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SUMMARY:Critical Mass London - 32nd birthday
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 32 years of Critical Mass London.   Always free\, fun and easy. Reclaiming urban space for hundreds of cyclists\, with music and general good-natured chaos. Meet up on the south bank under Waterloo Bridge at 7pm. Ride usually leaves approximately 7:30pm. Just show up on a bike (or roller skates\, skateboard\, etc.)\, no booking or ticket required.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/critical-mass-london-32nd-birthday/
LOCATION:South Bank\, \,
CATEGORIES:Parties,Protests/Actions
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T143844Z
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SUMMARY:PUBLIC LECTURE: Laurence Housman and the Women's Suffrage Movement
DESCRIPTION:Learn about Housmans’ namesake and his efforts to fight for women’s suffrage. This free talk is in collaboration UCL\, who hold the Laurence Housman archive. Personal items of Housman’s taken from the archive will be on display. \nThis public lecture will explore Housmans Bookshop namesake Laurence Housman (1865-1958) and his active role in the women’s suffrage movement. It will shed new light on UCL’s Laurence Housman Collection by discussing how Housman’s sociopolitical values emerged during the Victorian period as he developed an artistic practice as an Aesthetic and Decadent illustrator. Housman was also a writer who would go on to contribute to Votes for Women (1908-18)\, a suffrage newspaper edited by Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence. He would later collaborate with his sister\, the engraver Clemence Housman\, to found the Suffrage Atelier\, an artists’ collective. Using illustration as a form of social and political resistance\, Housman designed An Anti-Suffrage Alphabet (1911)\, a work that featured many women artists who would go on to forge professional careers\, including Pamela Colman Smith. \nDr Michelle Reynolds is a researcher in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and visual culture. Her PhD thesis\, which she completed at the University of Exeter\, considered the professionalisation of women illustrators and cartoonists in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain and their relationship to the socio-political and cultural phenomenon of the New Woman. Her research interests include women artists and designers\, illustration and book studies\, gender and sexuality\, reform movements\, dress histories\, and graphic satire. \nThis is a free event\, but please RSVP. Link below: \n 
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/public-lecture-laurence-housman-and-the-womens-suffrage-movement/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260409T022947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T162454Z
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SUMMARY:Old Bomb Theatre Company presents "Craggy Hole Caves"
DESCRIPTION:Nele Poolerton is the local guide at Craggy Hole Caves in Yorkshire giving tours on prehistoric finds. However lately she’s had to live at work and she’s struggling to understand the intentions of her limited boss\, Stanley. Why is there a pillar in the cave called a witch? Where do the other caves lead? When did history first teach that god was a man?“Did you know that Neanderthals actually worshipped women? Yeah\, first religion ever was no pie-in-the-sky beardy bloke for them. None of this pale\, male and stale crap. No\, they worshipped women”Through the caves\, Nele takes us on a tour of the female reproductive system\, “yer basic cradle of life”. Craggy Hole Caves is funny\, it’s rude\, it looks at history when it was herstory and it plays with fire.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/old-bomb-theatre-company-presents-craggy-hole-caves/
LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260423T142947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T092659Z
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SUMMARY:PEACH "Only Love" album launch / 72% / Upset Stomach
DESCRIPTION:A massively fun blowout awaits you at this night of punk\, rock\, noise and defiant vulnerability. Due to their electrifying live shows since their debut album in 2023\, PEACH continues their empassioned onslaught with the recent release of their second album Only Love\, which we celebrate in London with noise rock legends 72%\, and frantic math pop-punks Upset Stomach. You’re going to love them all\, so get involved NOW dammit!   Known for their stunning live performances and spine-tingling music\, PEACH were quickly snapped up to share stages and tour with legends including Mclusky\, Heavy Lungs\, CLT DRP\, LIFE\, Chiyoda Ku\, Skin Failure\, and Every Hell\, and play at festivals including Arctangent\, 2000 Trees and Chaos Theory Fest. “A fuzzing\, propulsive ball of pissed off energy\, with a soul at the centre of it all.” – Daniel P Carter (Radio 1 Rock Show) “Ellie Godwin’s voice is just something else\, a force of nature.” – Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales/BBC Introducing/BBC Sounds) “PEACH have an undeniable power about them” – Noizze After 18 years of making music together\, 72% are still going strong with the recent release of I’m Not Happy And That’s On You Three\, their densest sounding and most unsettling collection of tracks yet\, released on new label Other Shoe\, the brainchild of Alan Moore. A perfect home for the band’s unique approach to music. It will be excellent to hear their latest tunes live. “A head-warping trip\, jittery and strange\, but always with a thrill around what you’re experiencing” – ninehertz UPSET STOMACH are a four piece band based in London and the midlands. They make a unique blend of partially digested indie\, disco\, metal\, new wave and punk all spewed out by lyricist\, baritone ukelelist and autotunist Laur Fitton\, Ed Hitchman on bass and shouts\, YSI on 7 string guitar and drummer/skater Helena Long. Beautiful\, frantic\, shoegazey math rock fun. It’s going to be an absolute belter\, so grab your tickets and join the fun! —————- ACCESSIBILITY – Ground floor entrance and bar area – 2 steps (handrails both sides) and a wheelchair ramp (handrail on right side going down) from bar/entrance to the venue level – On the venue level\, there are 2 toilet cubicles (with a step up into each) and separate urinals on ground level – Wheelchair accessible toilet on the bar level. HOWEVER it varies in functionality each time we go there\, so if your visit depends on this\, we strongly advise you to contact New River Studios ahead of the event to check the current condition of the accessible toilet\, and if they can accommodate any other specific enquiries bookings@newriverstudios.com https://newriverstudios.com/contact/ – If you need a chair during the gig\, we’ll make sure you have a seat near the front on one side with a view of the stage (or wherever you want). Just ask and we’ll sort you out   https://link.dice.fm/i3d15a8be5f7
