When Xiao Hai turned fifteen, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began fifteen years spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China’s fast-growing southern cities.Adrift in the South is a memoir of life as a migrant labourer in the twenty-first century, […]
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Come and join us for a night of frivolity, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month. Next one is the 5th February, 7pm Decentre. |
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JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCALPELLOFlamboyance is Jack Parlett’s follow up to his acclaimed Fire Island (A Housmans bestseller of 2022). This new book has all the qualities one has come to expect of Jack’s work; big hearted and erudite in equal measure.Flamboyance ignites every aspect of our lives, from art and entertainment to […] |
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The Black Feminist Reading Group is back for another wokshop! On Saturday 6th June 12:00-3:30pm at the Feminist Library. We’ll be taking time to reflect and imagine together. The workshop will be centred on a few fun creative reflection activities. We’ll be using collage, reflective writing, and drawing to explore Black Feminism. What does the […] |
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Kate Bayliss in conversation with Adrienne Buller PRIVATISING HUMANITY is a powerful exposé of how finance turns our basic human needs into assets.We have entered a new era of turbo-charged financial extraction. Having amassed huge reserves, global finance capital is seeking out fresh areas for profitable investments. Virtually all aspects of our lives are now […] |
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Thursday, June 18th, 7pm onwards, MayDay Rooms  MayDay Rooms is pleased to launch its new Anarcho-Punk archive — a growing collection tracing how anarcho-punk helped reignite anarchism in Britain during the 1980s and 1990s. At a moment when anarchism appeared politically marginal and disconnected from everyday life, anarcho-punk transformed it into a lived, participatory […]
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Join us for an intergenerational queer conversation weaving together archival memory, nightlife history, and collective futures. This evening brings together three icons who shaped London’s lesbian and queer scenes from the 1980s and 90s to today: Katherine Griffiths, DJ and researcher who participated in grassroots lesbian nightlife in London through the 80s and 90s; Yvonne […] |
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Join us for a conversation between two of the most exciting theorists of the digital realm, Dominic Pettman and Alfie Bown We are delighted to welcome our friends Everyday Analysis back to Housmans for what promises to be another stimulating reflection on the agonies and aporias of contemporary culture. This time we have Dominic Pettman […] |
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