Thursday, April 04, 2024

Shocking Pink and other feminist zines: an interview with Katy Watson

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The 'Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990' exhibition at Tate Britain (2024) included a great collection of zines a...
Friday, March 08, 2024

Institute of Goa 1995 (plus Trends/Trenz in Stoke Newington)

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A couple of flyers for London parties I believe I went to in 1995 (sometimes it's a bit hazy) . The first one I think a free party somew...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Melancholic Troglodytes on Star Trek, Dune, Capitalism and War

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A couple of sci-fi infused critiques of capitalism and war from Melancholic Troglodytes from the early 21st century. 'Neither Species 84...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Cavern Club 1963 : an 'alternative to this world'?

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Interesting article from Peace News, 20 December 1963 in which Richard Mabey writes of his visit to the Cavern Club in Liverpool and reflect...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Coventry Working Men's Club 'Colour Bar' (1971)

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An everyday tale of 1970s racism in England involving the Barras Heath Working Men's Club in Coventry and its efforts to keep out black ...
Friday, February 09, 2024

1995 London Clubs

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From the 'Capital Guide: London for Londoners' (Boxtree publications, 1995), published in association with the London Transport Muse...
Saturday, February 03, 2024

Jeremy: a London gay magazine features skinheads (1970)

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The fantastic Bishopsgate Institute LGBTQ+ archive has digitised issues of Jeremy , a London-based gay lifestyle magazine from the late 1960...
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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Luton punk squat party 1985: 'Revolution is the Festival of the Oppressed'

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In November 1985 there was a squat gig in Luton with local punk bands. Unusually for that time some people actually took photos of it which ...