BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//eroding empire - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:eroding empire X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for eroding empire REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T180000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260320T022937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T095112Z UID:5757-1774375200-1774375200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Anarchy in Indonesia - Screening\, Presentation and Discussion DESCRIPTION:South London Anarchist Nucleus Presents:\nScreening\, presentation and discussion on anarchy in Indonesia and the need to spread the rebellion where we are.\n56a crampton street (SE17 3AE)\nIndonesia conjures up images of resorts and attractions for the empty ‘adventures’ of the tourist industry. In fact it is an archipelago of cancerous exploitation which the UK is complicit in to the tune of 2.86 billion dollars a year dispersed in investments in oil and its byproducts (BP)\, Nickel (for the batteries of the totalitarian ‘green’ transition)and hyper exploitation of labour (the garment industry\, Nike in particular).\nLast year the elites governing the state in Indonesia awarded themselves a lavish increase in their ‘MPs expenses’ triggering mass protests across the country. In August 2025 an armored vehicle hunting one of these protests crushed a motorcycle delivery driver to death. The archipelago exploded in riotous uproar\, burning and destroying every visible symbol of power in its way\, spreading everywhere\, uncontrollably. Just like in Nepal\, Madagascar\, Morocco\, Iran\, and many more\, the dispossessed woke up in joyous collusion against the regimes which imprison them.\nSince then\, anarchists have been designated by judges and TV studios alike as the enemy of the moment. Mass roundups are taking place\, torture is widespread\, many comrades are in prison\, many have been driven into clandestinity. They have clearly been singled out not only due to their impassioned and uncompromising presence among their exploited brothers and sisters in the uprising\, but also because of the continuity of their anti-political revolutionary struggle which has spanned self-organised resistance to land grabs to nocturnal assaults on banks and police outpost for years.\nWe want to share these encounters with anyone who desires to take back their own life. The spirit\, action and quality of the Indonesian anarchists is a wellspring of inspiration for proud exiles from the world constructed by the powerful murderers of earth and freedom. In the first place we want to contribute to the continuation of the struggle of the comrades facing down state-terrorism in Indonesia.\nIn the second place we want to break our complicity with the global war on thought\, dignity and nature\, and take up our complicity in the social war against all forms of power. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/anarchy-in-indonesia-screening-presentation-and-discussion/ LOCATION:56a InfoShop\, 56 Crampton Street\,\, SE17 3AE CATEGORIES:Films,Meetings,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5757_image_signal-2026-03-19-18-46-22-089.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260311T022920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T175118Z UID:5681-1774031400-1774040400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Marco Perolini launches 'Migration and Mobile Rights' DESCRIPTION:Activism\, Racial Justice\, and Human Rights from Below\nPlease note this an externally organised event. You can RSVP using this link: \nhttps://www.easy-rsvp.com/G3uqJ0-book-launch-migration-and-mobile-rights URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/marco-perolini-launches-migration-and-mobile-rights/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230926Z UID:5389-1773946800-1773952200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: RADICAL JUSTICE: Building the World We Need with Nani Jansen Reventlow DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to be hosting an event around this essential new book — a stalwart guide to strengthen the movement for freedom and equality for all. \nOur society is breaking down. Fascists are winning elections\, economic inequality is rampant\, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves? \nIn Radical Justice\, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow shows how we can build a fundamentally different future with our own hands. We all have our own spheres of influence\, and each of us can be the revolution.   \nTaking inspiration from the deep well of anti-racist and social activist writers such as Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Angela Davis\, each chapter offers tips on how to learn\, reflect and act in a society where we are told we are powerless. Including advice on strategic litigation\, reclaiming our digital rights\, reparations demands\, climate activism and much more\, the information in these pages is indispensable to the struggle for radical justice. \nNani Jansen Reventlow is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice\, which advocates for marginalised communities through strategic litigation. Politico named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. She has also been honoured with awards from Harvard\, Oxford and Columbia Universities. \nNani will read from and talk about the book for about 45 minutes\, followed by a Q&A. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-radical-justice-building-the-world-we-need-with-nani-jansen-reventlow/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260303T022926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T095300Z UID:5536-1773945000-1773952200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:LONG TAKE SCREENING SERIES: United Voices DESCRIPTION:LONG TAKE is a series of three screenings at Four Corners\, LUX and MayDay Rooms\, which brings together films by the 1930s Workers’ Film & Photo League with contemporary activist films to explore themes of housing\, empire and work. \nA screening of five films on workers’ struggles\, from 1935 protests to today’s fights for workers’ justice. Followed by discussion. \nStrife \nFilm & Photo League\, 1937\, 26 mins \nFilmed in 1935 on 16mm and originally titled ‘Fight’\, this attempts to put authentic working class lives on screen in a fictionalised drama produced by workers themselves. The film echoes constructivist devices in its use of close-ups\, jaunty angles and distinctive montage sequences\, but it is the use of real-life locations and non-professional actors that appear most modern today. \nConstruction \nFilm & Photo League\, 1935\, 10 mins \nThe Workers’ Film & Photo League manifesto insists that ‘the time has come for workers to produce films and photos of their own’\, and the opening credit declares that the film was ‘made by the men on the job’. Shot by carpenter and amateur filmmaker\, Alf Garrard\, with a concealed camera\, the ingenious shooting style results in imaginative angles with a not infrequent lack of focus. \nUnited Voices \nHazel Falck\, 2020\, 22 mins \nThis film follows a group of outsourced cleaners\, caterers and porters at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington\, employed by Sodexo\, as they organise and embark on their first strike action. They are led by Loreta Younsi and Vitalija Mohamed Mohsen to demand and try to win the London Living Wage\, contractual sick pay\, safer working conditions\, and equality with NHS staff.  \n10 Years of IWGB \nIWGB Union\, 2023\, 19 mins \nThe Independent Workers’ union of Great Britain is a grassroots member-led union fighting for justice for workers. Founded 2012 by Latin American cleaners organising for better working conditions\, it has grown to thousands of members. This film takes a look back at its history\, the achievements of its members and its vision for the future. \nBirmingham binworkers strike \nReel News\, 2026\, 15 mins \nThe Birmingham binworkers have been out on strike for over a year fighting a life-changing £8\,000 a year cut in their pay – disgracefully\, by a Labour council. As the council grows increasingly isolated and unpopular\, this dispute is being watched closely by other councils across the country… If the binworkers win it could be the start of a serious push for more funding for our cash-starved public services. \nDiscussion with members of the IWGB\, video activist Shaun Dey\, MayDay Rooms\, artist and researcher Matthias Kispert\, and artist filmmaker and lecturer Samuel Stevens. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/long-take-screening-series-united-voices/ LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE CATEGORIES:Films,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230914Z UID:5388-1773860400-1773865800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Othered Woman How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women by Shahed Ezaydi DESCRIPTION:‘An urgent\, vital contribution to the feminist conversation – one that tears through the comfortable myth of universal sisterhood’ – Alya Mooro\, author of The Greater Freedom \nGrowing up\, journalist Shahed Ezaydi was often asked how she could call herself a feminist and still practise her faith. It’s a question that reveals a deeper issue that Muslim women often face: being ignored in feminist spaces entirely\, or cast as passive victims in need of being saved. This mindset fuels gendered Islamophobia and a narrow white feminism. But Muslim women don’t need rescuing. \nThe Othered Woman is the book Ezaydi wishes her younger self could have turned to. It challenges the myths of how Muslim women are oppressed and who by\, and shows that these myths translate into very real harm both in Britain and around the world\, showcasing the voices of intersectional feminists who are fighting for liberation on their own terms. Accessible and compelling\, this is urgent reading for anyone who considers themselves a feminist. \nAnd we are delighted that Ezaydi is able to join us at Housmans to discuss this essential book. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-othered-woman-how-white-feminism-harms-muslim-women-by-shahed-ezaydi/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230859Z UID:5387-1773774000-1773779400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century: Laurent de Sutter in conversation with Alfie Bown DESCRIPTION:Using the stealth capacities of hermeneutic distrust as his weapon of choice\, de Sutter’s writing breaks into unrecovered areas of subtle teachings\, shedding light on philosophemes gleaned from Aristotle to punk-led attitude\, biojewelry\, and the historical buildup of authority billed to the triumph of reason in its many intrusive morphs.— Avital Ronell\, New York University \nWe welcome back the brilliant Alfie Bown to Housmans\, this time in the company of Belgian philosopher Laurent de Sutter. The two will be focusing their conversation on the nature and necessity (or\, rather\, superfluity [as posited by Laurent]) of critique. As a jumping off point they will be using Laurent’s recent work of theory\, Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century. The book is described below: \n‘We have become superheroes. Nothing can resist us anymore: not persons\, ideas\, facts\, realities\, or beings. We owe our superhuman strength to a tool we have taken up that submits everything to the scrutiny of our judgment: critique. After its first formulation at the end of the sixteenth century\, the project of critique spread from one sphere to another until it became almost universal: we have all of us been transformed by our equal capacity to judge\, approve\, and reject. \nIf modernity is defined as the journey we have taken to move away from the myths and dogmas of the past\, then critique\, with its emphasis on reason and the autonomy of judgment\, has been the lynchpin of modernity. \nToday\, however\, the critical project shows signs of exhaustion. We are beginning to realize that being right is useless\, now that everyone can lay claim to the same power as we can. The democratization of reason\, proceeding alongside the development of critique through modernity\, has produced a stalemate: for every judgment that we pronounce\, there is another opposing one – with grounds as solid as our own\, and the same right to assert itself. Rather than elevating us above the world\, critique has mired us in an impasse of claim and counter-claim. The age of critique is now over and in its place we need to develop a postcritical form of thinking\, one he calls “superweak\,” a form of thinking based not on establishing grounds\, pronouncing judgment\, and determining duty\, but on welcoming possibility\, exploring what the world has to offer\, and cultivating a vertiginous appreciation for moving within a world less grounded and less bounded by the terms of critical reason.’ \nProfessor Laurent de Sutter is Professor of Legal Theory at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He is the author of more than twenty books translated into a dozen languages. In English\, he is the author of Narcocapitalism: Life in the Age of Anaesthesia (Polity\, 2017) and After Law (Polity\, 2020\, French Voices Award\, Leopold Rosy Prize of the Belgian Royal Academy). He is the editor of the Theory Redux series at Polity Press and of Perspectives Critiques at Presses Universitaires de France. \nDr Alfie Bown is Lecturer in Digital Media Culture and Technology at Royal Holloway\, University of London. His books include Dream Lovers (Pluto\, 2022)\, an investigation into dating apps\, sexbots and virtual relationships\, Post-Comedy (Polity\, 2024)\, Post-Memes (Punctum\, 2019) and The Playstation Dreamworld (Polity\, 2017)\, a psychoanalytic study of video games which is available in Spanish\, Portuguese\, Serbian\, Slovak and many other languages. Currently\, he is working on the relationship between psychoanalysis and cybernetics. He is also editor of Everyday Analysis\, a pamphlet house and monthly talk series. \nAlfie and Laurent will talk for around one hour\, we will then have an open discussion. At Housmans\, we welcome debate and challenging ideas\, so please do attend in that spirit. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-superweak-thinking-in-the-21st-century-laurent-de-sutter-in-conversation-with-alfie-bown/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230847Z UID:5386-1773342000-1773347400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Migrant Art of Coping by Sohail Jannesari DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Dr Sohail Jannesari as we discuss his groundbreaking new work of non-fiction\, The Migrant Art of Coping. \nRefugees don’t just survive displacement\, they build strength\, community\, and new ways of coping that challenge everything we know about mental health. \nThe Migrant Art of Coping shares stories of refugees navigating harsh borders\, restrictive laws\, and failing support systems. Drawing on their words\, experiences\, and creative practices\, each chapter offers insights and activities on belonging\, care\, and survival. Whether you’re a mental health professional\, a concerned citizen\, or simply curious about how people find hope in the face of upheaval\, this book will shift the way you see wellbeing\, identity\, and healing. \nThis event will take a slightly different form to usual: rather than Sohail engaging in conversation with an interviewer\, he will instead begin my talking a little bit about the book; its history\, its intentions and most important arguments\, before asking the audience to split off into different groups so that they can discuss the book themselves\, and how it reflects their own experiences\,before coming back together for an open discussion. \nDr. Sohail Jannesari is a researcher\, writer\, and educator bridging mental health\, migration\, and social justice. He partners with sanctuary seekers\, young people\, survivors of human trafficking\, and community groups to explore lived experience\, challenge harmful systems and support wellbeing. Find out more on www.sohailj.com. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-migrant-art-of-coping-by-sohail-jannesari/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230836Z UID:5385-1773169200-1773174600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:TALK: NO TO NUCLEAR! Linda Pentz Gunter in conversation with Jonathon Porritt DESCRIPTION:‘Linda Pentz Gunter has done a great service in highlighting the nuclear chain reaction and exposing the huge human and environmental costs. We need this book for our environment and a peaceful world’ \n– Jeremy Corbyn \nWe are delighted to welcome Linda Pentz Gunter to Housmans to discuss her new book No To Nuclear. Brilliantly written\, clear\, concise and exacting\, this brilliant book shows us that there is no silver bullet for the climate crisis—but that hasn’t stopped people searching. Seizing its chance\, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public\, politicians and the media have been easily swayed. \nThis should come as no surprise. After all\, the pro-nuclear PR campaign is richly funded and has an army of lobbyists sowing myths while the industry reaps the rewards of taxpayer-funded subsidies. \nNo To Nuclear calls the industry’s bluff. Blasting aside its claims to be safe and green\, Linda Pentz Gunter makes the irresistible case that nuclear power is too slow\, too expensive\, too dangerous and too integrally connected to the nuclear weapons complex\, to serve as a rational energy choice. \nThe book also delves into the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities of colour\, who have been harmed the most by the nuclear sector\, and questions whether the way we devalue nature and the environment is costing us the chance of a genuinely just energy transition. \nLinda Pentz Gunter is the founder of the US-based non-profit Beyond Nuclear and serves as its international specialist. Previously\, she was a journalist at USA Network\, Reuters\, and The Times. She launched\, and writes for Beyond Nuclear’s online magazine\, Beyond Nuclear International. \nJoining Linda in conversation we welcome the environmentalist and writer Johnathon Porritt. Jonathon is a great advocate for the Green Party and frequently contributes to magazines\, newspapers and books\, and