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/peach-only-love-album-launch-72-upset-stomach/
LOCATION:New River Studios\, 199 Eade Road\, N1 4DN
CATEGORIES:Gigs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260424T235000
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SUMMARY:Red and Black Club
DESCRIPTION:Come to the London Action Resource Centre (LARC)\, 61 Fieldgate Street E1 1ES\, for a monthly social and fundraiser. From 8pm until midnight you can meet up with other anarchists for a chill time to chat\, gripe\, and possibly even plot.\nThe Red and Black Club is last Friday of the month. We do not have an alcohol license so none will be sold in LARC\, but feel free to bring your own booze. Suggested donation of £10 on the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of money. Half of this will go to LARC to keep the space running and half will got a new zine called Anarchy which we hope to distribute for free.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/red-and-black-club-2/
LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES
CATEGORIES:Gatherings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260421T142916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T133916Z
UID:6041-1777113000-1777120200@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:anarkita #5
DESCRIPTION:What does community and solidarity look like in parenthood/childhood?\nHow\, as parents/carers\, do we practice solidarity with children in an adult-centric society?\nIn times of increasing authoritarianism\, how do we challenge the language of domination and separation\, and create together with children a different language?\nHow do we sustain our radicality and best channel rage while parenting?\nHow do we avoid burnout and resist capitalist pressures (e.g. metrics and mandates of success\, productivity\, and happiness)?\n–\nanarkita is an invitation to children\, parents and caregivers (in any body) to come together\, to share and explore experiences of parenthood/childhood\, identify common needs/struggles\, and build a shared understanding/practice of solidarity. \nWe gather on the last Saturday of every month from 10.30 AM to 12.30 PM at Mother House Studios (47 Slaithwaite Road\, SE13 6DJ\, South London).
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/anarkita-5/
LOCATION:Mother House Studios\, 47 Slaithwaite Road\, SE13 6DJ
CATEGORIES:Gatherings,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260409T022950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T162531Z
UID:5919-1777125600-1777125600@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Herstories Book Club: the volcano lover
DESCRIPTION:☕ Next Herstories Book Club: Sat 25 April\, 2.00-3.30pm\n📍Location: Feminist Library\n📖 Book: The Volcano Lover\, by Susan Sontag (1992)\n📚 Previous books we’ve read: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/herstories-book-club \nA historical romance\, Sontag’s book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton\, his wife\, Emma\, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment\, Sontag’s novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution\, the fate of nature\, art and love.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/herstories-book-club-the-volcano-lover/
LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260425T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260203T113431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T121041Z
UID:5288-1777145400-1777145400@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Acoustic Anarchy #103 with Finbar Ansbe and Girl Size Dog Bed
DESCRIPTION:Acoustic night with two of Nottingham’s finest queer punk band Cheap Dirty Horse playing solo.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/acoustic-anarchy-103-with-finbar-ansbe-and-girl-size-dog-bed/
LOCATION:Waterintobeer\, Tara Terrace\, 209-211 Mantle Road\, Brockley\, SE4 2EW
CATEGORIES:Gigs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260428T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260422T142916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T195041Z
UID:6067-1777399200-1777399200@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Camera Obscura: Four Daughters
DESCRIPTION:🗓   Tuesday 28th of April\, 7pm (doors 6pm) 📍 LARC (62 Fieldgate St\, London E1 1ES) A docu-drama telling the story of a Tunisian mother and her four daughters. The four daughters endure the cycles of violence\, repression\, followed by radicalisation that led to two young daughters  joining ISIS. Join us for screening & discussion of the film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania\, also known for The Voice of Hind Rajab. Trailer: https://youtu.be/36th41-rdb8
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/camera-obscura-four-daughters/
LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate Street\, E1 1ES
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260428T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260428T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260427T022917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T094925Z
UID:6108-1777402800-1777410000@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Reading Group 20 – How Nonviolence Protects The State
DESCRIPTION:nce Protects The State For our twentieth reading group we will be reading How Nonviolence Protects The State by Peter Gelderloos. From the blurb: “Since the civil rights era\, the doctrine of nonviolence has enjoyed near-universal acceptance by the US Left. Today protest is often shaped by cooperation with state authorities–even organizers of rallies against police brutality apply for police permits\, and anti-imperialists usually stop short of supporting self-defense and armed resistance. How Nonviolence Protects the State challenges the belief that nonviolence is the only way to fight for a better world. In a call bound to stir controversy and lively debate\, Peter Gelderloos invites activists to consider diverse tactics\, passionately arguing that exclusive nonviolence often acts to reinforce the same structures of oppression that activists seek to overthrow.”  \nA free version of How Nonviolence Protects The State can be found at the Anarchist Library here and our friends at Freedom Press here have offered a 10% discount on physical copies for the reading group. Just quote “London SolFed Reading Group” or pop into Freedom for your general radical book buying needs. The reading group will be meeting on Tuesday the 28th of April\, 19:00\, at Freedom Bookshop\, 84b Whitechapel High St\, London E1 7QX. You are welcome to come and join in the discussion even if you have not finished the reading.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/reading-group-20-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state/
LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260331T142936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T143915Z
UID:5829-1777489200-1777494600@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: The Journal of a Kurdish Political Prisoner
DESCRIPTION:Join for a discussion of the journal of Kurdish revolutionary\, Ali Poyraz. He spent twenty-one years and four months in Turkish prisons. He was born in 1962 in Bozüyük\, an Alevi village in the Gürün district of Sivas. According to Yeni Özgür Politika\, his political consciousness was shaped by his older brother\, Hüseyin Poyraz (also known as Rubar Dicle)\, a member of the PKK Central Committee. In 1981\, Ali was captured by Turkish authorities in a rural area of Pazarcık while serving as a PKK cadre. Tried by a military court\, he was sentenced to death. Although the Turkish Supreme Court upheld the sentence\, it was later commuted to twenty-one years and four months of imprisonment following the abolition of the death penalty in Turkey under Prime Minister Turgut Özal. \nAli’s journal records his thoughts and observations\, providing invaluable insight into life inside Turkish prisons\, including the organisation\, morale\, and activities of political prisoners. His journal is a mine of information that lends itself to much probing and understanding of the conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK over the past 45 years. This book is published for scholarly purposes\, following the recent disbandment of the PKK as an armed force\, and the changing political landscape in Turkey today. \nWe will discuss this powerful and important book\, followed by a wider discussion of political imprisonment more generally. \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. \n 
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-the-journal-of-a-kurdish-political-prisoner/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20251215T105202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T223854Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday Freedom Fun board game night!
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for a night of frivolity\, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month. Next one is the 1st November\,  7pm Decentre.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-friday-freedom-fun-board-game-night-5/
LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T230000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260427T142936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T132414Z
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SUMMARY:Omega Tribe + Daffodildos + Angry
DESCRIPTION:Omega Tribe\, Daffodildos and Angry – a great night of punk positivity awaits! \nhttps://www.outsavvy.com/event/34458/otdaffangae
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/omega-tribe-daffodildos-angry/
LOCATION:Aces & Eights\, 156-158 Fortess Road\, NW5 2HP
CATEGORIES:Gigs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260501T200000
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CREATED:20260429T143018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T152157Z
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SUMMARY:Nesian Punx #2 - a night of Pasifika POC Punk
DESCRIPTION:8pm to 11pm\, doors open at 7:45pm\nTickets £6 in advance (book here) or £8 on the door\nNesian Punx #2\nA night of Pasifika – poc punk raising money for Free West Papua Campaign.\nSince the first days of Indonesian colonial occupation in 1963\, the people and land of West Papua have been under relentless attack. Over 500\,000 West Papuan civilians have been killed by Indonesia’s military.\nRacism and discrimination are a daily reality and basic human rights including freedom of speech are outlawed. The Indonesian Government have banned international media and human rights organisations from operating in West Papua\, ensuring that news about what is happening rarely reaches the outside world.\nThe Free West Papua Campaign was launched in 2004\, led by Benny Wenda – an exiled West Papuan independence leader and Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP).\nThe Free West Papua Campaign is bringing the story of West Papua to the world and campaigning for freedom and justice in West Papua. It is time to end the violence of the last 50 years and give West Papuans the freedom to decide their own future.\nWith the return of the mighty Half/Time- māori led punk band from Aotearoa back in London on their UK tour and lairy London punx -GRUNT and the wider diaspora community are teaming up to raise monies for our West Papuan brothers and sisters.\nTalks from Free West Papua Campaign and Boycott for West Papua and a special performance from The Lani Singers – traditional West Papuan folk band playing songs rooted in resistance and celebrating Papuan culture (tbc)\nBand merch/Prints/Stickers/Patches up for grabs! \nBANDS \nHalf/Time – are a Māori post-punk band hailing from Aotearoa (so-called New Zealand) – they’re loud\, angry and making change through music. Through visceral and vulnerable waiata (songs) they invite audiences to engage and learn about Aotearoa New Zealand’s colonised past\, its present and hopes for its future. These are unsanitized\, undiluted histories that are delivered without apology\, encompassing the personal and political\, amplifying the ancestral echoes of te ao Māori (the Māori world) and giving voice to the injustices faced by indigenous communities today. FFO Dead Pioneers\, Idles\, Pixies\, The Muslims and Big Brave. \nGRUNT – Lairy three piece London punx. Drums bass n vocals but not techno… brown queer and fvcking tired. ”Raw self-righteous feminist punk\, reminiscent of the burgeoning 70’s punk scene” – Laviea Thomas for Decolonise Fest. \nHemi Hemingway – With the rock’n’roll panache of a dive bar matador and the emotional force of a knife in the guts\, Hemi Hemingway makes music that thrills\, spills and breaks hearts. The effortlessly slick New Zealand star has a connoisseur’s