Friday, September 30, 2022

The Age of Insurreckshan - LKJ in NME, 1984

›
From the NME, 17 March 1984, Neil Spencer interviews Linton Kwesi Johnson. Don’t call him a dub poet… ‘I’m not a dub poet and I don’t want t...
Friday, September 23, 2022

'They call themselves the Gender Benders' (1984)

›
I saw an online discussion recently about the origins of the term 'gender bender'. Seemingly Jon Savage used it in a 1980 article ab...
4 comments:
Friday, September 16, 2022

London Anarchist Bookfair

›
The London Anarchist Bookfair in September 2021 took place in the shadow of Covid. Some of it was held outside in Red Lion Square, while ins...
1 comment:
Thursday, September 08, 2022

Monica Sjöö - art of anarcho-feminism, the Goddess and the peace movement

›
'Monica Sjöö: The time is NOW and it is overdue!'  at the Beaconsfield Gallery, London SE11 brings together a large collection of pa...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Ragged Ragtime Girls: Leila Waddell, Aleister Crowley and seven dancing violinists

›
I have been enjoying Phil Baker's 'City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley' (Strange Attractor, 2022), which traces hi...
1 comment:
Monday, August 15, 2022

'Riot in Whitehall': London Miners Strike Demo 1985

›
In February 1985 the miners strike in Britain was in its last few weeks. A highly organised state sponsored strike breaking operation was ha...
1 comment:
Friday, August 12, 2022

Discothèque dancing - 'you don't need a band' (1964)

›
'you Frug, Surf and Watusi and you don't need a band - Discotheque Dancing.  As of last night, the smart dances to do were the Frug,...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Defend the Atlanta Forest

›
'Defend the Atlanta Forest'  is a movement opposing the destruction of woodland in Atlanta to build a police training facility that ...