My earliest south London memory? Not wanting to come here Rachel de Thample is the food editor for Abel & Cole, writing their weekly veg box recipes. She has also worked in the kitchens of Marco Pierre White and Heston Blumenthal, edited at Waitrose Food Illustrated, contributed to two Borough Market Cookbooks and written Less …
Waterloo Bridge is a symbol when I’m travelling back from the north side of the river that I’m nearly home. Jon Rundell is an international DJ, acclaimed producer, in-demand remixer, record label boss – and south Londoner (he lives in Streatham). Rundell heads up Carl Cox’s Intec Digital label where he has been boss for seven years. …
Southsayer: Jon Rundell, DJ and record label boss Read More »
Since Jay Rayner’s famously scathing Observer review, Wishbone has probably become the most divisive restaurant in Brixton. ‘It’s all those pimped-up dirty-food clichés in one messy, shoot-me-now package,’ he wrote of the place, from the same stable as Soho’s Meat Liquor, and hot on the, ahem, wings of London’s first ‘hipster’ chicken joint in NW5. So when Wishbone …
There is a game we have been playing. You are in charge. Five bands. One venue. Who would you choose? (Alive or dead, pick the era.) Seemingly easy, it’s surprisingly hard. Everyone can roll off four, but the fifth throws it. My staging choice fluctuates between Hackney Empire and Hyde Park with guaranteed sunshine. And …
Review: The Specials, O2 Academy, Brixton, 28 May 2013 Read More »
The central idea is to celebrate the creativity and innovation that has always been in the area One of my favourite TED talks is by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie where she speaks about the danger of a single story and in essence the danger of stereotypes. Ever since I watched it a few years …
Earlier this week, our north of the river sister site, Kentishtowner, tapped into a hot topic in their neck of the woods: KT has no local cinema, and the website is campaigning to get one. The northsiders’ campaign was sparked by the impending closure of NW5’s Pizza Express, as the grade II listed building it …
Free evening? Visit one of south London’s secret cinemas Read More »
1. Brixton: Hollie Cook hits Plan B tonight The musical vibe at Brixton’s Plan B tonight is determinedly sun-kissed. We love Hollie Cook’s sweet, old-school tinged reggae sound – and she is the special guest of headliners, Sashi & The Wild Beans. The soulful ska lovers, whose debut EP True to Yourself you may already …
We recently featured a story about the great work against food waste that Brixton People’s Kitchen get up to, and their event in Myatt’s Field Park. Here BK volunteer, Phillip Bowen, explains why the organisation exists Having volunteered for only a couple of months, I have realised that at the Brixton People’s Kitchen we don’t …
Shane Meadows does the Stone Roses – in Brixton (and Clapham and Greenwich) “It takes time for people to fall in love with ya,” says Stone Roses frontman, Ian Brown in an interview at the height of his band’s fame. “But,” he goes on, with a flicker of a smile, “it’s inevitable.” It’s a legendary …
Yes, Brixton locals will recognise those words – they’ve been plastered across Dogstar’s facade for weeks, echoing the lyrics of the Streets’ hit that mentions the venue*. But my gosh, as the band’s former frontman might put it, how Brixton has changed since he was last a local. So what will he still recognise? It …
