1 October 2015

By Jason Cobb

Angell Town estate in Brixton has been in the news this week following a series of essays written by Evening Standard writer David Cohen.

It’s been a pretty brutal account to read to be honest, all gathered in a very short period of time.

Contrasting the piece penned by a professional Standard writer with the free flowing recording by a resident who has lived in the area for almost 40 years is perhaps more rewarding.

Mitchell can be heard over here in conversation with Daniel Ruiz Tizon, another local lad who has spent his life living mainly around Clapham North and Stockwell.

Read the rest here http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/10/audio-recording-from-angell-town-estate-resident-reflects-on-brixton-gentrification-as-he-fights-to-hang-on/

1 October 2015

By Bill Hicks

So, you've read the Standard….well, here's a different perspective of life on Brixton's Angell Town Estate

If you're hooked on the Evening Standard's week long series of "hard-hitting" articles on life (and death) in Brixton's Angell Town estate, I'd like to recommend some further reading….well, in this case, further listening.

Two weeks before the Standard started publishing David Cohen's vivid and highly dramatic despatches from this low-rise, 1970s estate just north of Brixton town centre, the south-west London born-and-bred writer and broadcaster Daniel Ruiz Tizon posted an hour-long interview with an old friend of his - Mitchell - about his life in Angell Town. Mitchell, who moved to Angell Town as a kid, from very cramped accommodation in Battersea, gives an entirely different perspective. He loved the place, and still does.

Read the rest here http://microgroove33.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/estates-real-estate-angell-town-brixton.html