ear for the finest parts of musical history\, sweeping 60s rock\, 50s sheen and 80s romanticism into the present day\, refurbishing and refashioning them into something new and fresh. At home in the spotlight\, he’s a showman in the best troubadour traditions\, but one with real depth\, showcasing swagger and vulnerability in equal measure. \nThe Lani Singers – from the Baliem Valley in the remote central highland region of West Papua in the south-west Pacific\, play songs that are rooted in the sacred rituals of the Lani tribe. Formed in UK 2004 as a way of celebrating and preserving Papuan culture – the Indonesian regime have outlawed traditional music and cultural practices in West Papua. The band have played at music festivals in the UK including Glastonbury\, Musicport\, Port Eliot\, the Mayor of London’s Thames Festival and Celebrating Sanctuary. They have also performed live sessions on the ‘World Routes’ show on BBC Radio 3 and on DJ Ritu’s ‘A World In London’ show on BBC Radio London.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/nesian-punx-2-a-night-of-pasifika-poc-punk/
LOCATION:VFD\, 64-66 Stoke Newington Road\, N16 7XB
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Gigs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260502T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260414T023023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T095043Z
UID:5989-1777748400-1777753800@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: LIQUID REFLECTIONS WITH LILIANE LIJN
DESCRIPTION:We are profoundly honored to be hosting the paperback launch for a memoir by one the world’s greatest living artists\, the sculptor Liliane Lijn\, who will be joined in conversation by leading art writer Jennifer Higgie.\nLiliane Lijn is an artist who needs little introduction. Her stirring\, often ostentatious and always poetic works are dotted throughout the British urban landscape\, and overseas. Regular visitors to Housmans will have no doubt seen her recent piece Temenos just up the road from us\, near Granary Square. \nWe will host Liliane May 2nd to launch the paperback edition of her brilliant bildungsroman Liquid Reflections. The book begins in 1958 with the talented and fearless Liliane Lijn leaving her family home and moving to Paris alone to become an artist. Once there\, she found an art world filled with the wild energy of creative revolution – peopled and controlled almost entirely by men. In the years that followed\, Lijn built a life for herself in the city. She embraced the hectic bohemian spirit of the Left Bank. She befriended artists\, painters\, poets\, gallerists and revolutionaries\, as the late Surrealists gave way to a burgeoning Pop Art movement. She had disastrous love affairs with difficult men. She experimented boldly\, creating ground-breaking sculptures with light\, text and movement. And as her profile steadily grew\, she was told again and again that there are no great women artists: ‘There never have been.’ \nLiquid Reflections is her memoir of these years of experiment and adventure – years when Lijn was constantly in motion\, from Paris to New York to Venice to Athens\, from paper and canvas to wax and Perspex to oil and water. In love\, she became pregnant but rebelled against the idea that a woman could not be both a great artist and a mother. And she sought – and found – radical pleasure in the act of creative expression and in the living\, sensuous world around her. \nBased on personal diaries from the time\, this is a riveting and revelatory account of a singular coming of age: a glittering portrait of the artist as a young woman. \n‘I wrote LIQUID REFLECTIONS because I wanted to take my readers on the journey I made to become an artist. It’s the story of an idealistic\, inspired young woman who refuses to accept the prejudices of her time. Becoming an artist was also a search for my own identity…’\n— Liliane Lijn \nLiliane will be conversation with the art writer Jennifer Higgie\, author of numerous books\, her most recent being The Other Side: A Journey into Women\, Art and the Spirit World\, the first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world. \nThis is going to be an extremely special event and we are delighted to be hosting it. Please do book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment on the night. \nLiliane and Jennifer will talk for around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by an open discussion with the audience. Doors will open at 6:45\, with the event starting around 7. \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-liquid-reflections-with-liliane-lijn/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260504T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260402T142919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T092918Z
UID:5838-1777899600-1777899600@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Punks For Palestine VI
DESCRIPTION:Punks For Palestine VI \nAll proceeds split between\nThe Sameer Project\nProviding aid to displaced families on the ground in Gaza\nDa’m: Defend and Mobilize\nSupporting direct action and activism in the UK against the Israeli arms trade.\nLouder than ever as this world grows harder. As always: hardcore\, punk and hiphop joining forces in solidarity.\nFeaturing\nBuds.\nBig riff emo punk\nChinned\nThe Stevenage Grindcore Mafia\, reunited for 1 night only.\nKemastry (CMPND)\nShamanic wordplay from a uk hiphop legend\nKila Kosa\nSouth London Hardcore\nMashaal\nLondon hardcore by kids of immigrants.\nPerp Walk\nChain stomp fury for the moshers.\nRitual Error\nPost hardcore noise for the revolution\nSarsour \nShooting Daggers\nLONDON QUEERCORE\nSpeit\nIrish-Palestinian freedom rap\nUnwitnessed\nBrand new London hardcore. Get down early and testify…\nYung Yusuf\nRaw rebellious bars from the diaspora\nWe’ll also have charity materials and information from other Palestinian relief efforts and demonstrations\, as well as some new opportunities to support Palestinian arts and businesses in London.\nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross\nTickets £13\n“Solidarity Tickets” £19 (optional extra donation)\nhttps://pit.live/events/punks-for-palestine-2
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/punks-for-palestine-vi/
LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Gigs
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260505T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260330T142921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T144125Z
UID:5825-1778007600-1778013000@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: PUNK SPIRIT!
