History is made at night

Interesting article from Peace News, 20 December 1963 in which Richard Mabey writes of his visit to the Cavern Club in Liverpool and reflect...

The second in a series of posts on the 1981 summer uprisings in England: Night number two was in Toxteth, Liverpool, 30 years ago on Saturd...

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster , when fans of Liverpool FC were crushed at the Hillsborough football s...

I enjoyed Street and Studio: an Urban History of Photography at Tate Modern in London over the summer (the exhibition opens in Essen next w...

Ken Campbell (1941-2008) died on Sunday, not only an actor and comedian but an incomparable counter-cultural transmitter. With the Science F...

Yoko Ono's '13 Days Do it Yourself Dance Festival’ was, I believe, first 'held' in England in September 1967 - although ...

Following the recent 1997 chronology we go back another year to 1996, a time of Reclaim the Streets parties, police raids on gay clubs and,...

This chronology of raves, clubs and policing was compiled from the dance music press at the time ( Mixmag , Muzik , Eternity, DJ etc.). Much...