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London Land Justice Fair in Myatt’s Fields

Aug

4

2024

Enjoyed the London Land Justice Fair in Myatt's Fields Park in Camberwell last month (21st July 2024), lots of stalls and chats plus a meeting marquee where I went to an interesting session on 'who owns London?'. Before I went I wasn't too sure about the concept of 'land justice' but I came away thinking ...

Music Monday: Martin Howard – The Ornithologists Arms

Jul

22

2024

Martin Howard has been putting on the well regarded Acoustic Anarchy nights at Water into Beer in Brockley since 2017, and he often sings a couple of his own songs at the start of the evening. More recently he has also helped launch Deptford Folk nights at the Endeavour bar on Deptford Broadway, and is ...

Music Monday: Martin Howard – The Ornithologists Arms

Jul

22

2024

Martin Howard has been putting on the well regarded Acoustic Anarchy nights at Water into Beer in Brockley since 2017, and he often sings a couple of his own songs at the start of the evening. More recently he has also helped launch Deptford Folk nights at the Endeavour bar on Deptford Broadway, and is ...

Gizelle – from Lovers Rock to Acid House

Jul

12

2024

Another great episode of DJ Controlled Weirdness' Tales from a Disappearing City podcast, this time featuring DJ Gizelle, aka Rebel Yelle. As I've said before what I like about this series is how it shows the ways people's lives connect together all these different scenes which people see as separate, and Gizelle has had quite ...

Vietnam Solidarity in Blackheath 1966

Jun

28

2024

An interesting item from a July 1966 edition of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign bulletin, published to mark its founding conference that year. It includes an announcement that 'the South East London Centre for Socialist Education is organising a summer fair to buy arms for the National Liberation Army of Vietnam', an event to include an ...

Pizzeria Castello and other Elephant Spectres

Jun

16

2024

'Poor Fiery Blocks: four bent perspectives of the Elephant and Castle' is the latest pamphlet in Christopher Jones's remarkable ongoing explorations of the area that he has been conducting/living for more than 30 years. One day somebody needs to publish his various related writings in a big book.'Poor Fiery Blocks' is an attempt to come ...

Southwark prisons history walk, June 2024

Jun

4

2024

Coming up on Sunday 9th June 2024, Radical History Faction present a walk through the prisons and sanctuaries of old Southwark FREE. Meet 2pm: Tabard Street, outside St George the Martyr Church.Nearest tube: Borough.For more on the history of London's 'outlaw' zones in Southwark and elsewhere see John Levin's excellent Alsatia site

Skinheads at the Savoy Rooms in Catford

Jun

3

2024

The original skinheads in Britain were quite distinct from the neo-nazi affiliated boneheads that became dominant in the 1980s. The style emerged as a shorter haired and tougher looking development from the mod scene, and was characterised by a love of reggae and soul. It would be oversimplifying things to pretend that there was no ...

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

May

30

2024

A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987:A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural Centre in Woolwich with dance, drama and music with Smiley Culture, Ranking Miss P, Sista Culcha, Taxi Pata Pata and more...At the North Peckham Civic Centre on the Old Kent Road, Southwark ...

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

May

30

2024

A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987:A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural Centre in Woolwich with dance, drama and music with Smiley Culture, Ranking Miss P, Sista Culcha, Taxi Pata Pata and more...At the North Peckham Civic Centre on the Old Kent Road, Southwark ...

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London Land Justice Fair in Myatt’s Fields

Music Monday: Martin Howard – The Ornithologists Arms

Music Monday: Martin Howard – The Ornithologists Arms

Gizelle – from Lovers Rock to Acid House

Vietnam Solidarity in Blackheath 1966

Pizzeria Castello and other Elephant Spectres

Southwark prisons history walk, June 2024

Skinheads at the Savoy Rooms in Catford

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987