Hope turns to despair for a mother battling for a say in the future of her home
Iona Cleave reports on eight years of disappointment, chaos and broken promises for the residents of South Lambeth estate.
THE BRIXTON BLOG AND BUGLE
Campaigning against forever sentences
Brixton born and bred, Andrew Morris has a bone to pick with the justice system. From growing up in the Angell Town estate to writing political manifestos in prison and now fighting for true justice in the legal system, Morris has plenty to talk about.
New Brixton community cinema has indie passion
A film with an uncanny contemporary relevance will show in Brixton Village tomorrow. Iona Cleave meets the woman behind the show and a new cinema for Brixton
Once or twice a month, a vacant space in Brixton Village is transformed into something else entirely – Brixton Community Cinema. Posters, fold-up chairs, popcorn and a projector move in and it becomes a space for the local community to enjoy independent cinema, affordably and collectively.
South London film-enthusiast Abiba Coulibaly is b
Once or twice a month, a vacant space in Brixton Village is transformed into something else entirely – Brixton Community Cinema. Posters, fold-up chairs, popcorn and a projector move in and it becomes a space for the local community to enjoy independent cinema, affordably and collectively.
South London film-enthusiast Abiba Coulibaly is b
Confused, smarter and happier after Brixton Book Jam
Iona Cleave was there as Brixton Book Jam returned to the Hootananny
The lights warm and dimmed, the music off, the dance floor replaced by tables, chairs and candles – Hootananny Brixton was a difference scene altogether.
The audience was still crowding in when Mik Artistik – host of the evening and frequent Book Jam performer – began to tell us about his experience of drawing strangers on paper bags, followed by a song about the “man in chords”.
And so began an evening of joyous strangeness
The lights warm and dimmed, the music off, the dance floor replaced by tables, chairs and candles – Hootananny Brixton was a difference scene altogether.
The audience was still crowding in when Mik Artistik – host of the evening and frequent Book Jam performer – began to tell us about his experience of drawing strangers on paper bags, followed by a song about the “man in chords”.
And so began an evening of joyous strangeness
Brixton BookJam back home at Hootananny
As Brixton BookJam gets back on track after lockdowns, Iona Cleave caught up with founder Zelda Rhiando to talk about the now decade-old event which fuses local and global influences across literature, music and performance
Zelda Rhiando is most of the force behind the non-profit literary event that has now been running for more than ten years.
The concept is simple: an unpredictable, eclectic mix of, mostly, writers, but also poets and musicians – some well-known and some completely new. Each
Zelda Rhiando is most of the force behind the non-profit literary event that has now been running for more than ten years.
The concept is simple: an unpredictable, eclectic mix of, mostly, writers, but also poets and musicians – some well-known and some completely new. Each
A year on from Sarah Everard’s murder, organisers of her vigil win against the Met
“Today’s judgement is a victory for women"
'In the ocean with nowhere to go' - Reviewing Hostile
Iona Cleave was at the Ritzy in Brixton to watch Hostile – a documentary that investigates the fragile, precarious lives stuck within a broken immigration system.