appears on radio and television. \n‘Linda Pentz Gunter has the great skill that more writers should have: to take a crucial and complex issue and make it truly accessible. This rigorous and comprehensive work is a gift to everyone who wants to understand the nuclear power paradox’ \n– Kate Hudson\, previous General Secretary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/talk-no-to-nuclear-linda-pentz-gunter-in-conversation-with-jonathon-porritt/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260307T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230823Z UID:5384-1772910000-1772915400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: The Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing with Namalee Bolle DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebratory evening of radical mixed + multiracial discussion! “What aaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeeee you?!”If you just had that familiar sinking feeling\, this book is for you. Do you point out how alienating and othering that question is? Stand your ground and explain that you don’t have to justify your existence with a pie chart and a family tree? Or keep the peace\, bite your tongue and smile politely at yet another person treating you like a science project? While each mixed person’s experience is different\, there are common threads from living in a monoracial world that weave their way into your life. This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life\, handle common challenges\, and resist othering and erasure.Informed by experience and expertise from both sides of the therapist’s couch\, the Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing shows you how to handle microaggressions\, confront systemic issues\, and control your own story. \nThe Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a timely\, compassionate and quietly radical book that speaks to a fast-growing yet persistently overlooked readership.   \nReviews: \n‘Namalee Bolle successfully brings her readers into an impressive gathering of voices that give depth and breadth to the mixed and multiracial experience. This book invites us all to bring a deeper understanding to our own identities\, and the ways we find belonging and meaning in the world’ \nMarcia Bonato Warren MA MA LPC\, author of Movement and Identity: Multiculturalism\, Somatic Awareness\, and Embodied Code-Switching \n‘Bolle examines the complexities of mixed-race identity and confronts them with thoughtful\, tangible solutions. The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a relatable and fascinating read for anyone who’s ever fielded the question\, “What are you?” And essential for anyone who’s asked it’ \n Nabil Ayers\, author of My Life in the Sunshine \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nNamalee Bolle is a London-based multidisciplinary artist\, transpersonal transcultural integrative psychotherapist and award winning writer. She is British born of Sri-Lankan and Dutch-Jewish heritage and her work explores themes of multicultural identity\, intergenerational trauma and post-traumatic thriving. With a background as SUPERSUPER! magazine co-founder Namalee was featured in Pioneers: A Renaissance in South Asian Creativity at the British Maritime Museum. Her work has been published in The Guardian\, I-D\, Dazed\,The London Evening Standard\, Vogue and ShowSTUDIO. \nJassa Ahluwalia is a British actor\, writer\, filmmaker and trade unionist. Born in Coventry to a white English mum and a brown Punjabi dad\, he came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series Some Girls\, followed by starring roles in Unforgotten\, Ripper Street\, and Peaky Blinders. Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on How Language Shapes Identity has clocked up over 170k views and his BBC One documentary Am I English? won an Asian Media Award in 2022. His book Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Identity is out now from Bonnier Books. \nNamalee and Jassa will talk for around 45 minutes to 1hr followed by a Q&A with the audience. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-mixed-multiracial-guide-to-wellbeing-with-namalee-bolle/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260303T022923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T094720Z UID:5533-1772737200-1772744400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:SITUATIONISM REVISITED: Creative Anarchy Part 2 DESCRIPTION:For our second session\, we will be (re)assessing the historical legacy and ongoing practices of Situationist approaches to creativity\, social intervention\, and anti-art practices more broadly. This discussion will be kickstarted by a roundtable of artists\, researchers and donors to the collection\, and then open out into a collective interrogation of the anarchic possibilities of Situationist practices. From lettrist interventions and May 68 insurgency to three-sided football and psychogeographic wandering\, Situationist practices can teach us a lot about what it might mean to create anarchically. \n‘Creative Anarchy’ is an event series exploring the relationships between anarchist thought\, organising\, and creative practice. Resulting from a placement at the Mayday Rooms\, researcher Ruari Paterson-Achenbach will host a series of discussions around materials in the archive\, alongside creative practitioners\, trying to explore what it might mean to ‘create anarchically’. What might it mean to consider creative practice a form of direct action\, or vice-versa? How can artists incorporate the principles of mutual aid into their work? Is the notion of ‘art’ compatible with anarchist thought? Across these three events\, we will answer these questions together using historical examples\, with all the possibilities and limitations they might offer us.