History is made at night

Shelagh Delaney (1939-2011) died this weekend. She achieved many things, but will always be primarily remembered for A Taste of Hone...

The August riots in England: Understanding the involvement of young people , published by the National Centre for Social Research (Novemebe...

London Halloween Costume 2011 Halloween weekend in London, and the streets were full of zombies, witches and men wrapped in bandages....

The Trammps' disco classic The Night the Lights Went Out (1977) commemorates an actual historical event in that year - the New York bla...

'Protest and Carnival against War, Oppression and Exploitation' In 1983-84 the financial centre of London was the focus for a series...

The financial crisis looks to have killed off the UK's largest chain of nightclubs, threatening up to 3000 jobs. According to the Finaci...

Personally I am a little jaded by Michael Jackson flashmobs, but this example from Chile in June 2011 takes it to another level of political...

Since last Saturday's start of Occupy London Stock Exchange (Occupy LSX ), I've been back a couple of times to the camp. The tent t...

'After 1920 women who occasionally wore men's clothing and those who passed as men began to socialize more openly in cafes and night...

The various Occupy actions around the world at the weekend have varied in scale, intensity and political mood. Rioting and huge crowds in Ro...