Thursday
3 May. 6.30 for 7pm. The Royal College of Art. Its History & the Battersea
Campus. Talk by Dr Paul Thompson (RCA Rector) on the new
Dyson building near to Battersea Bridge which will open in the autumn.
Battersea Society. St Mary's Church, Battersea Church Road. £5 per person (on the door).
Sunday
6 May. 1846 Chartists Gathering. The
now-traditional Bank Holiday event will take place to commemorate the gathering
of thousands of Chartists on Blackstone
Edge in August 1846. Walk up to the rocky outcrop on Blackstone Edge in
the early afternoon, to picnic, to enjoy the walk and the views, to sing, and
to meet and listen to other singers. All as a memorial to the great Chartist
gathering there, more than 160 years ago. All are welcome. More information at www.blackstoneedgegathering.org.uk
Sunday
6 May. Chesterfield Stop War Concert for Peace. Winding Wheel, 13 Holywell St, Chesterfield, Features
Sheffield's Roy Bailey: www.roybailey.net; East London's Steve White and the Protest Family: www.reverbnation.com/stevewhite; Chesterfield's Martin Sumpton: www.martinsumpton.co.uk/page/194q2/About.html. Adults: Waged £10. Unwaged £8. Call 07400 927222. Limited tickets available on night.
Sheffield's Roy Bailey: www.roybailey.net; East London's Steve White and the Protest Family: www.reverbnation.com/stevewhite; Chesterfield's Martin Sumpton: www.martinsumpton.co.uk/page/194q2/About.html. Adults: Waged £10. Unwaged £8. Call 07400 927222. Limited tickets available on night.
9am-3.30pm. Stalls and Entertainment in Winding
Wheel
10.30am. March Assembles at Town Hall and set off 11am
11.30am. Rally & Speeches in Rykneld Square
12.30pm. Ichabod in the Winding Wheel
12.30-4.15pm. Live Entertainment in Rykneld Square
1pm. Nottingham Clarion Choir in Winding Wheel
1.30pm. ‘Overcoming the North-South Divide’ - speakers
Paul Salveson and Barry Winter at NEDDC Council Chamber
1.45pm. Brampton Community Band in Winding Wheel
2.30pm. Boomerang Generation and Kworyl at Winding Wheel
Refreshments available all day in the Winding Wheel provided by Derbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centres, as well as an Exhibition of Anti-war Art by Chris Holden. www.chesterfieldmayday.org.uk/index.html.
10.30am. March Assembles at Town Hall and set off 11am
11.30am. Rally & Speeches in Rykneld Square
12.30pm. Ichabod in the Winding Wheel
12.30-4.15pm. Live Entertainment in Rykneld Square
1pm. Nottingham Clarion Choir in Winding Wheel
1.30pm. ‘Overcoming the North-South Divide’ - speakers
Paul Salveson and Barry Winter at NEDDC Council Chamber
1.45pm. Brampton Community Band in Winding Wheel
2.30pm. Boomerang Generation and Kworyl at Winding Wheel
Refreshments available all day in the Winding Wheel provided by Derbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centres, as well as an Exhibition of Anti-war Art by Chris Holden. www.chesterfieldmayday.org.uk/index.html.
Monday 7 May. 7.30pm. Love, Life and Liberty. A
celebration of Chesterfield’s unique role in inspiring better places for people. A little over a hundred years ago a meeting
took place in the Derbyshire coalfield which was to change the face of Britain.
A young mining engineer working for the Staveley Iron and Coal Company, called
Raymond Unwin, walked from Chesterfield to the small village of Millthorpe to
meet a libertarian socialist called Edward Carpenter. Inspired by the ideals of
those he met there, such as William Morris and the trade unionist Ben Tillet,
Unwin went on to realise the ideals of the Arts and Crafts and Garden City
movements by building outstanding new communities for working people. At the
core of the visionary ideals Unwin pursued was a belief that everyone had a
right to a decent home with access to gardens, green space, libraries and
schools at standards previously only available to the rich. The Town and
Country Planning Association (TCPA) and the Chesterfield Cooperative Party are
hosting this special event to repay the debt owed to those early pioneers from
the coalfields and to celebrate their inspiration to build a better future. It
explores the connections of key figures in the town planning movement, such as
Ebenezer Howard and Raymond Unwin, as well as radical thinkers such as Edward
Carpenter, William Morris and Prince Kropotkin. It draws out a long lineage of
radical thinking about freedom and the land running through John Clare and the
Romantics back to Gerrard Winstanley and forward through the music of Woody
Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. It celebrates, as the early pioneers
did, the power of art and music in communicating political ideas, and reminds
us that the imagination, radicalism and personal bravery of these extraordinary
figures of the past still have relevance for the present. Love Life and Liberty
is a relaxed and informal event performed by actors and musicians who are part
the Town and Country Planning Association. Venue. Winding Wheel, 13 Holywell St,
Chesterfield. www.chesterfieldvenues.co.uk.