DESCRIPTION:AN ORAL HISTORY OF PUNK ROCK\, SPIRITUALITY AND LIBERATION\nWe are super excited to welcome John Malkin over from California to talk about his incredible\, and as far as we can tell\, unique\, book: Punk Spirit! We’ve had countless books about punk (not to mention zines) pass through Housmans over the year but none that quite approach the topic from this angle. \nPunk Spirit! is an oral history that examines this movement from many unique perspectives\, bringing together well-known and cutting-edge bands including Sex Pistols\, Minor Threat\, Dead Kennedys\, The Ramones\, Gang of Four\, Pussy Riot\, Crass\, Talking Heads\, Propagandhi\, The Slits\, Bad Religion\, Shelter\, Rebel Riot\, Blackfire\, and many others. \nPunk Spirit! ventures into the emotional and personal experiences of punk artists and activists from around the world and highlights intelligent\, thoughtful\, and humorous discussions on liberation\, spirituality\, and living freely. They discuss a myriad of topics from creativity and anger to freedom from suffering and the ways that punk rock has opposed or embodied religious and moral tenets. Chapters dive deeply into a variety of interconnected realms of punk rock such as the subgenre of straight edge\, Krishnacore and Taqwacore\, evangelical punk concerts in southern California churches\, illegal punk concerts in East German churches\, anti-religious sentiment within punk rock\, the vital connections between punk and self-expression\, and the myriad ways punk rock has been combined with spiritual and religious traditions to illuminate ideas from science\, atheism\, Buddhism\, Christianity\, Judaism\, Islam\, and other ways of being in the world. \nAnd complete with a forward by one of our favorite writers\, Penny Rimbaud! How could we have said no?! \nJohn Malkin is a journalist\, musician\, activist\, photographer and filmmaker. He is the author of Punk Revolution!: An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism \, and his interviews and writings have been published in internationally including Adbusters\, Punk Planet\, Razorcake\, Spirituality & Health\, Z Magazine\, Ode\, In These Times\, Sojourners\, The Sun\, Film International\, Shambhala Sun\, Tricycle\, Friends Journal\, The Santa Cruz Sentinel\, The Monterey Herald\, and others. He lives in Santa Cruz\, California with his wife and son. \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-punk-spirit/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260415T143019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T134621Z
UID:5999-1778094000-1778094000@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:MINCE!
DESCRIPTION:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mince-tickets-1987510848450?aff=oddtdtcre… \nsharing new/experimental/queer work in progress\, music\, film\, performance\, and other stuff that can happen live.\nMINCE is a variety show of queer\, experimental\, work-in-progress art. Anything that can be performed live or shown on a screen!\nTicket proceeds will be going to Fiveforfive. Fiveforfive is a wealth redistribution project by-and-for trans women and femmes. Every month\, donations are split up and given to five transfems’ fundraisers that have been submitted\, at random. It cuts through the popularity lottery of crowdfunding your surgery\, pooling resources and sharing fairly. You can learn more about Fiveforfive and support the project here.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/mince-2/
LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Gigs,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260116T142722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T143640Z
UID:4562-1778180400-1778180400@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:First Thursday Freedom board game night!
