| Service | Description |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan Behind the Headlines |
Photojournalist Guy Smallman has been to Afghanistan four times, working independently of the NATO media system. He is the only western journalist to have visited the scene of the Granai massacre in which 147 people, including 93 children, were killed by NATO bombing. |
| Book event - ‘Public Service on the Brink’ with Mark Serwotka, David Wiggins and Jo Edwards |
Entry £3, redeemable against purchase PCS union leader Mark Serwotka, Oxford Philosopher David Wiggins and Prof Jo Edwards (UCL) will be discussing the crisis facing the public sector. |
| Book Event - ‘The Revolution of Everyday Life’ with Donald Nicholson Smith |
Free entry - please RSVP to Malcolm via email at vache@hotmail.co.uk A late addition to our events program, Housmans are very happy to announce that this Friday 29th March, Donald Nicholson Smith will be discussing his revised translation of Raoul Vaneigem's classic text ‘The Revolution of Everyday Life’. Donald joined the English section of the Situationist International in 1965 and was expelled in December 1967! Please note Housmans will be closed on Friday 29th March, but will open from 6pm onwards in preperation for this event. |
| Book Launch - ‘London Fictions’ with Andrew Whitehead, Sarah Wise and Jon Day |
*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase* An event to celebrate the publication of ‘London Fictions’ from Five Leaves Publishing. ‘London Fictions’ is a new collection of essays about the representation of London in fiction, with each contributor concentrating on a particular work. |
| Book Talk - ‘Arthur Machen and the Art of Wandering’ with Merlin Coverley |
*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase* Continuing our celebration of writer and mystic Arthur Machen’s 150th birthday Housmans are delighted to welcome back Merlin Coverley, author of ‘Psychogeography’ and the recently published ‘The Art of Wandering’. |
| Debate/Book Event - ‘Is green growth possible and do we really need it?’ a debate with Pete Dickenson and Derek Wall |
*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase* A debate as to whether an eco-socialist program would have to curtail growth or could it provide an environmental sustainable version of growth? Our guest are agreed that capitalism is a root problem of a range of environmental problems the world is facing, but can a socialist alternative resolve these issues? Crucially, would an eco-socialist alternative have to curtail growth or could it administer an environmentally sustainable version of growth? |
| Talk - 'Play as Protest in Modern Art' with Hannah Hull |
Entry £3, redeemable against purchase A whistle-stop introductory tour through the radical play tactics of three key modern art movements. |
| Talk - ‘Walking and Art’ with Hannah Hull |
*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase* From the radical politics of the Situationists to the organic poetry of Land Art, Hannah Hull presents historical and contemporary examples of art walks and artists walking; as an act of subversion, play, protest, or contemplation. |
| Talk - ‘Walking and Art’ with Hannah Hull |
*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase* From the radical politics of the Situationists to the organic poetry of Land Art, Hannah Hull presents historical and contemporary examples of art walks and artists walking; as an act of subversion, play, protest, or contemplation. |
| Talk/Book Event - ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about Anarchism, but were afraid to ask’ with Iain McKay |
*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase* Iain McKay is the author of the encyclopaedic two-volume set ‘ An Anarchist FAQ’ which sets out to cover all aspects of the Anarchist tradition, in terms of theory, history and practice. He has also written an extensive introduction to the 2011 AK Press published ‘Property Is Theft!: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Reader’, and is currently completing work on a new translation of the writings of Bakunin. |
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