History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Friday, June 28, 2024

Working Class Records: Antifascista Siempre

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Picked up this rather fine 'Antifascista Siempre' t-shirt in Spain recently, produced by Madrid-based Working Class Records. They ha...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Wild Combination: Arthur Russell zine

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'Wild Combination: a zine inspired by the music of Arthur Russell' is published by Black Lodge Press . I got a copy from the excelle...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Stay True

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 'first, I was drawn to raves more for the idea of community than the music itself. You found a flyer, called a number, copied down the ...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

My student occupations - University of Kent at Canterbury (1981-84)

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My first student occupation took place shortly after arriving at the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC), and it was a short one. As the ...
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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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