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/first-thursday-freedom-board-game-night-4/
LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260424T142949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T095129Z
UID:6092-1778180400-1778180400@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Book Talk: Fascist Yoga with with Stewart Home
DESCRIPTION:Join us to welcome author Stewart Home to talk about his book ‘Fascist Yoga: Grifters\, Occultists\, White Supremacists\, and the New Order In Wellness’ \nThe practice of yoga promises peace\, self-realisation and release\, thanks to the power of its ‘mystic’ Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga\, Stewart Home sweeps away the half-truths to tell a new origin story of the world’s first modern yogi – a Californian escapologist who added some Hindu fairy dust to gym and circus exercises. \nEver since\, the world of yoga has been full of grifters\, occultists and white supremacists\, all out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise. From cult leaders to brainwashed followers\, TV celebrities and fake gurus\, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity. \nToday\, the COVID pandemic has activated elements within the modern yoga movement to espouse far-right conspiracies\, and QAnon’s fascist political programmes mirror some of yoga’s key early proponents.\nIn this new exposé\, Stewart Home shows that nothing is sacred. \nAbout the author:\nStewart Home is a legend of counterculture. He is an artist\, filmmaker\, pamphleteer\, art historian and activist\, and the author of countless pulp fictions\, including most recently Art School Orgy and She’s My Witch. He regularly performs to audiences across the world and recently started making headstand paintings with the canvas placed above him and brushes held in his toes. He was born and lives in London.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-fascist-yoga-with-with-stewart-home/
LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260106T234136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T234457Z
UID:4479-1778266800-1778266800@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Squat Safety
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/squat-safety-5/
LOCATION:Lesnes estate\, Thamesmead\,
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260508T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260421T023014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T095213Z
UID:6038-1778266800-1778272200@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: REVOLUTIONARY FORGIVENESS: D. K. RENTON in conversation with Barnaby Raine
DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to welcome the legendary theorist\, thinker and lawyer D.K. Renton to launch what we believe may be one of the most original\, and vital\, works of left wing thought to appear in recent years. He will be joined in conversation by the scholar and journalist Barnaby Raine. \nForgiveness is necessary in the long fight for a just world—but it is only possible after the oppressed are victorious \nFor too long\, revolutionary social movements have reconciled to defeat. We must start winning again. Forgiveness is a crucial strategy for remaking the world\, to secure and sustain victories\, to transform one-time enemies into friends. With deep political commitment\, D. K. Renton makes the case for forgiveness—but of a particularly unruly sort. Tracing the tragic abuse of Eleanor Marx and Jane Wells\, the mistakes of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, and the redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye\, Renton urges us to forgive\, but only after tearing down the citadels of the rich. \nRevolutionary Forgiveness connects collective struggle with the individual’s search for justice to demand a better future for all—when the oppressed will be magnanimous in power\, and even former oppressors will be free. \n“Renton rescues ‘forgiveness’ from the pulpit and returns it\, bloodied but lucid\, to history.” \n— Richard Seymour\, author of Disaster Nationalism \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-revolutionary-forgiveness-d-k-renton-in-conversation-with-barnaby-raine/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260315T022918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T095923Z
UID:5698-1778335200-1778335200@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Dalston Solidarity Cafe – Connecting grassroot networks over free food\, tea & community resources every 2nd Sat of the month. Generally 2pm-8pm. What we practically do is rescuing food\, turning it into delicious meals\, serving it together with drinks on a “pay what you can basis down to £0“. Over the arc of the day\, we also host a workshop\, generally held by other local mutual aid groups and collectives\, to then conclude with a film screening. From 2pm we also have an infoshop with zines/stickers/more\, and a free shop/book swap/clothes swap including free binders from Gender Swap.  The cafe takes place every second Saturday of the month at Halkevi\, the Kurdish community centre in Dalston (London)\, with open assemblies every Tuesdays before and after the event.  The space is wheelchair accessible (through the Tyssen Street entrance).
