The New Dark Age

1 August, 2010 — Housmans

NEWS
1. Paul Russell’s UK Street Photography Exhibition
2. What is wrong with using Amazon?

EVENTS
3. ‘Soho Noir’ with Cathi Unsworth and Paul Willetts
4. ‘Fighting Fascism in London’ with David Renton
5. ‘How to Live Free in London’ with Katharine Hibbert
6. ‘The Short Film Movement’
7. ‘Dan Chatterton – London‘s One Man Revolution’ with The Freethought History Research Group
8. Future Events

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
9. Cathi Unsworth Picks Five

NEWS

1. Paul Russell’s UK Street Photography Exhibition

Up and coming photographer Paul Russell is exhibiting selected works from his ‘London Tourist’s Guide’ and ‘Beside the Sea’ series in-store at Housmans. Paul’s work is about to be featured in a forthcoming book published by Thames and Hudson called ‘Street Photography Now’ – he is definitely a name to watch out for.

Mounted prints are available at £100 each and there are some smaller prints available for £5 and £25.
http://www.paulrussell.info

2. What is wrong with using Amazon?

We would love you to use our online bookshop, which we see as an ethical alternative to Amazon. But why shouldn’t you use Amazon? It’s a fair question. Amazon has achieved an unrivalled supremacy over the marketplace, but this near-monopoly wasn’t achieved without the usual unethical practices that are so common to the world’s biggest corporations. Here are a few reasons why Amazon deserve boycotting… Follow the link to learn more.
www.housmans.com/boycottamazon.php

EVENTS IN AUGUST
Full listings information can be found at www.housmans.com/events.php
All events at Housmans are free, although we do ask for a solidarity donation of £2 from those who can afford it. Thank you.

3. ‘Soho Noir’ with Cathi Unsworth and Paul Willetts
Saturday 7th August, 5pm

London writers Cathi Unsworth and Paul Willetts will be discussing the underbelly of Soho, past and present.

4. ‘Fighting Fascism in London’ with David Renton
Wednesday 11th August, 7pm

Dave Renton will be discussing the anti-fascist struggles Londoners have engaged in over the years, taking in East Enders’ resistance against Mosley’s Black Shirts in the 1930s, the Anti-Nazi League fights of the 1970s, right up to today’s struggles against the BNP and the English Defence League.

5. ‘How to Live Free in London’ with Katharine Hibbert
Saturday 14th August, 5pm

Journalist Katharine Hibbert decided to give it all up for a year: no job, no rented flat, no shopping, no debit card and no travel pass, walk the streets with only a backpack and spend a year living off the food, clothes, other goods and accommodation that would otherwise go to waste. It would be a year of squatting, scavenging and no spending. The experience has changed her life, and she is now an active member of the Advisory Service for Squatters. Join Katharine to find out all you need to know about living free in London.

6. ‘The Short Film Movement’
Saturday 21st August, 3pm

London indy film-makers screen political and nonconformist shorts at Housmans. Very limited spaces: to book email nik@housmans.com

7. ‘Dan Chatterton – London‘s One Man Revolution’ with The Freethought History Research Group
Wednesday 25th August, 7pm

The Freethought History  Research Group remember Dan Chatterton: Communist atheist pamphleteer, bill poster, slum dweller, early birth control advocate, fierce public ranter, and one of the most fascinating and undeservedly obscure characters of the London radical scene in the second half of the 19th century.

8.  Future Events
For information on events forthcoming in 2010 please visit http://www.housmans.com/events.php

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

9. Cathi Unsworth Picks Five

Each month we ask one of our guest speakers to recommend 5 books. This month’s choices have been selected by London writer Cathi Unsworth. Cathi will be at Housmans alongside fellow author Paul Willetts to discuss Soho’s colourful and dynamic history and the distinct culture that it has come to represent (see above for details).

Paul Willetts, North Soho 999, Dewi Lewis, 2007
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James Morton, Gangland Soho, Piatkus, 2008
Click here to buy

Nigel Jones, Through A Glass Darkly: The Biography of Patrick Hamilton, Black Spring Press, 2008
Click here to buy

Patrick Hamilton, Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Vintage, 2004
Click here to buy

Derek Raymond, I Was Dora Suarez, Profile Books LTD, 2008
Click here to buy

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