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“It’s never too far” : The inside story of Castlemorton – History’s most infamous rave

Read an excerpt from DiY founder Harry Harrison’s new book, Dreaming in Yellow: The story of DiY Soundsystem WORDS BY: HARRY HARRISON | EDITED BY: GEMMA ROSS | PHOTOS BY: ALAN LODGE 7 MARCH 2022 Never has there been a … Continue reading

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30 years ago this week was a rave so chaotic that it shook Middle England to its core – DJMag TikTok

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Free Party Exhibition – A Retrospective, Bristol

I have pictures in this exhibition, which runs from the 20th – 28th May in Bristol 1-3 Elton St, St Jude’s, Bristol BS2 9EH My main event is on the 28th https://www.showponies.studio/work/free-party-a-retrospective SATURDAY 28TH10am – 1pm – Free Entry to … Continue reading

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BBC Click – Virtual Raving

BBC Click – Virtual Raving !!! Crickey … whatever next [starts at 19.00mins] https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00178ks/click-drones-rapping-and-raving

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Guardian Review – Radical Landscapes

Guardian didn’t like the show .. but liked my bit, well yes, of course “…. Alan Lodge shows slides and videos of free festivals in the late 80s including at Stonehenge; the soundtrack had me wanting to shuffle along with … Continue reading

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Gerrard Winstanley – a hero of mine

“England is not a free people, till the poor that have no land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the commons”. So says Gerrard Winstanley a leader of the Diggers,  in 1649. At the end of the English … Continue reading

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Anti-Spiking Campaign – protest to Rock City

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Jeremy Deller flow diagram – Acid House Vs Brass band.

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Newspaper – news cuttings artworks

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Castlemorton Common. May 1992 – A slideshow

This slideshow version from earlier edit and zine: https://alanlodge.co.uk/index.php/product/castlemorton

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Kill the Bill Links – Nottingham

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/KillTheBillNottingham 15th May event Link https://fb.me/e/hmpk0S74Z Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ktbnottingham

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COVID-19 Vaccine Research Registry – mixed vaccine trials

I am registered for the mixed vaccine trials, to try and find out with other enrolling participants who have received the first dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca, or Pfizer vaccine, to then be randomly allocated to receive either the same … Continue reading

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UK Parliament : E-petition relating to trespass – 19 April 2021

Dear Alan Lodge, Parliament debated the petition you signed – “Don’t criminalise trespass” Watch the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwYCeJ–zp4 Read the transcript: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-04-19/debates/B2678378-7AE5-419D-AB02-71BD15388BB0/Trespass Read the research: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05116/ The petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300139 Thanks,The Petitions teamUK Government and Parliament The Petitions Committee has scheduled a … Continue reading

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Proper Old – Playlist

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Fagradalsfjall – The Birth of a Volcano

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Dle Yaman – Hraach

This the version by DJ Hraach a current fav

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Dle Yaman – original song

The photography shown in this video is truly a lost world, mostly unseen by other cultures. It is so surprising that these images have survived such tumult. Dle Yaman : I don’t know how I found this song but once … Continue reading

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Tweet – KillTheBill

Police & Crime Bill is currently before parliament. Wide variety of folks are opposed to it because of restriction on enviro, protest, unions, attacks on travellers & criminal trespass. Please organise. Recent speech at protest youtu.be/Kx0_4Nf5Y28 @NottmGreenFest #killthebill

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Criminalising A Way of Life – The Impact of The Bill on Travellers

Over the last few weeks we’ve seen the passing of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the House of Commons turn the right to protest into a hot topic and rightly so. The Suffragettes, Chartists and Civil Rights … Continue reading

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