Friday
11 May to Sunday 9 September. The Triumph of Pleasure: Vauxhall Gardens 1729 -
1786 Exhibition. Tuesdays-Saturdays:10am-5pm; Sundays: 11am-5pm.
In 1729 and 1739 two London institutions changed the face of British art
forever, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens under the management of Jonathan Tyers and
the Foundling Hospital for abandoned babies and England’s first public art
gallery established by Thomas Coram. To ensure the success of the two
institutions both men enlisted the help of two great artists of the age,
painter and engraver William Hogarth and composer George Frideric Handel. The
Foundling Hospital became the premier venue for London’s polite society to
combine socialising and culture with philanthropy whereas Vauxhall Gardens was
a place to enjoy contemporary music and art, spectacular design, al fresco
dining, beautiful gardens and supper boxes from which to see and be seen. The
Triumph of Pleasure: Vauxhall Gardens 1729 – 1786 will explore the Gardens,
which for its visitors was an escape from daily realities and a re-affirmation
of all the good things that life had to offer. The Foundling Museum, 40
Brunswick Square, London WC1. www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk.
Friday 11 –
Sunday 27 May Wandsworth Arts Festival. Full brochure downloadable at:
www.wandsworth.gov.uk/downloads/file/6111/festival_programme/200159.
Saturday 12 -
Thursday 17 May. The Tooting Transition
Shop. The
Brick Box café, Tooting Market. Keep your eyes peeled as you walk along Tooting
High Street. Look out for a shop that's not selling anything but exchanging
memories, ideas, images, questions and experiences about the joys and
challenges of living now. Tooting Stories that span past present and future are
waiting for you and as you step across the threshold you're invited to play
your own part in re-imagining our world. The Tooting Transition Shop will be
launched on 12 May (12 noon) as part of 'Treasuring Tooting' a day long
interactive walk around Tooting to celebrate well-being, from the Lido to the Library,
to the Bingo Hall and The Brick Box. Join us, picking up clues to find the shop
as we go. For shop address, updates and details: transitiontowntooting@gmail.com; 0787 069
8333; www.transitiontowntooting.org or www.Encounters-Arts.org.uk.
Saturday 12.
May. 10.30am-1.30pm. Consultation on Kids Play at Lambeth Walk Open Space. Roots and
Shoots, Fitzalan Street/Walnut Tree Walk, London, SE11.
Saturday
12 May. Rebuilding the tradition independent working class education. 11am-12.30pm. Open Planning Group; Lunch. 1-4pm. Seminar. Presenters
include Louise Raw on The Lessons of the Matchwomen's Struggle. Brunswick
Centre, near Russell Square Tube, London. £6 includes lunch. Pay on the day. From
Russell Square Tube follow Marchmont Street to Entrance One of the
Brunswick Centre/big block of flats. There will be signs. Put Flat 10
(Community Centre) in entry phone and ring. Lift to Floor 2. Follow signs. To
book a place contact Colin Venables: venablesk@yahoo.co.uk.
Sunday
13 May. 6.30pm. Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travellin'. A
"live documentary" that sets Guthrie's songs in the context of the
American 1930s - the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the New Deal and the state of
popular music itself. Will Kaufman
will perform the show at Islington
Mill, James Street, Salford. The show highlights the blending of music
and radical politics that marks Guthrie's most powerful work. £10 on the door
only. Fundraising event for Working Class Movement Library. Venue: Islington Mill Studios, James Street,
Salford. More information inc. performances elsewhere on
www.willkaufman.com/gigs-and-contact.html.
Tuesday
15 May. 6.30pm. A History of Garden Visiting. Talk by the
Director of the Garden Museum, Christopher Woodward, linked to the exhibition
on that subject currently on at the museum. Arrive early to see the exhibition
before the talk begins. Garden Museum,
Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1. www.gardenmuseum.org.uk.
Wednesday
16 May. 7.30pm. St Mary’s Church and Monastery. Fr Dominic O’Toole, the Parish Priest, will talk about the history of
the church and monastery. He will be outlining current plans for the
restoration of the church and the landmark spire, and for use of the monastery.
