Sunday, January 26, 2020

Disco isn’t dead. It has gone to war (Tony Cokes)

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If UR Reading This It’s 2 Late: Vol 1   at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art was the first UK solo exhibition of US-based artist Tony ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2019: a political year on the London streets

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On this last day of the decade I am not going to attempt any kind of political balance sheet. Yes it's been a fairly depressing time in...
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Monday, December 30, 2019

Synth Jam with Wasp

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I haven't done a lot of music making in 2019, but I did enjoy taking part in a Synth Jam earlier in the year as part of the Telegraph H...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

Crass, Poison Girls, UK Decay in Luton, 1979

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As I post this it is forty years ago this very night that anarcho-punk pioneers Crass and Poison Girls played in Luton, along with home town...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

1937: Police raid Harworth Striking Miners' Dance

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In 1936/37 there was a long and bitter miners’ strike in Nottinghamshire centred on Harworth colliery, sparked by the refusal of mine owners...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

The Butterfly Dream

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(Bristol Temple Meads Station, October 2019) 'Long ago, a certain Zhuang Zi dreamed he was a butterfly – a butterfly fluttering her...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Blinded by the Light - memories of 1980s Luton racism and job cuts

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I enjoyed 'Blinded by The Light', Gurinder Chadha's movie based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s ‘Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion,...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2019

'Seaside: Photographed' at Turner Contemporary in Margate

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'Seaside: Photographed' at Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate is a fine exhibition that seeks to ' examine the relationshi...