Lambeth councillors, local MP Helen Hayes and London Assembly member Marina Ahmad today (17 April) gathered with others in Brixton to mark the anniversary of the bomb that exploded in Electric Avenue 25 years ago. It was one of a series of three planted by an extreme right-winger hoping to spark a race war. Three people, one ..read more

Magic will be in the air on Landor Road on Thursday 25 April. The Landor’s magic night will be hosted by Ady Lloyd. Ady and his line-up of award-winning guest magicians promise an evening of the finest family friendly magic, including mind-reading, close-up magic, and staged illusions. Tickets £15 ..read more

The Herne Hill Forum is organising a hustings for the forthcoming London Assembly elections on Wednesday 24 April at 7pm. All candidates for the Lambeth and Southwark constituency on 2 May are being invited to take part at the Baptist church on the corner of Half Moon Lane and Winterbrook Road, SE24. They are invited ..read more

Photofusion, Brixton’s local photographic resource centre, has joined forces with 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning, to run free courses for Lambeth people interested in the arts. Starting on May 7, these one-day a week courses are designed for unemployed or low-wage people. Participants need to be at leas 19 years old. There are three ten ..read more

Brixton based charity Poetic Unity and Dark Matter, a marketing agency connecting Black audiences with culture and the arts, will screen the film Brother at the Ritzy during Mental Health Awareness Week in May. The two organisations say the event underscores their commitment to addressing vital community issues through innovative cultural experiences. Brother tackles themes including masculinity, identity, mental health ..read more

Members and supporters of National Hate Crime Awareness Week (NHCAW) will meet once again at 6pm outside the Iceland Store on Electric Avenue in Brixton tomorrow on 17 April as they do each year for a short act of remembrance. They will mark the 25th anniversary of the nail bomb planted there by the right-wing ..read more

The Brixton-based Advocacy Academy, which trains young people with experience of injustice to achieve long-term change for themselves and their communities, is looking for recruits. It is seeking 16-to-18-year-olds, who either live in or go to school in an SE or SW London postcode, and are passionate about social justice and changing the world. “If ..read more

Marks & Spencer in Brixton will close tomorrow (11 April) to undergo major refurbishment, the company confirmed today. It will reopen in the autumn as “a fresh-market style foodhall”. The store will no longer have a clothing and home section. The first M&S in London opened in Brixton in1903. The company’s first shop was in ..read more

Two locally based organisations – the Brixton Project and Pegasus Opera – are among 28 to get government funding this year for events around Windrush Day – 22 June. Announcement of the funds came after the second annual Windrush Scandal vigil in Windrush Square on Saturday (6 April) when speakers once again highlighted the injustice ..read more

The search for love is not a new story, but it’s given a fresh treatment in Love Steps, the debut play of writer Anastasia Osei-Kuffour, starring Sharon Rose and Reece Richards. This is the story – told very largely in rhyming verse – of Anna’s efforts to find the man of her dreams. We accompany ..read more