BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//eroding empire - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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:20260721T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260721T210000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260618T030725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150716Z UID:7387-1784660400-1784667600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: JD HOWSE DESCRIPTION:It starts with the Buggery Act of 1533. Or perhaps the arrest of Eleanor Rykener. Or perhaps the execution of James Pratt and John Smith. The truism goes that queer people have always been here\, but for as long as there have been written records of us those records have dealt with our suppression\, criminalisation\, and punishment. How can we construct a sense of our own history when its wilful erasure has been violently enacted time and time again across the centuries?  \nComposed over a ten year period\, Noises Again is a hugely ambitious and staggeringly complex literary collage that blurs the lines between literature and visual art. Stringing together scraps of text from history books and pornographic novels\, newspaper clippings and love letters\, drunk sexts and court records\, JD Howse explores the buried\, obscure ephemera of gay history and returns with a text by turns violent\, tragic\, erotic\, and confounding. This is a truly singular book\, defying characterisation\, description\, and logic.  \nOUR POETS JD Howse is a writer who works across poetry\, prose\, and collage. His debut collection Just Meat Not God was published in 2022 and he has published a number of pamphlets and artist’s books. He has a BA in English and an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway\, University of London\, and is the curator of Permeable Barrier.  \nAzad Ashim Sharma is the director of the87press and Editor at Philosophy and Global Affairs\, the CLR James Journal\, and The Hythe Review. He is a PhD Candidate in English and Humanities at Birkbeck College\, University of London. He is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently\, Boiled Owls (Nightboat Books / Out-Spoken Press\, 2024) which was shortlisted for the Jhalak Poetry Prize. His second collection Ergastulum: Vignettes of Lost Time (Broken Sleep Books\, 2022) was the recipient of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Guillén Award. In July 2025\, Azad was inaugurated as the Poet Laureate of the Caribbean Philosophical Association. He lives in South London. \nCalliope Michail is a poet and translator\, currently undertaking a PhD at King’s College\, London. She is the Poetry Editor of Stillpoint Journal\, and her work has appeared in various publications. \nVJ René is the author of two pamphlets of poetry\, Scavengers (Salo Press\, 2021) and HYDRA (Marble Poetry\, 2020). Recent critical and creative works appear in Victorian Popular Fictions Journal\, Forum Journal and the Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies.​ \nOliver Zarandi is a writer and filmmaker. His debut\, Soft Fruit In The Sun (Hexus Press)\, was described as being like ‘getting a hug from David Cronenberg.’ His follow-up\, Body Horror\, was shortlisted for the Prototype Prize in 2024. He is currently in development on his first film\, Skinny Boy. \nThis is a free event but please RSVP below. \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/housmans-poetry-series-jd-howse/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260722T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260722T210000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260605T022958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150717Z UID:6660-1784745900-1784754000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: FLOYDS GONE by Jacob A. Smith DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the launch of a brilliant and daring new short story collection published by eidolon ink \nJacob A. Smith is launching his debut story collection\, Floyds Gone\, at Housmans Bookshop! Please join us on July 22nd to celebrate the release of his book. All author and publisher profits from the evening go to Medical Aid for Palestinians and Lifeshare. Free entry + doors open at 6:45pm \n“When you have them pixelated\, magic occurs. You become the imagination of the technology. Like you’re watching the technology dream.” \n‘A man plans to disappear after his partner becomes pregnant. Films play on loop in a countryside home filled with waste. A violent video appears on an online server where people plot and rate hoaxes. An employee stalks his boss to protect her from a threatening man. Pictures of a burning building are nominated for a major prize. An empty boat returns to shore and the photographer on board has disappeared. \nThese are some of the unsettling\, vivid images that accumulate throughout Floyds Gone\, Jacob A. Smith’s debut story collection. Inhabiting the uncertain space between images\, dreams and reality\, Smith’s stories probe the strange data of our mediated lives. Built around moments of arrival\, departure\, and change\, and a recurring name that may refer to more than one man\, the stories of Floyds Gone are all powerful screenshots of life lived in a world of multiplying images and vanishing selfhood.’ \nPlease note this is an externally organised event. Any inquiries should be made to ‘hello@eidolon.ink’ \nBook a free ticket below\, or reserve a copy of the book. \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-floyds-gone-by-jacob-a-smith/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T230000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260609T023014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150718Z UID:6877-1784829600-1784847600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Racetraitor / Temple Guard / Hour Of Reprisal / Afraid To Die DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents Racetraitor\, Legends of confrontational\, righteous\, hardcore extremities. Only their 2nd time ever in London\, and perhaps never more lyrically relevant than right now https://racetraitor-hc.bandcamp.com/ + support from Temple Guard\, Riff devastation from UKHC legends Hour Of Reprisal\, Norwich Edge Metal http://xhourofreprisalx.bandcamp.com/ Afraid To Die\, Turmoil worship for moshers. Record out on TCS on Feb 6th! Doors 6pm\, £16\, 14+\, u16s with an adult URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/racetraitor-temple-guard-hour-of-reprisal-afraid-to-die/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6877_image_23rd-jul-racetraitor_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T210000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260613T022936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150718Z UID:7034-1784833200-1784840400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: JAMES BYRNE DESCRIPTION:Join us for another evening of cutting edge poetry. \nFor this instalment\, we are delighted to welcome the legendary James Byrne to the shop to launch his latest collection The Banality of Power (Broken Sleep Books\, 2026) Joining him we have the incredible Ziba Karbassi and are delight to welcome back long time friend of Housmans Stephen Watts. \nOur Poets: \nZiba Karbassi—born in Tabriz\, northwestern Iran in 1969—began writing poems from an early age. Her first book in Persian was published in her twenties and\, since then\, she has published regularly\, with more than twelve books now available\, both in her mother tongue and internationally. Forced to leave Iran in the early 1980s with her mother and younger sisters\, she has since lived most of her life in London. She is widely regarded as one of the leading poets currently writing in Persian and\, to date\, her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Karbassi’s densely revolutionary lyrical writing achieves an intensity of space that is almost unique in contemporary poetry\, melting the valencies of breath into the depths of meaning. She has performed her work widely across Europe and America. She was Chairperson of the Association of Iranian Writers in Exile\, 2002 to 2004 and in 2009 she was awarded the Golden Apple Poetry Prize (Azerbaijan) and served as chair of Exiled Writers Ink from 2012 to 2014 and\, in 2012\, was chosen by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre (CPRC\, Birkbeck\, University of London) as one of fifteen revolutionary poets in a worldwide survey of published writings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. From 2019 to 2021\, Karbassi was a director of the Iranian PEN Centre in Exile\, and she continues to work as a committee member and editor with Exiled Writers Ink in London\, always passionately and actively committing her life and work for poetry. \nStephen Watts was born in 1952. His father came from Stoke-on-Trent and his mother’s family from villages high in the Italian and Swiss Alps. He spent very vital time—in place of university—in northern Scotland\, especially the island of North Uist but\, since 1977\, has lived mainly in the richly multilingual communities of Whitechapel in East London. Geographies and location (as also their negative theologies) are urgent to his life and work. Recent books include Ancient Sunlight (Enitharmon\, 2014; reprinted 2020) and Republic of Dogs / Republic of Birds (Test Centre\, 2016; Prototype\, 2020). A 16mm\, 70-minute experimental film—The Republics—was made from the latter by Huw Wahl\, 2019. A collected Journeys Across Breath: Poems 1975-2005 was published by Prototype Publishing in 2022 (reprinted 2025) and A Book of Drawn Poems came out with Joe Hales’s Sylvia imprint in 2025. Watts is also a translator\, working closely with exiled poets and—inter alia—has co-translated Pages from the Biography of an Exile by the Iraqi poet Adnan al-Sayegh (Arc Publications\, 2014)\, Syrian poet Golan Haji’s A Tree Whose Name I Don’t Know (A Midsummer Night’s Press\, 2017) and Reza Baraheni’s Lilith (Tenement Press\, 2023).  His translation research has been the subject of two exhibitions: Swirl Of Words / Swirl Of Worlds\, PEER Gallery (Hoxton\, London)\, and for which he edited a book of that title\, and Explosion Of Words with the Swiss artist Hannes Schüpbach\, which celebrated his 2000 page Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation\, at the Straühof Gallery (Zurich) and Nunnery Gallery (Bow\, London)\, in 2021 and 2022 respectively. \nPoet\, editor and translator\, James Byrne was born near London in 1977. His most recent poetry collection is The Banality of Power\, which received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.  Other recent books include Nightsongs for Gaia: New and Selected Poems Arc Publications\, 2025) and The Overmind (Broken Sleep Books\, 2024). He has co-translated and co-edited Bones Will Crow\, the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry to be published in English (Arc\, 2012) and I am a Rohingya\, the first book of Rohingya refugee poems in English (Arc 2019) after spending some time at Cox’s Bazar refugee camp. His publications in translation include working with Libyan poet Ashur Etwebi (Five Scenes from a Failed Revolution\, 2022)\, and Rohingya poet Ro Mehrooz (Poems Written Through Barbed-Wire Fences\, 2024). Forrest Gander writes that his poetry is ‘like gulping fire-water shots of the world’. The Banality of Power\, launched at this event\, speaks back to aggressors\, corporate power\, beginning with Nazi Adolf Einchmann on trial in a glass cage\, asking: who are the Eichmanns now and how we find a way to move forward in a fractured society and form community.    \nThis is a free event\, but please RSVP below. Feel free to BYOB. \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/housmans-poetry-series-james-byrne/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260724T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260724T230000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260609T023016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150719Z UID:6879-1784916000-1784934000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:My Rushmore / Cainhurst / Closed Hands / My Theatre Friend DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents My Rushmore\, Ragged and joyous emo anthems Cainhurst\, Emoviolence vampires Closed Hands\, Chaotic screamosh My Theatre Friend\, Captivating lo-fi screamo Doors 6pm\, £11\, 14+\, u16s with an adult 18+ URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/my-rushmore-cainhurst-closed-hands-my-theatre-friend/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6879_image_24th-july-my-rushmore_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260725T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260725T230000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260609T023017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150720Z UID:6881-1785002400-1785020400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Flickers From The Fen / Landsraad / Apoxupon DESCRIPTION:New Cross Live presents Flickers From The Fen\, A full-band showcase of medieval whimsy from the dungeon synth wizard Landsraad\, Dune-inspired ambient odysseys Apoxupon\, Texas fantasy synths £13\, Doors 6pm\, 14+\, u16s with an adult 18+ URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/flickers-from-the-fen-landsraad-apoxupon/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6881_image_25th-july-flickers_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260726T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260726T180000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260613T023002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150723Z UID:7037-1785063600-1785088800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Workplace Organiser Training DESCRIPTION:In coordination with the Solidarity Federation Hospitality Workers Union we will be running a workplace organiser training on Sunday the 26th of July. The training will run from 11am to 6pm\, and will be at the London Action Resource Centre (LARC)\, 62 Fieldgate Street\, Whitechapel\, London\, E1 1ES. The training will include case studies of past workplace organisation and actions\, how to map out your own workplace\, role playing through a first meeting with your co-workers\, and general tactics and techniques for organising and resisting. Please pass on the flyer to anyone who might be interested. The training is free\, but if you have spare cash please bring a donation for LARC\, which is run entirely on donations from its users. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/workplace-organiser-training/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/7037_image_organiser_training_2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260728T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260728T210000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260609T023019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150724Z UID:6883-1785265200-1785272400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Reading Group - TBD DESCRIPTION:We read books covering radical theory\, organising in the workplace\, and in the community. Everyone welcome. Details on what we are reading for this reading group will be decided closer to the date. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/reading-group-tbd/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6883_image_reading_group_flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260729T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260729T230000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260609T023021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150725Z UID:6885-1785348000-1785366000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Burn Pit Queen / Gunmetal / Spring Peaches / MARCOS DESCRIPTION:New Cross Live Presents Burn Pit Queen Gunmetal Spring Peaches MARCOS\, new London grunge… Doors 6pm\, £7\, 14+\, u16s with an adult 18+ URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/burn-pit-queen-gunmetal-spring-peaches-marcos/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6885_image_29th-july-burn-pit-queen_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260729T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260729T203000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260604T022927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150726Z UID:6586-1785351600-1785357000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: INTERNATIONAL FREAK ROBIN FARQUHARSON AND THE DREAM OF PSYCHEDELIC REVOLT DESCRIPTION:M. SYD ROSEN AND OWEN HATHERLEY DISCUSS THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF COUNTERCULTURAL ICON ROBIN FARQUHARSON \n‘Rosen is an intergenerational talent. That is\, he seems to move effortlessly across decades\, from dark matter to illumination; gleaning\, recovering\, challenging\, making new.’ \n Iain Sinclair \nBorn in 1930 into a privileged South African family\, Robin Farquharson was part of a new wave of intellectuals tasked with reimagining society in the wake of World War II—until a phone call from God brought everything crashing down. \nUnder the gaze of the secret police and his own mounting paranoia\, Farquharson fled to Swinging London and tried to reinvent himself as a countercultural guru. Along the way\, he helped to have South Africa banned from the Olympic Games\, authored an unclassifiable memoir of queer street life\, and climbed to the top of the mysterious White Panther Party. Then\, just days after founding the pioneering Mental Patients Union\, flames ripped through his home and Farquharson was gone. \nDrawing on meticulous archival research and extensive new interviews\, International Freak marshals an extraordinary cast of characters in order to tell Farquharson’s story for the first time. Equal parts experimental biography\, social history\, and psychedelic true crime\, this is a portrait of a singular man and the world he sought desperately to transform. \nWe are delighted to welcome M. Syd Rosen (author of this utterly compelling biography) and Owen Hatherley to Housmans to discuss the life of this truly remarkable hero of counter cultural Britain. \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-international-freak-robin-farquharson-and-the-dream-of-psychedelic-revolt/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260106T234138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150726Z UID:4482-1785524400-1785524400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Squat Safety DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/squat-safety-8/ LOCATION:Lesnes estate\, Thamesmead\, CATEGORIES:Meetings,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4467_image_img_5537.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260731T235000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260317T022940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150727Z UID:5712-1785528000-1785541800@www.eroding.org.uk 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. The 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 £5-10 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-5/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5712_image_signal-2026-05-22-095510_0.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260802T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260802T193000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003045 CREATED:20260609T023027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150728Z UID:6889-1785699000-1785699000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Knots iii (Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival) DESCRIPTION:Never been to a noise night? KNOTS welcomes activists\, organisers\, poets\, playwrights\, movement artists\, and more to collaborate with noise and sound artists to share performances that advocate hope\, resistance\, frustration\, and encourages all of us to to learn from lived experiences. Each noise night fundraises for a direct action group\, charity\, or other groups that actively promote anti-authoritarian equality and fight against injustice locally and globally. Curated by vanchoked and Cuttfruit through an open-board process\, artists pair up across disciplines to highlight how the approach of noise can be embedded across practices\, and translate into an open exploration of the body\, culture\, and sound\, onto the stage. Join us for our third noise night\, and our first production under the Knots Co-operative company! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/knots-iii-riverside-studios-bitesize-festival/ LOCATION:Riverside Studios\, 101 Queen Caroline Street\, W6 9BN CATEGORIES:Gigs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260806T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260806T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260116T142725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150729Z UID:4565-1786042800-1786042800@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-7/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1289_image_bloc_0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260808T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260808T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260501T023132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150730Z UID:6208-1786186800-1786219200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe DESCRIPTION:Dalstong Solidarity Cafe – Join us second saturday of the month between 11am and 8pm at Halk Evi\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane E8 3DF for a workshop/presentation. If you would like to get involved on the day\, we start cooking from 11am – the more the merrier! Feel free to bring along any food that would otherwise go to waste and get in touch if you have a food link up for us \n  From 2pm onwards we’ll have: Pay-what-you-can’ food & drinks Infoshop: zines\, books\, posters\, stickers & more Free shop & clothes swap Free binders donated by @genderswap(limited sizes available)   The space is wheelchair accessible (through Tyssen Street entrance) URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-6/ LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF CATEGORIES:Food END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260809T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260809T110000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260216T022942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150730Z UID:5440-1786273200-1786273200@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-6/ LOCATION:Hackney Downs Park\, \, E5 8NP CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5434_image_signal-2026-02-15-20-59-07-607.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260817T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260817T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260611T143103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150731Z UID:6976-1786993200-1786993200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Practical squatters evening DESCRIPTION:Welcome to practical squatters evenings where you can meet old and new squatters to get you ready for a new squatting life Get your burning squat questions answered (for correct legal ones ask Ass and the squatters handbook) Share skills and hang out  Location is in different squats every time or decentre email practicalsquatters@riseup.net before each time     URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/practical-squatters-evening-10/ LOCATION:\, \, CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6799_image_img_20260529_1421072-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260818T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260818T203000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260605T023004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150732Z UID:6663-1787079600-1787085000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:'FLAMBOYANCE' WITH JACK PARLETT IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCALPELLO DESCRIPTION:JACK PARLETT AND CELEBRATED POET PETER SCALPELLO DISCUSS ‘FLAMBOYANCE’ AND HOW IT IGNITES EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES\, FROM ART AND ENTERTAINMENT TO RITUAL AND PROTEST. \nFlamboyance is Jack Parlett’s follow up to his acclaimed Fire Island (A Housmans bestseller of 2022). This new book has all the qualities one has come to expect of Jack’s work; big hearted and erudite in equal measure. \nFlamboyance ignites every aspect of our lives\, from art and entertainment to ritual and protest. The word conjures exuberance and unashamed passion; in thought\, expression and dress. Yet historically the term ‘flamboyant’ has been reserved for the over-the-top and the outré\, invoked at times as a pejorative innuendo or worse. \nIn his fascinating new book\, Jack Parlett argues for its value as an empowering and creative force\, illuminating the ways in which flamboyance is a fundamental aspect of human conduct that both marks and transcends difference. \nTaking in an eclectic array of examples\, from Gothic architecture to the orange flowers of Dungeness\, and populated by figures such as Oscar Wilde\, James Baldwin\, Elton John\, Amy Winehouse\, Lil Nas X and Chappell Roan\, this is a book about flamboyant art and the art of flamboyance. And having both aspired to it and rejected it\, Jack recounts his personal relationship to flamboyance while also finding new meanings of the word\, exploring its surprises and contradictions\, and reconnecting with its radical power. \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nJack Parlettis the author of three books: The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr (a monograph with University of Minnesota Press)\, Same Blue\, Different You (a poetry pamphlet with Broken Sleep Books)\, and Fire Island: A Queer History (Granta)\, which was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2023. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker\, Document Journal\, BBC Culture\, Boston Review\, Literary Hub and Poetry London. \nPeter Scalpello is a writer and psychotherapist from Glasgow\, based in London. Their second book\, Mirrorstage\, was published this year with Cipher Press. \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/flamboyance-with-jack-parlett-in-conversation-with-peter-scalpello/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260820T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260820T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260406T022921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150733Z UID:5896-1787252400-1787256000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Monthly Drop In DESCRIPTION:Need advice about an issue with your boss or landlord? Want support organising in your workplace or community? Want to talk about anarchism or syndicalism? Want to meet members of the group and find out how SolFed works? Just want to say hi? Then come see us at one of these drop in sessions. We will be on the top floor of LARC. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/monthly-drop-in-10/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260825T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260825T210000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260609T023032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150734Z UID:6890-1787684400-1787691600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Reading Group - TBD DESCRIPTION:We read books covering radical theory\, organising in the workplace\, and in the community. Everyone welcome. Details on what we are reading for this reading group will be decided closer to the date. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/reading-group-tbd-2/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6883_image_reading_group_flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260828T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260828T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260106T234139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150735Z UID:4483-1787943600-1787943600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Squat Safety DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/squat-safety-9/ LOCATION:Lesnes estate\, Thamesmead\, CATEGORIES:Meetings,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4467_image_img_5537.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260828T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260828T235000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260317T022941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150736Z UID:5713-1787947200-1787961000@www.eroding.org.uk 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. The 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 £5-10 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-6/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5713_image_signal-2026-05-22-095510_1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260903T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260903T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260116T142725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150737Z UID:4566-1788462000-1788462000@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-8/ LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1289_image_bloc_0.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260904T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260904T203000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260507T022926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150737Z UID:6256-1788548400-1788553800@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. Liliane 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…’— 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. \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-liquid-reflections-with-liliane-lijn-2/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260912T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260912T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260501T023133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150738Z UID:6209-1789210800-1789243200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe DESCRIPTION:Dalstong Solidarity Cafe – Join us second saturday of the month between 11am and 8pm at Halk Evi\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane E8 3DF for a workshop/presentation. If you would like to get involved on the day\, we start cooking from 11am – the more the merrier! Feel free to bring along any food that would otherwise go to waste and get in touch if you have a food link up for us \n  From 2pm onwards we’ll have: Pay-what-you-can’ food & drinks Infoshop: zines\, books\, posters\, stickers & more Free shop & clothes swap Free binders donated by @genderswap(limited sizes available)   The space is wheelchair accessible (through Tyssen Street entrance) URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-7/ LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF CATEGORIES:Food END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T110000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260216T022943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150739Z UID:5441-1789297200-1789297200@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-7/ LOCATION:Hackney Downs Park\, \, E5 8NP CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5434_image_signal-2026-02-15-20-59-07-607.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260917T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260917T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260406T022922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150740Z UID:5897-1789671600-1789675200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Monthly Drop In DESCRIPTION:Need advice about an issue with your boss or landlord? Want support organising in your workplace or community? Want to talk about anarchism or syndicalism? Want to meet members of the group and find out how SolFed works? Just want to say hi? Then come see us at one of these drop in sessions. We will be on the top floor of LARC. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/monthly-drop-in-11/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260921T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260921T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260611T143110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150741Z UID:6977-1790017200-1790017200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Practical squatters evening DESCRIPTION:Welcome to practical squatters evenings where you can meet old and new squatters to get you ready for a new squatting life Get your burning squat questions answered (for correct legal ones ask Ass and the squatters handbook) Share skills and hang out  Location is in different squats every time or decentre email practicalsquatters@riseup.net before each time     URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/practical-squatters-evening-11/ LOCATION:\, \, CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6799_image_img_20260529_1421072-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260106T234140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150741Z UID:4484-1790362800-1790362800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Squat Safety DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/squat-safety-10/ LOCATION:Lesnes estate\, Thamesmead\, CATEGORIES:Meetings,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4467_image_img_5537.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T235000 DTSTAMP:20260623T003046 CREATED:20260317T022941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T150742Z UID:5714-1790366400-1790380200@www.eroding.org.uk 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. The 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 £5-10 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-7/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Gatherings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5714_image_signal-2026-05-22-095510_2.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR