History is made at night

Art Not Evidence posters in Camberwell, South London, July 2024 ' Art Not Evidence is a growing coalition of lawyers, journalists, arti...

A report on a couple of police raids on squat venues in South London from 1991 - an occupational hazard of going out in that era. The Hellho...

The 'Women, Life, Freedom' revolt in Iran is an inspiration. I can only express my solidarity for those who have taken to the street...

A police raid on an Italian-run club in Soho in 1900 led to fighting with police outside and the proprietors being jailed. The Co-operative ...

'War Inna Babylon: The Community’s Struggle for Truths and Rights'  at London's Institute for Contemporary Arts (7 July – 26 Sep...

'Brutal police attack on disco women' by Michael Mason (Gay News [London], April 16-29, 1981) 'Lesbians attending the main s...

It's been a long time since I've done one of these posts , but important to remind ourselves that the anti-rave Criminal Justice Act...

A report on police  raids on two free parties in Hackney in 1996: 'Hackney Police Risk Riot to Kill Joy Hackney police ha...

The National Archives has today released Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet files from 1989 and 1990, including discussions amongst Minist...

The Guardian reported earlier this month (10 October): 'Iran's revolutionary guards have announced the arrest of "a network ...

It's the start of a new term in British student life, and yes no doubt at the end of Freshers Week some students are going out dancing, ...

KRS-Dan on Flickr has been uploading some yellowing newspaper clippings from the acid house era. This one from the Sun, 2 November 1988, s...

Excellent Dublin newspaper/blog Rabble has an interesting piece on the Public Dance Halls Act 1935 in Ireland, which remains in force to t...

Earlier this week (December 12), Norfolk police posted a short video on Youtube with the title 'Seized rave equipment destroyed'. A...

If anyone got robbed, burgled or raped this weekend in London and wondered where the police were when they needed them - hey, they had other...

Thanks to Google news and other archive searches it is possible to date reasonably accurately when words came to be widely used, at least...

'Banning Disco nights cause Chayamba secondary school to close as students riot' (6 November 2012, Zodiak Radio ) 'Chayamba S...

From Southend Standard (10 August 2012): 'Footage of revellers at an illegal rave in Rochford woodland has been posted on YouTube.M...

Finally got round to watching 'Festivals Britannia' a documentary about the history of the British festival scene first broadcast ...