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May 23, 2013, No comments

It is easy to be suspicious of all the changes occurring in Brixton these days. We worry the uniqueness of the area could be lost to high street stores, global [...]

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The Edible Bus Stop: from guerrilla garden to Lambeth ‘Pocket Park’

May 22, 2013, No comments

By Isabel Hope-Urwin Regular readers may already know of Stockwell’s Edible Bus Stop which Brixton Blog has visited before. Well last weekend i ...

'Yuppies out' seen written on Foxtons, Brixton Road, picture by Kaye Wiggins

Comment: Help to Buy should help local people in London buy homes first

May 16, 2013, 9 Comments

By Melody David The chancellor’s new ‘Help to Buy’ scheme, offering prospective buyers up to 20% of the value of their new-build home and mortga ...

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Grilling Levi Roots

May 7, 2013, 5 Comments

Last week, I was lucky enough to get the chance to sit down and chat food and Brixton with probably the most famous food entrepeneur in the area, Levi ...

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    Changes at Carnegie Library
    May 3, 2013, 1 Comment

    Lee Baker reports from Carnegie Library (ok, we know it’s Herne Hill, but we’re interested all the same…) Nobody says ‘sssh’ as the mugs of tea are poured and rows [...]

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    BRIXTON PEOPLE: Tim Wells, poet and DJ
    April 26, 2013, No comments

    Faye Lipson caught up with Tim Wells: published poet, reggae DJ and business advisor to Brixton’s entrepreneurial unemployed. “My daughter says I’m a hipster”, is the unlikely opening gambit of [...]

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    Brixton People: Pritesh Patel
    April 24, 2013, 3 Comments

    By Neil Sammonds If you’re reading this, the chances are that you’ve already met Pritesh Patel: though some of you may not know it. Neil Sammonds caught up with Brixton [...]