Thursday, May 19, 2022

May Days in Dublin, 1994

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I have taken part in many May Day celebrations large and small, but the biggest was certainly in Dublin in 1994. The occasion was a huge par...
Thursday, May 12, 2022

New Protest Laws and Two Years of London Protests

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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 is now law, bringing in new police powers summarised by Liberty as including: Creating a ...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Linton Kwesi Johnson interview, 1982

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This interview with Linton Kwesi Johnson was published in the newspaper Socialist Challenge (29 April 1982) under the headline 'We'...
Saturday, April 02, 2022

Life Between Islands

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Images of musicking and dancing feature heavily in the exhibition 'Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art' at Tate Britain. Pau...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Always Remember: the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Hyde Park (1994)

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TV Programme 'Grayson Arts Club' (March 2022) featured long term HIV survivor Jonathan Blake  making a new panel for the UK AIDS Mem...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

London Club Listings 1982

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London club listing from Time Out, 26 February 1982. Before my London clubbing days, and I must say it doesn't sound too great though of...
Sunday, March 13, 2022

Gays Against Nazis, Leeds 1978

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Gays Against Nazis/Rock Against Racism gig at Leeds Poly, 30 June 1978 with The Mekons, reggae band Tribesman and Sheffield post-punk band 2...
Sunday, March 06, 2022

Skibadee remembered on home turf

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The great junglist/drum & bass MC Skibadee died last month and fittingly is the subject of lots of memorial graffiti around Waterloo in ...