Monday, October 25, 2021

Anti-fascism 1962 - the real battles of Ridley Road and Trafalgar Square

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The BBC series 'Ridley Road' (2021) is a fictional drama which draws on real historical events - the activities of Colin Jordan'...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Dance Can't Nice - exploring black music spaces at the Horniman Museum

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In '696 - Dance Can't Nice' at South London's Horniman Museum,  the artist Naeem Dxvis explores London's Black music spa...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Sophie Richmond on the politics of punk (1977)

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So many words have been spilt about first wave UK punk and politics over the last 45 years, but one of the most lucid contemporary assessmen...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

The first march against nuclear missiles at Greenham Common, 1980

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There have been a number of events this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. Having been chosen ...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

War Inna Babylon at ICA

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'War Inna Babylon: The Community’s Struggle for Truths and Rights'  at London's Institute for Contemporary Arts (7 July – 26 Sep...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Lunch magazine- London gay disco 1972

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Lunch magazine ran from 1971 to 1973, starting out as a newsletter put out by Campaign for Homosexual Equality members in London and expandi...
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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Barcelona in Soho: a 1940s Surrealist hangout

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17 Beak Street in Soho is at the time of writing a branch of the Flat Iron steak restaurant chain. But for at least 40 years it was home to ...
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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Nights full of sex and dancing: the New York hot summer of 1967

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'There was a hit song in the 1960s by the Lovin’ Spoonful called  Summer in the City  all about how the days were hot and gritty, everyo...