Bookshops of Brixton
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By Layla There are few things that I love more than a good bookshop. Anyone who likes to read will surely sympathise with that moment of stepping from the world of everything else into a little world of books. But do such havens exist in Brixton? Of course they do. Here's what I think are the top bookshops of Brixton, for your reading and gift-buying delight: Round Table Books Best for children's books This little children's bookshop, just opened earlier this year in Brixton Village, may be the loveliest bookshop in London. They are lovely because they are bright and colourful; stock a beau ..read more
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The Best Yoga in Brixton
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By Roz There are two things you need to know about me as a yogi. The first is that I’ve been practising for nearly two decades - it’s been the one constant despite living in three countries (the UK, Japan and the US). And the second is that I’m not very good. You know those photos you sometimes see of people balancing on their noses with their legs in the air (or a less extravagant version of that)? That’s a million miles from me and the kind of yoga I do. I mention these two facts because different people want different things; what I want from a yoga studio is somewhere that has lots of cla ..read more
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BRIXTON EXPLORING: BRIXTON MALL v BRIXTON PLAZA
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- THE SECRETS WITHIN THE QUIN AND AXTENS BUILDING REVEALED On Brixton Road between Stockwell and Ferndale Roads lies the old Quin & Axtens building. According to the Brixton Blog, this building (once a big department store, taken over by Bon Marche, then bombed in the war - read the history) is to become a 250-bed hotel with the entrance opposite the O2 Academy. Also offices and a nightclub, a couple of shops and some studio space). Not exactly clear when (for better or worse) this transformation is going to happen, but in the meantime, two establishments that previously had big footpri ..read more
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'SECRET' HAPPY PLACES OF BRIXTON: kingshield stationers, arts and crafts
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4y ago
If there's one thing I love, it's a specialty shop. When I lived in Tokyo one of my favourite things was to walk through a whole neighbourhood packed with literally hundreds of book shops, or musical instrument shops, or snowboard shops. With a few exceptions (Like Hatton Row), specialty shops are more scattered in London. It's fun when they're hidden and I happen upon them. So it was delightful, when on the hunt for some acrylic paint, to find lurking in a completely unexpected corner of Brixton... Kingshield Stationers, Arts and Crafts (387 Brixton Rd). I don't think it has a website. It bar ..read more
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BAR SNACKS OF BRIXTON VILLAGE
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4y ago
By Layla Brixton Village is brimming with bars - but as someone who doesn't drink all that much, what interests me more is what I'm snacking on alongside my glass of wine. (And whether my dog is allowed to join us.) Which is why my current drinking spots of choice in Brixton Village are Champagne and Fromage, and the new Wine Parlour bottleshop (as opposed to the Wine Parlour main shop on Atlantic Road which doesn't allow dogs, but does offer wine tastings and WSET courses). So what am I snacking on? Well if I'm in Champagne and Fromage I have an important decision: savoury or sweet? If it's ..read more
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Smoke and Salt: my favourite restaurant in Brixton
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4y ago
The simultaneously brilliant and terrible thing in Brixton is the vast number of restaurant incubators. So we get all this diverse, amazing quality food... but sometimes just as we get to love a restaurant it moves on to a permanent space. When Donostia Social Club left for Tooting, we wailed “What are we going to do?” And the DSC owner replied: “Smoke and Salt.”   He was absolutely right. One of the elevated restaurants in Pop Brixton, the look of Smoke and Salt is sleek and elegant yet casual and welcoming in its little shipping container. And there are three great things:   1. The food. It ..read more
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A Dog's life in brixton
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4y ago
Brixton is not technically the dog epicentre of London. It doesn’t have a proper park (though there are many a mile in most directions from Brixton centre), pet businesses, or other explicit dog-friendly amenities. But it’s nevertheless a good place to live for the discerning city dog. Kaseki came here from Tokyo where there were nice leafy places to walk, and many dog groomers... but what he really wanted was to hang out with us in the shops, cafe, bars and restaurants in the city. It's fairly rare that I need to go out without him. Even though he always tries to drag me to the tube station ..read more
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Becoming brilliant brixton
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4y ago
I’d only just moved to Brixton when my gentle, loving little dog was savaged by a staffie while its owner looked on, saying “You’d better get your dog out of my dog’s jaws.” We were both left bleeding and heartbroken while the owner casually shouted “Run, or he’ll attack again!” After lots of expensive, distressing surgery my dog learned to walk again and is now doing well. But for the past year, both of us have walked in Brixton without loving it: on high alert for attacking dogs, for smashed glass from passing revellers that has cut his paws, for discarded chicken bones that have choked him ..read more
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The Best Yoga in Brixton
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5y ago
By Roz There are two things you need to know about me as a yogi. The first is that I’ve been practising for nearly two decades - it’s been the one constant despite living in three countries (the UK, Japan and the US). And the second is that I’m not very good. You know those photos you sometimes see of people balancing on their noses with their legs in the air (or a less extravagant version of that)? That’s a million miles from me and the kind of yoga I do. I mention these two facts because different people want different things; what I want from a yoga studio is somewhere that has lots of cla ..read more
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BRIXTON EXPLORING: BRIXTON MALL v BRIXTON PLAZA
BRILLIANT BRIXTON
by
5y ago
- THE SECRETS WITHIN THE QUIN AND AXTENS BUILDING REVEALED On Brixton Road between Stockwell and Ferndale Roads lies the old Quin & Axtens building. According to the Brixton Blog, this building (once a big department store, taken over by Bon Marche, then bombed in the war - read the history) is to become a 250-bed hotel with the entrance opposite the O2 Academy. Also offices and a nightclub, a couple of shops and some studio space). Not exactly clear when (for better or worse) this transformation is going to happen, but in the meantime, two establishments that previously had big footpri ..read more
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