Showing posts with label 1990s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1990s. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Big Sexy Festy Finsbury Park (and Big Chill) 1996

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A couple of free festivals I went to in north London's Finsbury Park back in 1996. Not sure of the date of the first one - 'Festival...
Friday, August 02, 2024

Unite Against Racism demo in East End 1994 + a spycop report on David Bowie donating to Anti Nazi League

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In 1993 the far right British National Party achieved a breakthrough in the East End of London when one of its members was elected as a coun...
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Shocking Pink and other feminist zines: an interview with Katy Watson

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The 'Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990' exhibition at Tate Britain (2024) included a great collection of zines a...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Left at the Pier Festival, Brighton 1994

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A feature of the 1980s and 1990s in England was officially sponsored free music festivals, usually one day affairs supported by local counci...
Friday, December 22, 2023

'How to produce a feminist magazine': Bad Attitude - radical women's newspaper (1992-97)

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Bad Attitude was a London-based radical women's newspaper that ran from 1992 to 1997. It was put together by a group of women (mostly fr...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Some Brixton Nights - 1994/95

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A few flyers and memories from my many nights out in Brixton, 1994/95: The Duke of Edinbugh on Ferndale Road SW9, with its large garden, was...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

'Time for Peace, Time to Go': demonstrations in London, Belfast and Dublin - August 1994

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1994 marked the 25th anniversary of British troops being sent on to the streets of the north of Ireland, and there were demonstrations in Lo...