! I did pop into the full-on knitting room. I don't think that's what I'm looking for in a pub. I'll take the assholes :)
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I thought it was a great gig but I didn't go to the front, glad they didn't pack it too full so you could still get served at the bar, will be buying the album. They're local to Brixton aren't they?
 
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I thought it was a great gig but I didn't go to the front, glad they didn't pack it too full so you could still get served at the bar, will be buying the album. They're local to Brixton aren't they?
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It was sold out but I think they may have been bit too generous with the space (although it suited me fine!). Yeah, they're Lambeth lads.
 
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It was sold out but I think they may have been bit too generous with the space (although it suited me fine!). Yeah, they're Lambeth lads.
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It's a good sized venue too, not been in for live music before, I thought it was a touch quiet but I was at the back
 
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It's a good sized venue too, not been in for live music before, I thought it was a touch quiet but I was at the back
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It could be a great live venue, but I don't think it'll ever reach its potential unless they heavily invest in soundproofing. When I've DJd there we've always had to keep the sound down fairly low in consideration of the noughbours.
 
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It could be a great live venue, but I don't think it'll ever reach its potential unless they heavily invest in soundproofing. When I've DJd there we've always had to keep the sound down fairly low in consideration of the noughbours.
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would be very hard to sound proof without losing the character of the place, suppose it would all have to be done externally
 
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would be very hard to sound proof without losing the character of the place, suppose it would all have to be done externally
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I don't think Antic - with their (ahem) 'shabby chic' (i.e. as cheap as possible) styling would be likely to invest.
 
Bumped into Pedro - formerly of Medussa Nightclub at East Brixton Station - he was just going into my polling station to vote.
 
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