Mali’s Santa Christmas Card Exhibition 1994 – 2021

Mali’s Santa Christmas Card Exhibition 1994 – 2021 in Ealing Now! Where? At the Grapevine Bar, The Questors Theatre, 12 Mattock Lane, Ealing W5 5RQ. When? 22 Nov – 8 Dec 2021 Mon to Sat 7.00 pm to 10.30 pm. Sun evening – closed. How Much? Completely free though you may like to buy a…

London was built for business

London’s Zenith was the era of Georgian town squares, during 1700-1800, an imperial city which finds itself at the centre of world’s trade, empire, finance and manufacture. Andrew Saint, an architectural historian, conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was at the height of its power, uniqueness and…

Fear harnessed by the US gun lobby

  Tim Mak, NPR investigative reporter gives a blistering expose of the powerful US lobbying group, the National Rifle Association, revealing meticulously its people, power, corruption and ongoing downfall. The NRA once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, once compelled respect -even fear- from Republicans an Democrats alike, ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organisation…

Irishman Vincent Keaveny is the 693rd Lord Mayor of City of London

Dubliner Vincent Keaveny  (56) has been sworn in as the  693rd Lord Mayor of City of London. Mr Keaveny becomes first Irishman to hold the office in his first public engagement, led the Lord Mayor’s show from the Guildhall to the Royal Courts of Justice on Saturday November 13, where he swore allegiance to the…

J M Gallery exhibition

4 by Six presents Break in Emergency 2 J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Road till Sunday with all proceeds going to the homeless. Works pictured include Fear Less and Love More by Peter Tunney. All works done on sections of scrap double decker buses from a scrapyard in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. This exhibition uses recycled London…

Life and Death of Jeans

Maxine Bedat tracks the path of a pair of jeans from manufacture to market and uncovers the alarming human cost of the pursuit of mass-produced fashion, exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, an our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet.Fashion has never been bigger, cheaper and more dangerous for the planet.…

Who We are and What Unites Us

The British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification, subject of public controversy Sathnam Sanghera, addresses many of the issues that are now urgent subjects of debate- such as Britain’s role in the slave trade and the links between empire and multiculturalism. Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere including how we…