Tim Etchell’s Book Launch – Endland.
ENDLAND ¬Ý¬Ý Tim Etchells Introduction by Jarvis Cocker ‚ÄòEtchells is one of the few writers on the front line of British avant-garde theatre who made a tough, eloquent, emotional new language of ideas about class, human fragility, lust, embarrassment and a good night out. He is a legend.‚Äô Deborah Levy ‚ÄòIt insists on being read, …
Suzanne sings George plays Dirty Blues
Come hear about a period of musical history that has been buried since the 1940s, the dirty blues. Sung in brothels, speakeasies and vaudeville theatres by the likes of Alberta Hunter, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, and where musicians such as Les Paul and Louis Armstrong got their start. Songs with titles such as 'Don't …
Double Poetry Book Launch James Peake + Conor Carville
English Martyrs:The title poem of Conor Carville‚Äôs second collection takes off from a London church and its congregation, but pushes on out into planetary, even cosmic dimensions. In another poem, the head of the Blessed Oliver Plunkett appears in the TV room of a London mental hospital, to tell the strange story of a mass …
Jordan Jackson Live
A night of the magical Jordan fresh from Copenhagen during London Jazz week, New young vital jazz say you saw her first. This is a star full of light and energy with a voice like honey. Listen to the last 30 mins https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07qngmx?fbclid=IwAR1O8jUl6HaJpglWdfU3FWkOFgxQ0aYQUgeHXC4AdxjxYbFqOxifLeIl5_s J O R D A N J A C K S O …