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-2/
LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF
CATEGORIES:Food,Gatherings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260226T022917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T094329Z
UID:5520-1778353200-1778353200@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Punk Cabaret of Chaos
DESCRIPTION:House of Hadda showcasing the best DIY Punk Cabaret!\nFeaturing:\nPete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies\nAnoise\nanarchistwood\nRites of Hadda\nSAVE THE DATE\nAdvance tix on WeGotTickets
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/punk-cabaret-of-chaos-2/
LOCATION:New River Studios\, 199 Eade Road\, N1 4DN
CATEGORIES:Gigs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260510T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260510T235959
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260317T181859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T182244Z
UID:5739-1778371200-1778457599@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Pitch Invaders III Football Tournament
DESCRIPTION:Pitch Invaders Tournament is back and kicking\nAll dayer at the Clapton CFC football grounds.\nMore info coming soon
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/pitch-invaders-iii-football-tournament/
LOCATION:Old Spotted Dog Ground\, Upton Lane\, E7 9NP
CATEGORIES:Gatherings,Sports
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260510T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260216T022939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T172411Z
UID:5437-1778410800-1778410800@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anarchist Breakfast Club
DESCRIPTION:Hackney Anarchists are back conquering bread 🍞  \nEvery second Sunday of the month find us at the centre of Hackney downs cooking together\, sharing food and discussing politics.   \nOur food is free to share with whomever might need it or want it. Everyone is welcome\, no questions asked.  \nWe are hoping to share food and its preparation with those who want to join. Come at 11 to help us prep and cook. This is also a joyful way to have political conversations and develop mutual aid tools.  \nThis is a shared process and everyone can get involved however they want. We also welcome ingredients\, leads for food sourcing\, recipe suggestions (vegan)\, or just your company.  \n🍲 Abolish the bourgeoise butter bean! We feed ourselves 🏴
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/anarchist-breakfast-club-3/
LOCATION:Hackney Downs Park\, \, E5 8NP
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260122T001218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T002240Z
UID:4634-1778526000-1778526000@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Feminist Fightback reading group: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
DESCRIPTION:Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights\nSex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement\, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration\, work\, feminism\, and resistance to white supremacy\, they make it clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.\nThe book is 288 pages long. We will discuss this book in 4 sessions: \nMonday 9th February (56 pages): \nIntroduction\nChapter 1: Sex\nChapter 2: Work \nMonday 9th March (53 pages): \nChapter 3: A Victorian Hangover: Great Britain\nChapter 4: Prison Nation: The U.S.\, South Africa\, and Kenya \nMonday 13th April (50 pages) \nChapter 5: The People’s Home: Sweden\, Norway\, Ireland\, and Canada\nChapter 6: Charmed Circle: Germany\, Netherlands\, and Nevada \nMonday 11th May (31 pages) \nChapter 7: No Silver Cullet Aotearoa (New Zealand) and New South Wales\nConclusion \nPlease come having read the relevant chapters.\nCopies available for sale at The People’s Letters (E2 9RA)\, a sex worker supportive bookstore.\nThe event will be at Vibast Community Centre\, 267 Old Street\, London EC1V 9NH.\nIt is about 3 minutes walking from Old Street station\, or the 55 and 243 buses stop just in front of the Centre. The venue is accessible and has accessible toilets.\nPlease arrive at 7.00 for 7.15 start; we will finish at 8.30pm. All genders welcome!
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feminist-fightback-reading-group-revolting-prostitutes-the-fight-for-sex-workers-rights-4/
LOCATION:Vibast Community Centre\, 167 Old Street\, EC1V 9NH
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260415T022931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T095252Z
UID:5994-1778612400-1778617800@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE ASSET CLASS: HETTIE O'BRIEN IN CONVERSATION WITH DAN HANCOX
DESCRIPTION:‘PART WAKE-UP CALL\, PART FINANCIAL THRILLER’ (SHAMI CHAKRABARTI) The Asset Class is an equal parts thrilling and enraging work of vital\nfinancial journalism\, lifting the lid on the relentlessly destructive force of private equity. We are thrilled to welcome the book’s author Hettie O’Brien to Housmans to be interviewed about the book by celebrated journalist Dan Hancox.\nA thrilling\, eye-opening investigation into private equity\, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive\, it could have been created to undermine our way of life. You don’t know their names\, but they own the house you rent. They own your hospitals\, nurseries and care homes\, the media you consume and the companies you work for. They even own the tools your union uses to fight back. Business is a contest – and they say their people are built to win. But when does competition become a struggle to the death? For decades\, private equity firms have infiltrated every corner of modern life. Wielding debt as a weapon\, they push vital services into crisis. Their cover story: that this is merely the ‘creative destruction’ essential to growth. Old-school capitalists say they’re dismantling everything that made our economies work. \nIn The Asset Class\, reporter Hettie O’Brien penetrates a hidden empire of billion-dollar deals and covert financial warfare. From Copenhagen to San Francisco\, Barcelona to the Yorkshire Dales\, she follows the money\, the ideological roots and the trail of destruction. What she finds is chilling: private equity isn’t just reshaping the economy – it’s selling out the foundations of Western society. The new owners think they can hide in the shadows. But the owned are fighting back. \nHettie will be interviewed by Dan Hancox\, Guardian journalist and author of Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World (Verso\, 2024). They will talk about the book for about 45 minutes followed by a q&a. \nTo avoid disappointment\, please do book a ticket ahead of the event. \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 \n 
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-asset-class-hettie-obrien-in-conversation-with-dan-hancox/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T083126
CREATED:20260418T022922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T134329Z
UID:6025-1778698800-1778704200@www.eroding.org.uk
SUMMARY:'Bored Stiff: the punk 'zine and scene that refused to die' an evening with Terry Macalister\, Gaye Advert and Emilia Elfrida
DESCRIPTION:FREE ENTRY BUT PLEASE RSVP USING THE FROM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE \nThis event celebrates a Bored Stiff book half a century after a fanzine of that name burst into life at the height of the punk “explosion.” \nOriginal creator Terry Macalister has brought together in contemporary time a group of musicians\, photographers and club owners who made the punk scene what it was then and what it has become now. \nLaid out in the original way using marker pens and manual typewriters\, Bored Stiff\, the book\, is a totally original and authentic window into what academics have called a “significant cultural intervention.” \nWith the help of Martin Hand – a graphic designer\, Bored Stiff contains interviews with band members from the likes of The Adverts\, Penetration and the Menstrual Cramps as well as folk such as Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington who created the Roxy and Vortex punk clubs. \nThere are also copies in this new book of the original fanzine which include live reviews from the late 1970s of the Sex Pistols\, 999 and Iggy Pop and harnesses the raw energy of the early days of punk. \nGaye Advert\, the bassist of the Adverts\, will be at the book launch to talk about her role in the early punk scene along with Emilia Elfrida\, vocalist and songwriter of today’s self-styled lesbian punk band\, the Menstrual Cramps. \nThey will discuss why punk happened\, what it means to them and why it has survived albeit in different form 50 years on. Terry and Martin will explain how they put together the new version of Bored Stiff and why they insist on an analogue production that eschews the superficial glamour of the digital print world. \nTerry Macalister is the original creator of Bored Stiff and the author of the new compilation of old and new material. Excited by the success of the early fanzine\, Terry went on to spend his life in national journalism\, most notably as a specialist editor on The Guardian. \nHe is the author of several books including Crude Britannia (Pluto Press) and Polar Opposites (Guardian ebooks)\, executive producer of The Oil Machine film and co-producer of the forthcoming Earth Mother documentary. He is the founder of a Cambridge-based protest choir and sees himself now more as artist and activist than journalist. \nFREE ENTRY BUT PLEASE RSVP USING THE FROM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/bored-stiff-the-punk-zine-and-scene-that-refused-to-die-an-evening-with-terry-macalister-gaye-advert-and-emilia-elfrida/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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SUMMARY:ARTIFICIAL GO + NO PEELING
DESCRIPTION:Upset The Rhythm presents… \nARTIFICIAL GO\nNO PEELING\nWednesday 13 May\nNew River Studios\, 199 Eade Rd\, Harringay\, London\, N4 1DN\n7.30pm | £10 | Tickets: https://link.dice.fm/P1af2a986141 \nARTIFICIAL GO hail from Cincinnati\, USA\, and bring the beat to life with their New / No / Whatever Wave weirdness! Last year they released ‘Musical Chairs’\, building on 2024’s ‘Hopscotch Fever’\, an album of ten existential post-punk chamber pop tracks. Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the band’s house\, the core trio of Angie Willcutt\, Micah Wu\, and Cole Gilfilen have traded the sparse jangle of their debut for a broader\, fuller sound. ‘Musical Chairs’ deftly meshes the angular excitability of ‘Hopscotch Fever’ with a spectral warmth and expensiveness able to encompass acoustic guitars\, Wu’s almost metaphysical funk bass lines\, tape loops and blips and bleeps\, a guest spot by Eric Dietrich (of The Drin and Sorry Eric) on saxophone\, and Gilfilen’s hip moving boom-bap drumming add to the excitement.\nIn Willcutt’s hands\, the struggles\, and at times terrors\, of our current age are playfully subverted with agile world play and dynamic vocalization that moves from sweet and dreamy to cartoonishly exaggerated as she charts an emotional course through such topics as the difficulties of playing the role of “woman” in a misogynist world (“Playing Puppet”) or the injustice of anthropocentric hierarchy (“Tightrope Walker”). Musical Chairs is serious music not meant to be taken too seriously\, a playful act of resistance\, a meditation on the good and bad of this world\, and ultimately a remarkable statement on the continuing growth of Artificial Go.\nhttps://artificialgo.bandcamp.com/ \nNO PEELING formed in 2025 as a studio project by five friends in the fertile Nottingham DIY underground. September 2025’s self-titled EP was the perfect introduction to the No Peeling universe. Bandcamp Daily picked it as an Essential Release\, calling it “a clanging collection of get-in-get-out egg punk that doesn’t ask for more than 10 minutes of your time and overdelivers on every front”. It managed to cram a lifetime of idea-nuggets into seven songs that rarely exceeded the minute mark. A blast of enthusiasm and hyperactivity\, the EP was the audio equivalent of a barrage firework: exhilarating and energising. Whilst the first EP was completed before the band had played live; the forthcoming EP2 hits a little differently. \nEP2 has the garage punk clatter and sparkly efficiency of their debut but is somehow faster and weirder. The guitar and synth seem to be engaged in a constant (playful) fight\, tumbling further and further away from the song structure being held together (and propelled) by one of the tightest rhythm sections around. The scrawl and skronk might occasionally recall No Wave but those grooves are locked down. This all provides the perfect foundation for the wry\, dry observations of Sophie Diver. From pasta post and fluff-clad delinquents to clingfilm catastrophes and poor working conditions\, all modern life’s bases are covered and emerge miraculously from a magic-eye explosion of clangs\, thwacks and bloops. \nhttps://nopeeling.bandcamp.com/album/no-peeling  \nhttps://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/artificial-go-no-peeling/
LOCATION:New River Studios\, 199 Eade Road\, N1 4DN
CATEGORIES:Gigs
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