There will be an opportunity to see some of the interior of these important
Clapham buildings. The church was built in 1849 by William Wardell and is a
fine example of the early Gothic revival. It was extended in the 1880s by J. F.
Bentley, who in 1892 also built the monastery. J. F. Bentley, who is best known as the
architect of Westminster Cathedral, lived in Old Town. Clapham Society talk at St Mary’s Monastery, 8 Clapham Park Road, SW4.
Wednesday
16 May. 9pm. Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. The Green Note, 106 Parkway, London NW1. www.willkaufman.com/gigs-and-contact.html.
Thursday
17 May. 8pm. May I Have the Pleasure? Illustrated
talk by Francoise Carter about the importance of dancing in late 17th
and 18thC society. The Wandsworth Society. West Hill Church, Melody Road
(corner of Allfarthing Lane), SW18. Free. More information 020 8767 3814. Wheelchair
accessible by arrangement.
Friday 18 May.
7pm. "Co-operative enterprises build a better world". Iain Macdonald
gives annual Robert Owen Commemoration Lecture. Robert Owen's School for
Children, New Lanark Mills, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire. See www.newlanark.org/trust-friend.shtml. For other UN
International Year of Co-operatives 2012 events in UK go to events section and
search under UK: www.2012.coop/en/events/all.
Saturday 19
May. 38th
Annual Levellers Day 19 May - Burford, Oxfordshire. Speeches, Debate, Music. Displays:
·
Oxford
& District Trades Council: Oxfordshire Struggles: Past and Present · Bristol Radical History Group. www.brh.org.uk
www.levellers.org.uk/index.html.
Saturday 19
May. 4pm onwards. Wake for the Castle Pub Battersea. Live music,
food and real ales. Celebrate a lifetime of service to the Battersea community
and pay your last respects. Girls to be in glam black and gents in black tie.
There may have to be tickets/invitations/guest list depending on demand. Book
early. The developers have confirmed that the pub will be boarded on 23 May and
that another planning application can be expected shortly thereafter. Castle
Pub, Battersea High St, London, SW11. The"Defend the Castle!"
Battersea Campaign is in full flow. www.savethecastlebattersea.co.uk. www.facebook.com/groups/thecastlepubbattersea.
Monday
21 May. Fundraising For South West London Law Centres (SWLLC). At a time of increasing demand due to the ConDem Government’s attacks on
benefits and legal aid, the survival of Law and other advice centres is vital.
Members of the Atkins Hope lawyers team are walking in support of SWLLC, as
part of the 8th London Legal sponsored walk. The team includes Sarah
Newens, known to some of my readers from her days in Battersea. SWLLC grew out
of the Wandsworth & Merton Law Centre and has branches in Croydon, Tooting,
Battersea, Morden and Kingston. Each year they help over 20,000 of the poorest
and most vulnerable people in the area with social welfare law matters such as
housing, debt, benefits, employment, asylum and community care. Atkins Hope
lawyers volunteer with them to provide free legal advice. ‘We know what a great
service the Law Centre provides for people in severe need. We also know how
desperately they need funds to maintain the service.’ Please sponsor them via uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/AtkinsHope or send your money direct with your name and address to Sarah Newens: sn@atkinshope.co.uk; www.atkinshope.co.uk; (0)208 680 5018 Ext:
226. Atkins Hope’s main office is at 74-78 North End Chambers, Croydon, CR9
1SD. It also now has offices in Clapham Junction and Chatham. Note: Atkins Hope also supports the Croydon Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor Festival. Back when SLLC was getting set up I undertook an
analysis of the best locations for its offices in relation to the areas of most
social and economic need.
Monday
21 May. 6.45 for 7.15pm. ‘The delight of all persons of reputation and
taste’ – an introduction to Vauxhall Gardens 1661-1859. Avant-garde
art, underground music, exotic architecture, and terrible food! This talk by David Coke, co-author of Vauxhall Gardens: a History, aims to
evoke a little of the atmosphere of Vauxhall Gardens in its heyday. Friends of
Durning Library. Light refreshments. All welcome. Suggested donation £2.
Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane, London, SE11. www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk.
Tuesday 22 May. 7pm. North East Politics & Society 1840-1914. Talk by John Charlton. Re-arranged NELH meeting on North East Popular Politics. Irish Centre.
Tuesday 22 May. 7pm. North East Politics & Society 1840-1914. Talk by John Charlton. Re-arranged NELH meeting on North East Popular Politics. Irish Centre.
