History is made at night
The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters
Thursday, December 13, 2018
How it all began (for me): a School Kid against the Nazis in Luton 1979/80
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Going on a recent march against the far right in central London got me thinking about my earliest forays into anti-fascism when I was at sch...
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Walking in the swarm of stars
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I've long been interested in dreams and visions of flight and space, something I experimented with a bit during the fantastic voyage of ...
Sunday, November 18, 2018
'Sound of police truncheon against body': David Peace's miners strike soundscape
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I've written here before about music and the 1984/85 miners strike, including putting together a mix which you can find on mixcloud. Bu...
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Haircut Sir? - Flat Top Days in Brixton
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I was sad to hear of the death of barber Andy Haralambous (1/06/1944 - 09/10/2018). For ten years from the late 1980s, Andy cut my hair reg...
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Friday, August 31, 2018
July Days in London: Trump as Tyrant Monster and our opposition
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I've been thinking again about the Trump phenomenon. As many have pointed out, plenty of other US Presidents have presided over racist...
Motorway Madness: 'ravers take over motorway services' (i-D, 1991)
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Great article from i-D magazine, no. 91, April 1991 about post-club gatherings at Motorway service stations (click on images to enlarge): ...
Friday, August 17, 2018
Reagan vists London (1984): mass demo, 'punk anti militarists' and a quick rampage through Covent Garden
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In June 1984, US President Ronald Reagan visited London to participate in a World Economic Summit at Lancaster House. This was during the pe...
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...
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