History is made at night

At this time of year it is customary to raise a glass to one of Germany's finest music critics: Albrecht (Ali) Höhler (1898-1933). His e...

Some pictures taken in Berlin earlier this month - mostly in Friedrichshain, but I think the last image of the astronaut was in Kreuzberg:

Night stirs the trees With breathings of such music that they sway, Skirts, sleeves, tiaras, in the humming dark, Their highborn heads tossi...

I went to Berlin recently for the launch of the new issue (number 11) of Datacide - 'the magazine for noise and politics'. There we...

'These were bright new monied times in which society people were encouraged to enjoy the primitive theatrics of those who appeared to be...

Looking forward to this on Thursday, the launch of an exhibition of photographs by Georgina Cook ( Drumz of the South ) at the LAVA Gallery...

A while ago, I did a post on songs about people being killed by the police (Blair Peach, Liddle Towers etc.) At tonight's Radio 2 Folk ...

The unfolding revolution in Egypt has seen an explosion of new forms of social life and mutual aid as people organise to live as the regime ...

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin works on two levels -above ground the 'Field of Stelae' conveys a sense of sca...

Langston Hughes was born on this day (1 February) in 1902. Here's his great poem Dream Variations (1926): To fling my arms wide In some...

There's some good street art in Brighton, including a pretty fine James Brown mural: Look closely at the chess mural and you will see t...

Going to be in Berlin next week to do a talk as part of the launch of the new edition of Datacide magazine (number 11), in which I have an ...

Enjoyed Black Swan, a whole movie about dancing - what's not to like? If you've been living in a cave for the last month you might...

Party in the forest, Norfolk, England ( EDP 15 January 2010 ) 'Officers moved in on an area of forestland at Two Mile Bottom, Thetford,...

We reported last year on the police operation to close the UK Teknival at Dale Aerodrome in Pemrokeshire (Wales). The court case arising fr...

A campaign is growing against 'anti-rave' legislation being proposed in the California State Assembly by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma. AB ...

The ballroom in the Lee Plaza Hotel , Detroit, from the excellent Ruins of Detroit by Yves Marchard and Romain Meffre. Interesting article...

Bobby Farrell of Boney M died yesterday at the age of 61. Born Alfonso Farrell in Aruba, off the north coast of Venezuela, he left home at t...

Geraldine Hoff Doyle (pictured) died in Lansing , Michigan on December 26 th at the age of 86. Nearly 70 years ago she was working as a 17 ...

From International Times no.14, 2 June 1967, an advert for Happening 44, a psychedelic club at 44 Gerrard Street in Soho, where basement clu...