* \nSign up here \nForthcoming events In the series (tickets available end of March): \nCreativity and Mutual Aid  – Thursday 9th April 2026 7-9pm URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/situationism-revisited-creative-anarchy-part-2/ LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE CATEGORIES:Presentations,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260212T022933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T230811Z UID:5383-1772737200-1772742600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Frontierlands by Hazel Sheffield DESCRIPTION:‘Hazel Sheffield’s book is a warming remedy to the creeping nihilism many feel about the places where they live\,’ Jen Calleja \nWe are delighted to welcome Hazel Sheffield to the shop to discuss her inspiring new book about Britain’s abandoned and neglected places and the opportunities they present for communities\, and how they can help us face the challenges of climate change. \n‘Frontierlands’ are Britain’s forgotten places. Silt-filled harbours\, overgrown forests\, sunken railway tracks and empty buildings. All once economic engines\, now abandoned by investors and the state.But they are home to local communities\, and amongst them\, some remarkable pioneers working together to repair\, rebuild and prepare for the future.Hazel Sheffield takes her readers on a journey that begins at the coastline and travels inward via hoardings and railway arches\, factories\, streets and neighbourhoods to our homes. Moving from Watchet harbour in the South West to Gateshead in the North East\, from Lancashire to London and the South East\, she introduces us to the people who are acting to shape their own destinies – people with first-hand knowledge of the problems Britain faces and with clear ideas how to make things better.This is a book about regeneration\, reclaiming power\, and the hope that comes from community action. About people questioning how the world works and determined to do things differently in the face of economic upheaval and climate crisis. People learning to build a new world\, challenging us all to think about how we should live in the face of certain change. \nImmersive and inspiring\, Frontierlands challenges us to reconnect with and reclaim our environment\, showing that it is possible to regenerate\, reskill and create opportunities for industry\, and to address the challenges of climate change \nHazell will speak about the book for around 45 minutes- 1hr followed by a q&a. She will be signing books after the event.As always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-frontierlands-by-hazel-sheffield/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T220000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260116T142720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143329Z UID:4559-1772305200-1772316000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: Joseph Minden launches Answerlands DESCRIPTION:We are BUZZING to be keeping off our 2026 Poetry Series with the brilliant Joseph Minden\, who’ll be launching is latest collection Answerlands\, published late last year by Carcanet. Joining Joseph we have Kat Addis\, Joseph Persad\, Dolly Rae Star and Verity Spott. \nThis is a free event\, but please RSVP below. Also please feel free to BYOB. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/housmans-poetry-series-joseph-minden-launches-answerlands/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Poetry-Series-3-e1768573998677.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260116T142719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143122Z UID:4558-1772132400-1772137800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:MAY WE FEED THE KING: Writing Radical Fiction Today with Rebecca Perry & Misha Honcharenko DESCRIPTION:Perry combines effortless exactitude with canny ambiguity to create a novel that is always as stimulating as it is enchanting. ‘May We Feed the King’ is a rare achievement\, I absolutely loved it. \nClaire-Louise Bennett \nWe are delighted to welcome two of the most exciting writers working in Britain today\, Rebecca Perry and Misha Honcharenko\, to Housmans for our first creative writing event of the year. The talk will be focused on Rebecca’s new novel May We Feed The King (Granta)\, a ‘serial and dreamlike’ (Jessie Burton) work of avant-garde historical fiction that tells the story of ‘ a curator\, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. But in the lush private quarters of a medieval palace\, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the edges of her life begin to blur.’ Interviewing Rebecca about the book we welcome back Misha Honcharenko\, a queer Ukrainian artist and writer whose incredible debut novel Trap Unfolds Me Greedily (Sissy Anarchy) we launched at Housmans back in 2024. The are two writers whose work is in equal parts inventive and alert to the historical circumstances under which it is produced. As the current global order continues to dissolve before our eyes\, we ask: what can\, or should\, ‘fiction’ be now? \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/may-we-feed-the-king-writing-radical-fiction-today-with-rebecca-perry-misha-honcharenko/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/May-We-Feed-the-King-Jacket-1-e1768573854401.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260213T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260116T142718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143856Z UID:4557-1771009200-1771014600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Housmans Valentine's Day Special: COURTING DISASTER with Zoë McGee DESCRIPTION:Fan of a Romantic Period Drama? Can’t stand the stuff? Either way\, we’ve got the event for you. Come and deconstruct Romance this Valentine’s Day with Housmans and Zoë McGee \nWe’ll be discussing\nZoë’s fabulous new work of Romantic Deconstruction: Courting Disaster: Reading Between the Lines of the Regency Novel. \nWhat do #MeToo and Jane Austen have in common? More than you might think. \nEver since the novel was invented\, women have used it as a platform for sharing ideas about sexual consent. Dr Zoë McGee reveals how Jane Austen\, Frances Burney and their now-overlooked contemporaries used their stories to try to change society’s mind about rape culture – and to reassure survivors they were not alone. \nCourting Disaster takes a timely deep-dive into a series of classic novels\, comparing them with both historic court records and current events to show that our arguments about consent are not a new phenomenon. With the wit and wryness of a courtship novel\, McGee reads between the lines to unveil a quiet feminist movement that still resonates today. Because every novel about marriage is also a novel about consent. \nIn an era that’s clamouring for a return to the values of the past\, Courting Disaster asks what that would really mean\, and whether anyone actually liked it back then anyway. \nZoë McGee has a PhD from Queen Mary University of London and an MSt in eighteenth-century studies from the University of Oxford. She has spoken at conferences internationally and now performs at very nerdy stand-up comedy nights. Among other things\, she has worked as a university teacher\, a bookseller and a professional board-game-explainer. She owns too many books and is a competitive ballroom dancer in her spare time. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/housmans-valentines-day-special-courting-disaster-with-zoe-mcgee/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/valentines-housmans.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260210T022956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T113542Z UID:5365-1770750000-1770750000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Maria Alyokhina and Eric J. Breitenbach of Pussy Riot: live reading\, music & discussion DESCRIPTION:Maria Alyokhina and Eric J. Breitenbach of Pussy Riot present an evening of live reading\, music\, and discussion.\nMasha will read from her new book Political Girl\, continuing the story begun in Riot Days\, tracing years of activism\, arrests\, resistance\, and survival inside Putin’s Russia. The reading will be accompanied by a live improvised score by Eric\, responding to the text in real time. \nThe event will include a Q and A\, followed by a book signing. Copies of Political Girl and Riot Days will be available. \nAn intimate spoken word and live music performance rooted in political resistance\, art\, and collective action. \nAbout the Book\nPolitical Girl: Life and Fate in Russia By Maria Alyokhina\nPicking up where Riot Days left off\, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid\, diary-like vignettes\, we follow her as she goes in and out of Russian prisons\, continually dodges police violence\, protests at the Sochi Olympics\, flies to Kyiv to stand in solidarity with Ukraine\, defends the high-level dissident Alexi Navalny\, drops banners at Trump Tower\, and—in 2022—flees from Russia in disguise to escape a new prison sentence. \nSpanning settings from Moscow to London to New York to Harvard\, Political Girl has an artistic sensibility\, a punk ethos\, a deep moral clarity\, and an inimitably dry Russian wit. It portrays not only Masha’s political activities but also her personal arc: the friends she makes in prison\, the woman she falls in love with\, her bond with her young son Filip\, and her deep passion for art and history. As Trump attempts to bring Putin-style authoritarianism to the U.S.\, Masha’s message to Americans is one of solidarity and hope. \n  \nTickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/freedom-books/maria-alyokhina-and-eric-j-breitenbach-of-pussy-riot-live-reading-music-and-discussion/2026-02-10/19:00/t-ejapyaa URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/maria-alyokhina-and-eric-j-breitenbach-of-pussy-riot-live-reading-music-discussion-2/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Gigs,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5333_image_607273917_903234692298325_4731629214273027612_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260127T150835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T174338Z UID:4823-1770318000-1770323400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! THE LOG BOOKS: VOICES OF QUEER BRITAIN AND THE HELPLINE THAT LISTENED with Tash Walker &Adam Zmith DESCRIPTION:please note this event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades\, discovered in a stash of forgotten\, handwritten notes. Switchboard was founded at Housmans\, and operated out of our premises for many years. So we are honored to start LGBT+ History Month by launching a book that covers an intimate part of Switchboard’s proud history and we look forward to welcoming its authors Tash Walker and Adam Zmith to the shop for an evening of discussion and celebration. \n‘A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.’ Dan Snow \nIn a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard\, a queer helpline in operation since 1974\, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of their home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out. These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives\, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth\, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28\, a law which banned councils and schools ‘promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’. In recovering these logs\, they encountered people grappling with feelings\, questions and problems both familiar and different. They set out to learn from – and sometimes speak to – people on both sides of the calls. Charged with joy\, gossip\, sensuality\, heartbreak and sometimes fear\, and with a potent relevancy to the world today\, Walker and Zmith have collected these stories in The Log Books. They capture queer lives in stunning detail\, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self -discovery\, propelling it into the foreground of our national history. \n‘Essential reading\, grounded in the past while also explaining the urgency of LGBTQ+ politics today.’TOM RASMUSSEN\, author of Diary of a Drag Queen \n‘Hauntingly beautiful\, this is a testament to the ongoing courage and care so profound in our community. I was enchanted at every page. Completely life – changing.’ DAN GLASS\, author of Queer Footprints \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nTash Walker is a writer\, podcast producer and community organiser who has worked with institutions such as the Barbican\, BBC\, and Queer Britain; they were a member of Switchboard’s board for eight years. \nAdam Zmith is a writer and multi-format producer; his book Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures won the Polari First Book Prize. He writes theatre shows\, talks and podcasts\, including Press Play Turn On which won Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2024. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nplease note this event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com \nShare this: \n Share on X (Opens in new window) \n X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) \n Facebook Share on Insta (Opens in new window) \n Insta \n Like this:Like Loading… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/sold-out-the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened-with-tash-walker-adam-zmith/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20251215T105150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132009Z UID:3989-1770318000-1770323400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE LOG BOOKS: VOICES OF QUEER BRITAIN AND THE HELPLINE THAT LISTENED with Tash Walker &Adam Zmith DESCRIPTION:THE HISTORY OF SWITCHBOARD\nAn intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades\, discovered in a stash of forgotten\, handwritten notes.\nSwitchboard was founded at Housmans\, and operated out of our premises for many years. So we are honored to start LGBT+ History Month by launching a book that covers an intimate part of Switchboard’s proud history and we look forward to welcoming its authors Tash Walker and Adam Zmith to the shop for an evening of discussion and celebration. \n‘A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.’ Dan Snow \nIn a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard\, a queer helpline in operation since 1974\, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of their home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out. These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives\, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth\, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28\, a law which banned councils and schools ‘promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’. In recovering these logs\, they encountered people grappling with feelings\, questions and problems both familiar and different. They set out to learn from – and sometimes speak to – people on both sides of the calls. Charged with joy\, gossip\, sensuality\, heartbreak and sometimes fear\, and with a potent relevancy to the world today\, Walker and Zmith have collected these stories in The Log Books. They capture queer lives in stunning detail\, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self -discovery\, propelling it into the foreground of our national history. \n‘Essential reading\, grounded in the past while also explaining the urgency of LGBTQ+ politics today.’TOM RASMUSSEN\, author of Diary of a Drag Queen \n‘Hauntingly beautiful\, this is a testament to the ongoing courage and care so profound in our community. I was enchanted at every page. Completely life – changing.’ DAN GLASS\, author of Queer Footprints \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nTash Walker is a writer\, podcast producer and community organiser who has worked with institutions such as the Barbican\, BBC\, and Queer Britain; they were a member of Switchboard’s board for eight years. \nAdam Zmith is a writer and multi-format producer; his book Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures won the Polari First Book Prize. He writes theatre shows\, talks and podcasts\, including Press Play Turn On which won Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2024. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened-with-tash-walker-adam-zmith/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Log-Books_cover-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260123T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260123T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20260120T130200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T130439Z UID:4599-1769194800-1769202000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:info-night FROM THE US TO THE UK: FUCK THE BORDERS AND FUCK ICE! DESCRIPTION:From the US to the UK: fuck the borders and fuck ICE! \nJoin us for an evening of updates from Minneapolis and beyond with a comrade on the ground. We will be talking about ways we resist ICE in the US and in the UK. Bring questions\, love and rage! Food provided.\nFriday 23rd January at The Peoples Letters\, 7pm. \n395 Cambridge Heath Road\, E2 9RA. \nSuggested donation £5\, no one turned away for lack of funds. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/info-night-from-the-us-to-the-uk-fuck-the-borders-and-fuck-ice/ LOCATION:The People’s Letters\, 392 Cambridge Heath Road\, E2 9RA CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4599_image_signal-2026-01-19-17-56-52-173_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20251220T160739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T120243Z UID:4330-1769022000-1769027400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! CONTESTED COMMONS: A History of Protest and Public Space in England DESCRIPTION:please note this event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com \nProffessor Katrina Navickas In Conversation with Daniel Frost\nFor our first event of the year we welcome Proffessor Katrina Navickas to the shop to discuss what is an increasingly urgent political issue in our current cultural climate. Her recent book\, Contested Commons is a radical history of the increasing restrictions against protest in England’s public spaces. The work is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over Trafalgar Square\, Hyde Park\, Cable Street and Kinder Scout\, as well as sites in towns and rural areas across the country. Navickas reveals how protesters claimed these spaces as their own commons\, resisting their continuing enclosure and exclusion by social and political elites. She investigates famous and less well-known demonstrations and protest marches\, from early democracy\, trade union movements and the Suffragettes to anti-fascist\, Black rights and environmental campaigners in more recent times. Contested Commons offers positive as well as troubling lessons on how we protect the right to protest. \nKatrina Navickas is Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire. She is the author of Protest and the Politics of Space and Place\, 1789–1848 (2016) and Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire\, 1798–1815 (2009). She will be joined in conversation with Daniel Frost. They will discuss the book and its themes for around 45 minutes\, followed by a open discussion with the audience. