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friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
This was well attended. Think they announced 130 people were there, which is not bad for a damp grey tues standing in the middle of the road. Lovely to see people getting together.
There were some fab african drummers, and several people I know there. Speeches by Dawn Hill CBE (Black Cultural Achive trustee and friend), Akyaaba Addai-Sebo (founder of UK Black History Month and friend), Henry Bonsu (broadcaster and Mentee), Patrick Torsney (BAC), Leila Hassan Howe (wife and part of the Race Today collective). Linton Kwesi Johnson didnt show up. Leila snd Kaiya (DH's granddaughter) unveiled the plaque.
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GarveyLives
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Here they are:
As explained in this report, he is self-isolating as a consequence of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic:
Brixton, and the world, remember Darcus Howe
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Thanks, I wondered what could have happened to LKJ, I'm glad he is ok.
Boring question but how does one report a nuisance to the council? I have a neighbour who has a dodgy flashing yard light that is malfunctioning and keeping us awake. The neighbours are nice but have an absent landlord. I looked at the council website and there is only somewhere to report a noise complaint.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
if its a nuisance on private property I doubt the council can do anything. Can someone try to throw a brick at it?
ricbake
working out how
Just ask the tenant if you/they can turn it off?
If it isn't on a Council Estate trying to get the Council to do it will be all but impossible.
If it is on an estate if there is a housing officer or caretaker they may be able to help.
I'd probably just go and fix it or just disconnect it myself if it annoyed me, but I have been known to take a scaffold tube to an errant burglar alarm....
In the end the tenants managed to get it to stop. Luckily they were very sweet young people. I was considering taking my ladder to their wall and cutting the wires but didn't want to get electrocuted
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DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Perhaps this has been posted before, I heard this on the radio the other day and looked it up.
Brixton Market, perhaps this lives in the "Songs about Brixton" thread:
Brixton Market, perhaps this lives in the "Songs about Brixton" thread:
Casaubon
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Commonplace, a 'Citizen Engagement Platform' is soliciting views on the proposed redevelopment of 14 sites in Lambeth.
I'll try and overcome my cynicism about this sort of 'consultation' and give them my thoughts.
I'll try and overcome my cynicism about this sort of 'consultation' and give them my thoughts.
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"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Her voice sounds like Shirley Bassey to me. Quite unusual for entertainers to be able to sing these days.
liquidindian
Hello
I haven't been through all of these but quite of few of these seem to be putting car parks to better use and getting rid of petrol stations, which seems like a good idea to me.
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hiraethified
The language they use and the design of that page is almost guaranteed to exclude a huge amount of locals.
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hiraethified
She is being hyped by a vast PR push. Song is pleasant enough, I guess.
Feathers fly in Joy Crookes music promo shoot in Pope’s Road, Brixton
Shoppers were left sneezing as boxes of feathers were sent skyward as part of a music video shoot in Pope’s Road, Brixton today.
www.brixtonbuzz.com
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
I realised afterwards. Sony's big bucks are behind her chasing for the Adele market millions.
theboris
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Bowie - six years. I've written some words Bowie: Six years
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hiraethified
Bowie remembered in Brixton
www.brixtonbuzz.com
Brixton remembers David Bowie with flowers and tributes, January 2022
Brixton-born David Bowie died on the 10th January 2016, and every year fans have come to Brixton to leave tributes at the mural opposite the tube station. Brixton Buzz has documented these scenes o…
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Thank you for posting this. I literally can not believe my eyes when I see what they are proposing for 2 sites in Loughborough Junction
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Anyone know if Poundland is open again yet?
Just walked past there and still shut.
Two longstanding Brixton arts organisations, Photofusion and 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, have got together to offer free courses for unemployed or low-income adults living in Lambeth.
Three Factory Production House Step-Up courses are designed to strengthen and extend participants’ creative practice and to improve their prospects as they move into the arts, creative industries or further education.
The 10-week courses – in photography, art and design, and video – are a great way to learn new skills, network with other creative people and make new work, say the organisers.
They hope to run the courses in person, but will be following government guidance.
Courses start on 24 January and run until 30 March. They are open to any Lambeth resident who is 19 or over and unemployed or on a low income.
Email: thefactoryproductionhouse@photofusion.org to sign up.
Three Factory Production House Step-Up courses are designed to strengthen and extend participants’ creative practice and to improve their prospects as they move into the arts, creative industries or further education.
The 10-week courses – in photography, art and design, and video – are a great way to learn new skills, network with other creative people and make new work, say the organisers.
They hope to run the courses in person, but will be following government guidance.
Courses start on 24 January and run until 30 March. They are open to any Lambeth resident who is 19 or over and unemployed or on a low income.
Email: thefactoryproductionhouse@photofusion.org to sign up.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
It’s open. What’s going on with the door?
Was here for 2 minutes and 3 pissed up lads intimidated some kids here for the IDLES gig out of the pub. They’re regulars by the look of it, not pleasant. Busy enough, no one i know but I didn’t brave the garden.
Just the one then.
Larry Love is watching over me.
cuppa tee
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spitfire
Walty McWaltface
liked for the Larry Love bit, not the aggression obviously
It was all a bit under the radar and hard to get across in text but I saw it happening and I’m not new at this. 3 lads with beards, one with a top knot, prime seat at bar and know the bar staff. Bleurgh.
Tron Cruise
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A top knot! Might as well go the whole hog and get the Barbour out.
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