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The Supercute Brewery are celebrating International Women’s Day with the release of a new beer at their Harlem bar in Market Row, Brixton today, Sat 8th March 2025.

They say:

Come and celebrate with us at the Harlem taproom with £1 half pints of the new Wit beer. There will also be free snacks and a DJ!

A toast to the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance.

Celebrating Celeste Beatty, who is the first black female commercial brewer in the world.

More info

Launch Date: Sat 8th March 2025

Harlem Brewing Taproom Location:

South London has deep connections to the worlds of theatre and entertainment, and this new exhibition at the Lambeth Archives celebrates the borough’s status as the ‘birthplace of circus.’

Called ”RINGSIDE!”, the free exhibition showcases circus performers and spaces from the Georgian and Victorian eras, recalling travelling circuses such as Sanger’s and Smart’s who would pitch on Clapham and Streatham Commons.

It also includes references to the “new circus” of the 1980s, with physical theatre but without animal acts.

Exhibition details

The council’s Big Shift Community Parklet Scheme is now asking for fresh applications for residents to establish their very own parklet in areas of Lambeth that need it most.

Parklets are a shared area of the kerbside that would normally be used by vehicle parking.

Instead, they can be transformed into a social space where residents can meet, create new green spaces, places to stop and rest and give them a say over how their streets are used.

The Big Shift Community Parklet Scheme was launched in 2023 to give every council area in Lambeth the chance to apply.

Local activists have attacked a poster in Loughborough Junction advertising the collaboration between UK rapper Stormzy and the McDonalds fast food chain.

McDonald’s has been the focus of online campaigns and boycotts from Pro-Palestine campaigners following the company’s decision to hand out free meals to IDF forces and citizens in Israel after the deadly Hamas attack in October 2023.

A new exhibition of posters, photos and illustrations at Lambeth Council’s Archives tells the story of how the borough was the birthplace of the circus in Britain.

Although Philip Astley never called his “Amphitheatre” – opened in 1770 on a site in Westminster Bridge Road where St Thomas’ Hospital now stands – a circus, it is now recognised as the first ever fixed-site circus and the birthplace of a British and European circus tradition that continues to this day.

Events for Adults

Defying Limits: Women’s Voices in Challenging Professions – Film Screening

Monday 10 March, 6pm

Streatham Library, SW16 1PN

Bookings via Eventbrite

Join award-winning filmmaker Charysse Tia Harper and guests for film shorts and Q&A for International Women’s Day.

Films being screened include: Sizzle reel Las Matadoras (4 minutes), highlighting three female bullfighters and The Jill of the Trade (22 minutes), a Best Documentary winner showcasing five women in male-dominated professions.

Friends of Windmill Gardens have announced that they will be offering a free horticulture course at Brixton Windmill Centre.

These sessions will run on Wednesdays, 6pm to 8.30pm, April 2, 9, 30 and May 7 and will be delivered by their friends Stephen and Bill from Urban Canopy.

The meetings will cover everything from germination and taking cuttings to soil cultivation and pest control.

They add:

We have a limited number of places available and priority will be given to FoWG volunteers.

If you’d like to book a place contact Catherine.

If you fancy a game of chess on a Saturday afternoon, the West Norwood Library Chess Club takes place every Saturday afternoon, with no charge to play.

The organisers say:

A chess club for all ages and abilities. Chess boards and pieces provided.

Beginner, intermediate or grandmaster, all are welcome. No need to book; drop in and play!

Upcoming dates

More info

West Norwood Library

London

SE27 9JX

Location

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We are sorry if you are experiencing a loss of water supply or loss of pressure in your area. We have located the burst pipe in the area and have teams working hard to resolve the issue.

Our team have been working overnight to fix the pipe and will continue to work throughout today; and our engineers have been working to get your water supply back while we carry out the fix.

We are also continuing to work repairing a leak at our pumping station in Crystal Palace.

Clapham & Brixton Hill MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has been selected as one of 32 new Trade Envoys appointed by the Trade Secretary to drive UK exports and investment.

As Trade Envoy to Ghana, she will support the drive for economic growth by building on the UK’s relations with Ghana, helping UK businesses to take advantage of the opportunities arising from our global trade agenda.