Brixton (Category) - 24 posts

Thorsten has been diagnosed with covid for the second time -- presumably omicron. Fortunately we have a nice house to isolate in together.

I recently moved from Melville to Brixton, which sounds like it's not really a big deal but actually it is.

On Sunday morning I stopped by the Brixton Cemetery to take pictures of a cleanup event led by Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries.

On Saturday night I attended the Brixton Burn, a dance performance followed by the burning of a wooden sculpture beneath the Sentech Tower.

Pandemic dining is stressful, and sadly that's not going to change anytime soon. Here are 5 local places where I feel comfortable eating.

I went to Peter's Food Centre in Brixton to sample their selection of dagwoods. The corner shop experience didn't disappoint.

166 Caroline St., Brixton, once a Chinese-owned corner shop, is hosting an exhibiton about Chinese immigrants in 20th-century South Africa.

I had an amazing opportunity to go to the top of the Sentech Tower, aka the Brixton Tower, which hardly anybody ever gets to do.

Brixton is one of Joburg's most underrated neighborhoods, but until recently it has been lacking cool hangouts. The new Breezeblock cafe is changing that.

I took a tour around Johannesburg with Sifiso Ntuli of the Roving Bantu Kitchen.

At this time last year I put my first-ever limited-edition print, “Hazy Blue Hour”, up for sale on my blog. The sale went remarkably well – I …

My grandmother, Frances Mason (aka Cooncie), loved visiting cemeteries. When I was a kid, Cooncie was always nagging me to come with her to visit our family …