Wednesday 23 May. 6.30 for 7pm. Handel: Fireworks
and Frolics by The Amadè Players. Concert of
music by Handel, including his famous Music for the Royal Fireworks
(originally performed at the Vauxhall Pleasure gardens to celebrate the Treaty
of Aix-la-Chapelle, and repeated four weeks later at The Foundling Hospital)
and the Ode for St Cecilia. This
concert is in conjunction with the Foundling Museum's summer exhibition on
Vauxhall Gardens. Foundling Museum.
Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions and Foundling Friends). To book call
020 7841 3600 or drop into the Museum.
Thursday
24 May. 7.30pm. Richard Dadd, C19 painter. Talk by Nicholas
Tromans, author and senior lecturer in Art History, Kingston University.
Although Dadd suffered from severe mental illness for much of his life he was
encouraged to continue painting as part of C19 Art Therapy for the treatment of
mental illness, and used also widely today. Battersea Society. St Mary’s Parish
Church, Battersea Church Rd, SW11. £5 on the door.
Friday 25 May.
7.30 - 11.30 pm. Celebration of Africa Day. Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate
Road, Newcastle. £10 including Home Cooked African Food, 10th Avenue Band +
Guests. All funds raised donated to Tegwani Secondary School in Zimbabwe. For
tickets or more information contact Rod Hlalo 0191 2402956 or Martha.chinouya@northumbria.ac.uk.
Saturday 26
May – Sunday 10 June. Wandsworth Heritage Festival.
Saturday 26
May. 11.30am-5.30pm. Growing People Power - Grassroots 2012. Jointly
organised by trade unionists and community activist organisations committed to
tackling the big challenges.This year’s gathering will focus on three areas:
Rise
up! Building support - How we campaign effectively on issues. 2, 4, 6, 8: How will people congregate - How can we build membership organisations that engage?
Reaching Out - How do we communicate our messages effectively?
http://grassrootsuk.org.
Sunday 27 May.
Cleaver Square Fete, Kennington.
For more about the Square see: http://themagnificentsomething.com/tag/cleaver-square-fete.
Monday
28 May. 5.30pm. Opposition to Royal Jubilees from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth.
Keith Flett and Sherrl Yanowitz. London Socialist Historians
Seminar. Senate House, Malet St, London, WC1. http://londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com.
Tuesday
29 May. 7 for 7.30pm. Battersea Society AGM. Followed by a
talk on 'Roman Remains in Wandsworth' by Dr Pamela Greenwood, author of many
books and publications on the archaeology of London and the South East. All
Saints Church, Prince of Wales Drive, London, SW11.
Monday
11 June. 5.30pm. Was the Chartist Movement Anti-semitic? Prof. Denis Paz. London Socialist Historians Seminar. Senate
House, Malet St, London, WC1. http://londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com.
www.lbhf.gov.uk/directory/leisure_and_culture/libraries/fulham_library/15859_libraries_fulham.asp). Monday
18 June. 6.45 for 7.15pm. Summer party, Friends of the Durning Library.
Light refreshments. All welcome. Suggested donation £2. Durning Library, 167
Kennington Lane, London, SE11. www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk.
Monday 25 June. 5.30pm. Class, Corruption and the 2012 London Olympics. David Renton. London Socialist Historians Seminar. Senate House, Malet St, London, WC1. http://londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com.
Monday 25 June. 5.30pm. Class, Corruption and the 2012 London Olympics. David Renton. London Socialist Historians Seminar. Senate House, Malet St, London, WC1. http://londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com.
Saturday
30 June. North Lambeth
Parish Fete. Lambeth Palace Gardens. Theme is ‘Earth’. Offers
of assistance to Simon Gibbs, Fete Co- ordinator: 020 7582 6901 or simoned.gibbs@yahoo.co.uk.
Thursday 12-
Saturday 14 July. Radical History School. Tolpuddle, Dorset. And
Friday 13 -
Sunday 15 July. Roots of Solidarity. Paths of Progress. 2012
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival. For full lists of speakers, seminars, meetings,
commemorations, workshops, bands, singers, stuff for kids and teens, booking,
accommodation and travel go to www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk.
Monday
16 July. 6.45 for 7.15pm. Protest Movements
Around the World. Paul Mason, economics editor of Newsnight: ‘Why It’s
Kicking Off Everywhere’. Talk on his new book on the protest movements around
the world, and on his other books (one is a novel about a protest by ghosts in
China). Friends of Durning Library. Light refreshments. All welcome. Suggested
donation £2. Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane, London, SE11. www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk.
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