Above a fishmonger in Electric Lane, a storey-high mural of Dionne Brown currently gazes enigmatically down at passers-by. Her image may not yet be well known to anyone beyond the Brixton locals who pass it, but that is about to change with the arrival of Queenie on Channel 4 — in which she has the starring role.
“I didn’t anticipate it would be as big as it was,” the 28-year old says, showing me a picture on her phone of the painting put up to publicise the show. “There’s nothing else. It’s just me. But I’m like, ‘Don’t take it down!’”
