Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Song of the Living Corpses - Japanese Textile Workers' Ballads

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As Japan industrialised in the late 19th and early 20th century large numbers of young women were employed in textile mills, often living in...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Parallel Mothers: History refuses to shut its mouth

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Lots to love in 'Parallel Mothers'/'Madres Paralelas' (2021), the latest Pedro Almodóvar film. One plot thread concerns the ...
Monday, February 07, 2022

Stop Clause 28 - a queer (near) riot in London, 1988

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'Section 28' of the Local Government Act 1988 was a piece of culture war-style legislation framed by Margaret Thatcher's Conserv...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022

A Jewish Ball in London (1859)

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'Yesterday evening a grand ball, attended by the leading members of the Hebrew persuasion in the city, took place at the London Tavern, ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Simulmatics, sorcery and counter-insurgency

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 The murky story of American “psychological operations” in the Vietnam war features many strange episodes. As told in ‘If Then: How One Data...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The Au Pairs - 1981 Interview with Lesley Woods

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'9 August 1980. Ninth anniversary of  internment, and the Au Pairs are playing a free gig for the kids in West Belfast. Rock The Block -...
Monday, January 17, 2022

The Sanctuary - Hardcore in Milton Keynes, 1991-2004

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Milton Keynes Gallery has been hosting an exhibition on the famous MK club The Sanctuary (it closes on 23 January 2022).  'How did an u...
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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Karma Sutra, Luton anarcho-punk and hunt sabbing (1984-6)

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Long ago and far away (well mid 1980s Luton) there was a great punk band called Karma Sutra. I hung out with them and made a few squiggly no...
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