For three days, rioters fought with police, hurling petrol bombs, setting fire to cars and schools and looting shops.

Coldharbour Lane’s Brixton House has curated a season of seven shows for a potent programme to celebrate resilience from the ...

Award-winning writer Alex Wheatle MBE – whose life inspired a hit BBC series – has died aged 62. Wheatle, who was known as the Brixton Bard, passed away on March 16 following a prostate cancer ...

Alex Wheatle once directed a question to me. Would The Bookseller pledge to feature a Black writer on the front cover of the ...

He was also known for being part of the 1981 Brixton riot – which inspired Sir Steve McQueen to direct the movie Alex Wheatle. Charlotte McLaughlin6 days ago Alex Wheatle, who wrote a string of ...