History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2019: a political year on the London streets

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On this last day of the decade I am not going to attempt any kind of political balance sheet. Yes it's been a fairly depressing time in...
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Monday, December 30, 2019

Synth Jam with Wasp

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I haven't done a lot of music making in 2019, but I did enjoy taking part in a Synth Jam earlier in the year as part of the Telegraph H...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

Crass, Poison Girls, UK Decay in Luton, 1979

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As I post this it is forty years ago this very night that anarcho-punk pioneers Crass and Poison Girls played in Luton, along with home town...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

1937: Police raid Harworth Striking Miners' Dance

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In 1936/37 there was a long and bitter miners’ strike in Nottinghamshire centred on Harworth colliery, sparked by the refusal of mine owners...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

The Butterfly Dream

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(Bristol Temple Meads Station, October 2019) 'Long ago, a certain Zhuang Zi dreamed he was a butterfly – a butterfly fluttering her...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Blinded by the Light - memories of 1980s Luton racism and job cuts

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I enjoyed 'Blinded by The Light', Gurinder Chadha's movie based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s ‘Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion,...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2019

'Seaside: Photographed' at Turner Contemporary in Margate

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'Seaside: Photographed' at Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate is a fine exhibition that seeks to ' examine the relationshi...
Saturday, July 06, 2019

'Brutal police attack on disco women' - London Lesbian Conference Social 1981

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'Brutal police attack on disco women' by Michael Mason (Gay News [London], April 16-29, 1981) 'Lesbians attending the main s...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Summer Solstice 1999: Autonomous Astronauts on Parliament Hill

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 June 1999 was arguably the high point of the Association of Autonomous Astronauts in its UK zone of operations. It was then that the AAA ...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Ghost Town racism and resistance - The Specials play Coventry 1981

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The Specials classic 'Ghost Town' single was released in June 1981. In the same month the band played an anti-racist gig in their h...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Youth Strike 4 Climate in London

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I jogged along to cheer on the Youth Strike 4 Climate in  central London yesterday. Great to see thousands of school students seemingly wand...
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