Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

War Child UK Gala Event : Those were the Days

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

(via the brilliant UnitedDiversity blog) One child dies every three minutes because of armed conflict. Children should never be affected by war. Full stop. "Immodesty Blaize the famous burlesque dancer is headlining the first ever War Child UK fundraising ball this summer. Come and join in the fun at Koko's club, Camden ...

SLAVE BRITAIN: twenty first century trade in human lives

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

A photography exhibition at St. Paul's Cathedral which documents the ordinary lives and everyday locations caught up in human trafficking and calls for an end to this illegal 21st century trade. The exhibition seeks to expose the reality of trafficking and the action needed to tackle it. Running until the ...

Amartya Sen at the British Museum tonight

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Amartya Sen will be speaking on what Bengal's history tells us about living with multiple identities. Not a free lecture i'm afraid - £10 at the British Museum today at 6:30 p.m. "Bengal has arguably the longest history of engagement between East and West, stretching back over several centuries of settlement, ...

Will the Global War on Terrorism be the New Cold War?

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Good question indeed. This week’s public lectures at the LSE are asking some hard-hitting questions. This particular lecture is presented by the LSE Cold War Studies Centre as part of the ‘End of the Cold War and Making of a New World Order Lecture Series‘ and delivered by Professor Barry Buzan. Many ...

Trafalgar Square Festival

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Three weeks of outdoor performances - gymnastics, dance, art, and music - at Trafalgar Square this month - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday until Aug 20 Featuring: Awaz by Akademi - A fusion of classical, folk and festive dance that celebrates the dynamism of modern Asian women. Pax Pace Paz Paix ...

Events and Gigs

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Steve Salfield: Jazz Saturday 19th August 2006: Jazz in a summer garden 3-6 pm. Vicarage gardens, Baslow. Steve with friends Sarah (vocals) Chris (piano) Bennett and Geoff Pearson on double bass will be making things swing at a unique afternoon of Jazz and Song in the lovely Vicarage Gardens, Baslow. All proceeds will go ...

zadie smith ‘on beauty’ @ wanstead library

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Zadie Smith discusses her latest book 'On Beauty' at Wanstead Library this Saturday - 29th July. This is her third novel and was published in 2005, and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. It's been referred to in a lot of reviews as a 'homage to EM Forster'. Starts ...

Undercover Surrealism : A Subversive Climate

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Undercover Surrealism explores the ’subversive climate’ of the dark undercurrent within Surrealism in the late 1920’s spearheaded by Georges Bataille. The exhibition draws together work by Picasso, Miro, Masson, Giacometti as well as imagery from the magazine Bataille edited from 1929 ...

Ordinary Liberty and what does freedom really mean?

Monday, June 12th, 2006

The Cold War Studies Centre and the Institute for the Study of Americas at LSE presents a public lecture by Orlando Patterson who is Professor of Sociology at Harvard, this evening at 6:00 p.m. {Old Theatre} The lecture focuses on the relevance of what people actually mean by "freedom" and how ...

Open Garden Squares Weekend

Friday, June 9th, 2006

This is the one weekend in the year when many of London's private garden squares and other gardens open their gates to welcome visitors. A number of special activities will take place at some of the gardens and this year Loire Valley Wines are ...