History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Dancing London (1902): 'riotous hilarity' and 'rhythmic revolution'

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'Living London: its work and its play, its humour and its pathos, its sights and its scenes,' edited by George Robert Sims , is a re...
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Sunday, June 10, 2018

London 1968 at Tate Britain

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There's an interesting free display at Tate Britain gallery of material from radical movements and associated artists from London in 19...
Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Reclaim the Streets Brixton Party, June 1998

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Brixton has seen many parties, but none quite like the Reclaim the Streets event on Saturday 6th June 1998 when thousands of people brou...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Police and Free Parties 2018

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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...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Dream English Kid 1964-1999 AD - Mark Leckey (2015)

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Mark Leckey's film 'Dream English Kid 1964-1999 AD' is a collage of what he has termed 'found memories', fragments from ...
Sunday, February 04, 2018

Steve Strange and Camden Palace

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Following our earlier post on the Camden Palace from The Face, 1983 here's a couple more courtesy of the excellent Like Punk Never Hap...
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Friday, February 02, 2018

Poison Girls interview - Leveller magazine 1982

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Interview with Poison Girls from 'independent feminist/socialist magazine' The Leveller (published from 52 Acre Lane, SW2), Decembe...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Summer Rites 1997: Lesbian and Gay free festival in Brockwell Park

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20 years ago - on 2 August 1997 - the second Summer Rites lesbian and gay free festival was held in Brixton's Brockwell Park. Coming ju...
Monday, July 17, 2017

The Dance Floor is Packed with Stories

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'Feels and Flows' by Paul Maheke at Tate Britain in London is essentially a recreation of aspects of a nightclub space within the...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Datacide at London Radical Bookfair 2017

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It's the 2017 London Radical Bookfair tomorrow, Saturday 24 June, at Goldsmiths in New Cross. Datacide, magazine of noise and po...
Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Two Nights in Hackney: police and free parties 1996

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A report on police  raids on two free parties in Hackney in 1996: 'Hackney Police Risk Riot to Kill Joy Hackney police ha...
Friday, April 28, 2017

London Nightlife 1983 - Colin Faver on Camden Palace and Heaven

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From the Face magazine, February 1983, as part of an overview of the soundtrack to London nightlife at that point, an interview with the la...
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