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-contested-commons-a-history-of-protest-and-public-space-in-england/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/contestedcommons.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251217T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251217T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20251215T105132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T231156Z UID:3950-1765996200-1766003400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:We are here\, and we will fight! - Perspectives on contesting European borders from the Central Mediterranean DESCRIPTION:Join Captain Support for an evening discussion with international activists to strategise how we can resist increasingly violent state borders in the Central Mediterranean and beyond. \nWhile Libyan militias escalate their crimes at sea\, shooting at rescue ships and people on the move\, the network Refugees in Libya have organised an impressive mobilisation against the EU complicity and its “deal of death.” As Italian authorities continue to obstruct sea rescue efforts\, several NGOs have launched the Justice Fleet campaign\, a collective response of solidarity and resistance. At the same time\, as EU governments push to expand systems of detention and deterrence through the new Migration and Asylum Pact\, selforganised and anti-racist networks have joined forces in a powerful chain of actions. Together\, they marked the 10th anniversary of the Summer of Migration\, declaring loud and clear\, – “Freedom of movement is everybody’s right!”. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/we-are-here-and-we-will-fight-perspectives-on-contesting-european-borders-from-the-central-mediterranean/ LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251215T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251215T203000 DTSTAMP:20260508T171920 CREATED:20251215T105130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T231721Z UID:3947-1765825200-1765830600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: JAW FILLER: Maz Murray & Charlie Markbreiter in conversation with So Mayer DESCRIPTION:Experimental trans neonoir fiction. \n‘Jaw Filler instantly joins the canon of outlier literature: jaw-dropper\, more like.’ \n– Isabel Waidner\, author of Sterling Karat Gold \nHousmans and Montez Press invites you to a conversation around the new neonoir novel Jaw Filler by Maz Murray & Charlie Markbreiter\, hosted by writer So Mayer. Tickets are free but booking is essential. \n‘You don’t need dysphoria to be trans. You don’t need a body at all.’ \nWhen Detective Sean Hastings is asked to investigate the disappearance of Character\, he enters the First Trans Commune in Sim World\, a virtual reality cult community imagineered by transfluencer Kevin\, and bankrolled by a mysterious tech company\, VSI. \nHaunted by the death of his cis gayguy college bestie and their shared diasporic dilemmas\, Taylor\, VSI’s token QTPOC face\, sees potential in Kevin’s ability to Release trauma into the virtual world. Meanwhile\, Casey\, Sean’s ex\, hopes Releasing will cure their Long Plague. Then femme fatale Mitchelle reappears. And the plot twists. \nA pulpy neo-noir romp through the anxiously assimilated transmasculine id\, Jaw Filler asks: who is VSI\, and what do they really want? Can you be your own dad? And if Character’s mind is trapped in Sim World\, then where is his body? \nPRAISE FOR JAW FILLER \n‘It’s like The Sluts meets Double Indemnity but everyone is trans. I had an absolute blast.’ \n– Macy Rodman \n‘With Jaw Filler\, Charlie Markbreiter and Maz Murray offer a searing\, noir-flavored lens into the world of terminally online guys and our insecurities\, fantasies\, and wild imaginations of ourselves and each other. I will be discussing this in therapy and billing Charlie and Maz for the expense.’ \n– James Tom \n‘There’s something faintly Brazil about Jaw Filler: wilful and breakneck\, self-aware yet never cynical\, paranoiac but always coyly – unarguably – plausible. Calling it a pastiche would be stupid. To do so would overlook not only the ravenous delight Jaw Filler takes in the melange of its genre conventions\, but also\, more importantly\, its surgical commitment to grounding a narrative in what I can only succinctly describe as genocide-reality. Murray & Markbreiter have achieved the extremely contemporary and impossible to falsify: true camp darkness.’ \n– Hesse K.\, author of Disquiet Drive \nOUR SPEAKERS \nMaz Murray is an artist who makes films\, writing\, performances and things. They had their first institutional solo show at Focal Point Gallery in 2024. He’s currently working on a collaborative performance\, PLOT HOLE\, developed while an awardee at Studio Voltaire. \nCharlie Markbreiter is the author of Rapid Onset: Anti-Trans Culture and U.S. Imperial Decline (Bloomsbury\, 2027) and Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella (2022). He is a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. \nSo Mayer is a writer\, editor\, bookseller\, organiser and film curator. Their most recent book is Bad Language (Peninsula Press\, 2025)\, a memoir and manifesto on language and power. \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT. TICKETS CAN BE BOOKED HERE:\nhttps://www.outsavvy.com/event/31891/jaw-filler-in-conversation-maz-murr… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-jaw-filler-maz-murray-charlie-markbreiter-in-conversation-with-so-mayer/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR