UK Culture Newswire Archive
Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival, June 16–22 2008
28-05-2008 14:57
Films telling powerful stories of those who have fled across continents and made new lives for themselves will be shown at the Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival in Manchester and Liverpool.Comment piece: Library workers to go grey?
27-05-2008 12:58
In the ongoing row over attempts to force Library staff into uniforms,library bosses appear to have made a concession toward allowing staff to
wear their own choice of clothes - but on the proviso that they are
based on the colour grey. Unsurprisingly, staff are still livid about
this. Gadfly investigates...
Knitters Do It In Public
26-05-2008 17:13
On 14th June this year like-minded people across the world will come together to do in public something which they usually only do in the privacy of their own home. Knit.Some Thoughts on Utah Phillips
25-05-2008 14:42
Utah Phillips just died, reported on Bay Area Indymedia. David Rovics response is worth a reading.Second Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes
23-05-2008 22:21
Your Invitation to the Second Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes. Feel free to forward/post/publish to all appropriate people and places/sites.London hosts Dalai Lama- China handshake
23-05-2008 11:48
It was an attempt to create some sort of dialogue between the two parties, and went off smoothly.
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Asylum Seekers’ Housing Scheme Threatened With Closure
20-05-2008 00:04
Troubleshooting accountants who were brought in to save a West Midlands-based charity which houses asylum seekers are in dispute with the Home Office over whether or not they are to close down the scheme. Trade union, Unison says the row threatens the jobs of the 135 staff who run Astonbrook Housing Association.
Looking at this post could land you three years in jail!
19-05-2008 16:38
The new violent porn legislation is now in place making any image illegal:if it portrays, in an explicit and realistic way, any of the following— (a) an act which threatens a person’s life, (b) an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s anus, breasts or genitals, (c) an act which involves sexual interference with a human corpse, or (d) a person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive), and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that any such person or animal was real.
Great Notts Bike Ride
19-05-2008 16:30
Be part of one of the biggest cycling events in the country. This year the Great Notts Bike Ride, taking place on June 22nd will have a new, 100 mile sportive circuit added to its routes as well as a family lap challenge.Shakespeare and Others on Calves, Deer, Flies, Beetles, Vivivsectors,
19-05-2008 11:38
Shakespeare, E Dickinson, J Hackett, F M Esfandiary, G B Shaw, Robert Burns, Wm Blake, Abe Lincoln, Edna St Vincent Millay, C. Salamone, Mao Tse Tung, P Levine,MI5, Mosley, the sting of the whip & Holy Terrors - a tale of Human Interest
18-05-2008 17:32
By now much of the middle browed formula 1 or espionage orientated English readership will have learnt of the latest twist in the Max Mosley sex scandal. "The Sunday Times" has revealed that one of the five sex workers contracted to put the former FIA chief through a five hour session of Nazi fetish BDSM "hankypanky" was in fact the wife of a MI5 agent at the time. We are assured that said MI5 agent has now retired but need only speculate as to whether or not his wife must now carry the onus of mortgage repayments. Yet, this all reminds me (very much) of a 1939 book by HG Wells. Which I'm going to tell you about. Because this tale of "human interest" provides an opportunity to brush up on our cultural history.Judge stops demolition of Dale Farm Travellers site
15-05-2008 14:34
86 Irish traveller families located at the Crays Hill (Dale Farm) traveller site near Wickford, Essex, won a Judicial Review at the High Court last Friday (9th) against Basildon Council's plans to evict them.London InterACTIVE diners club / radical assembly
14-05-2008 09:56
This week sees the second Interactive Diners Club, an initiative relaunched for the 21st century. Those who experienced the original pre Criminal Justice Act Interactive Diners Clubs in the early nineties, the RTS meetings of the mid 90's, or the late 90's London Underground meetings etc. will know what kind of thing to expect. The idea is to inspire and re-energise each other, form new links, strengthen old alliances, share skills and resources, raise awareness and get people involved.PNW Punk Gig: May 15 - In On The Green, Labroke Grove
13-05-2008 21:24
Redbridge No2ID 'Taking Liberties' screening - 19 May
13-05-2008 13:02
Redbridge No2ID campaign are showing 'Taking Liberties' in Ilford, on Tuesday 19h May, 7.30pm. Free entry. Please come and support - the more the merrier. Pass it on...Some Poetry Resources for Writers in Ireland
13-05-2008 11:52
participation in discussion on Independent publication and on
arts Writing. Mostly the sites are small and self-managed by
Volunteers. But they are good- I suppouse this article is
skewed toward those interested in irish Literature.
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Squatters resist Church eviction
12-05-2008 14:04
"As we forgive those who trespass against us"RFK MUST DIE: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
10-05-2008 14:45
Policing and Protest: Committee Call For Evidence
09-05-2008 23:15
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has put out a call for evidence in relation to UK policing and protest. They specifically cite SOCPA and the prosecution of Maya Evans as an example of 'concerns' that have been 'borne out'. It's a chance to show them what we already know. The deadline for submissions is Monday 9 June 2008.