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One Eye on the Road Slideshow https://youtu.be/or68GXDk4D0 via @YouTube
Next Tuesday May 24 marks the 3rd month of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/724921605415438
Join our campaign in protest at the invasion in Nottingham at 6pm outside the Council House.
For a free, united and victorious Ukraine!UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 1 (Phase 3) | Day 7 - (17 May 2022) - AM https://youtu.be/SKc51wb_zn4 via @YouTube
still looking for a publisher for this evergreen concept yeah? https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1526472400291909635
Piers Morgan got called a 'c**t' live on his own show https://www.indy100.com/tv/piers-morgan-uncensored-trans-activist?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Main&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652773231
EXPLAINER: The Public Order Bill 2022 https://netpol.org/2022/05/17/public-order-bill-2022/ via @policemonitor
Priti Patel trails plans to arm the hobby bobbies https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1526316477661560838
Special constables to be given access to stun guns in new crime measures https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/16/special-constables-to-be-given-access-to-stun-guns-in-new-measures?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652737079
Priti Patel lifts restrictions on police stop and search powers https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/may/16/restrictions-on-police-stop-and-search-powers-permanently-lifted?CMP=share_btn_tw
A controversial measure announced on Monday will allow officers to stop and search people without reasonable grounds .... The government announced that changes to stop and search without suspicion, so-called section 60 stops, would now be made permanent. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/16/special-constables-to-be-given-access-to-stun-guns-in-new-measures?CMP=share_btn_tw
UCPI Evidence Hearings | Tranche 1 (Phase 3) | Day 6 - (16 May 2022) - AM https://youtu.be/PmWxPh1bqTc via @YouTube
DiY on Snapchat : Vice report http://alanlodge.co.uk/blog/?p=6189
Castlemorton, May 1992 https://youtu.be/e7k_1gLwGU0 via @YouTube
Taken together with the PCSC Act, these new powers the Home Secretary is trying to have [ie a power grab], will mean Patel will have more option to direct police activity against protest / action the government simply don't like! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/15/priti-patel-accused-of-power-grab-over-new-policing-proposals
Tash on YouTube- Art in Bonington
- Leader of Nottingham City Council Cllr David Mellen, Speech on Russia 'Victory Day' in Nottingham
- Irina Speech on Russia 'Victory Day' in Nottingham
- Etienne Stott MBE, Speech of Extinction Rebellion XR
- Nadia Whittome MP [Nttm East] Speech. Mayday Event
- Radical Landscapes Exhibition, Tate Liverpool
- All things go in cycles
- Broxtowe Green Festival, Speeches
- Stand with Ukraine 'Die-in'. Market Square, Nottingham
- Capoeira Dance, Market Square, Nottingham
- One Eye on the Road Slideshow
- Stand with Ukraine Slideshow. Nottingham & London
- Stand with Ukraine. Speeches x3, London.
- Stand with Ukraine. Speech, Pete Radcliff.
- Stand with Ukraine. Trade Unions March, London
Tag Archives: freeparty
DiY on Snapchat : Vice report
Interviews with lots of my pictures https://story.snapchat.com/p/f9fb2dea-098a-45db-b661-0faf9d1ae688/1380103818647552
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
A Succession of Repetitive Beats
A Succession of Repetitive Beats. BBC Radio4 8pm o 14th May 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017f1b Political journalist Tom Barton recalls the rave that changed Britain, at Castlemorton Common in May 1992. In the weeks leading up to Castlemorton, New Age Travellers had … Continue reading
FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE – The Exhibition 20-28th May
Lost Horizon …FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE – The Exhibition 20-28th May / 12-6pm / FREE On a hot bank holiday weekend 30 years ago, 20,000 people descended on land in the shadow of the Malvern Hills. What started out as … Continue reading
Bristol venue to host legendary 90s rave sound systems and DJs at ‘free party’ exhibition
The event at Lost Horizon will bring together some of the most instrumental people from the early 1990s free party scene bristolpost Festivalgoers these days are used to paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege of spending a few days … Continue reading
FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE
FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVEFriday 20th May – Saturday 28th May12-6pm (unless otherwise stated)LOST HORIZON A retrospective of work from key contributors of the time to create a unique collection and reunion. Featuring art, photography, audio, film and interactive mixed media. SP23 (SPIRAL … Continue reading
Book Review: Dreaming in Yellow by Harry Harrison
Book review from UK Free Parties and Free Festivals 1988-1994 First off, a disclaimer: this review is going to be biased. Why? Firstly, because Dreaming in Yellow is a veritable treasure trove for anyone documenting the free party scene of the early … Continue reading
How DiY Sound System blazed a trail for the ’90s free party movement
The origins of DiY Sound System date back to a mid-‘80s England that was a very different place to how it is in 2022. In many ways it was an England that was freer than today: you could still squat … Continue reading
Dreaming in Yellow : The Story of the DiY Sound System
Dreaming in Yellow : The Story of the DiY Sound SystemHarry Harrison book launch at The Angel, Nottingham.Saturday 26th March 2033 Dreaming in Yellow : The Story of the DiY Sound System Harry Harrison book launch at The Angel, Nottingham. … Continue reading
“We were young, relentless and skint”: Smokescreen soundsystem celebrates 30 Years
This year, the UK-based free party turns 30 and looks back at some of its most outlandish raves WORDS: GEMMA ROSS, OSBOURNE DANIEL | PHOTOS: ALAN LODGE, MATTHEW SMITH, JENNY PLATES, JORGE & AI 22 FEBRUARY 2022 In April of … Continue reading
“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
Smokescreen Crew, 30 years
In case you didn’t know ,When it comes to the UK free party scene, one of the most prominent Sound Systems over the last quarter of a century has been Smokescreen. Their parties and club nights have become synonymous with … Continue reading
Everybody In The Place – An Incomplete History of Britain 1984 -1992 by Jeremy Deller
Some of my piccys from 42:49mins Originally aired on BBC Four 2nd August 2019 – an excellent acid house documentary by Jeremy Deller. Acid house is often portrayed as a movement that came out of the blue, inspired by little … Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: PRITI PATEL USED INCORRECT DATA ABOUT ILLEGAL RAVES TO JUSTIFY EMERGENCY POWERS FOR THE POLICE
FEATURES EXCLUSIVE: PRITI PATEL USED INCORRECT DATA ABOUT ILLEGAL RAVES TO JUSTIFY EMERGENCY POWERS FOR THE POLICE An investigation by Mixmag has found that The Met was using a flawed methodology to calculate the number of raves that it was … Continue reading
Zine Shop: With new titles
Alan ‘Tash’ Lodge, Photography Zine Shop: With new titles: https://alanlodge.co.uk/index.php/shop
DiY Digs & Woosh Castlemorton 1992
earlier version of tracks with Pete and Rick. Piccys [mostly] by me
Zine :: Castlemorton Common. May 1992
The annual Avon Free Festival which had been occurring in the area around the May bank holiday for several years, albeit in different locations. [Inglestone, Sodbury Commons etc]. However, 1992 was the year Avon and Somerset Police intended to put … Continue reading
