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For over 20 years Meeting of Styles has globally celebrated the vibrance of street art, the UK leg of MoS – brought to us by EndoftheLine – has having done so in the capital for the last 8. I’d been unable to attend the last having discovered it via the brilliant LDNGraffiti so no way I was missing out this year! Just a cracking afternoon with a great vibe and live graffiti and DJs in the wonderful Nomadic Community Gardens of Brick Lane and we highly recommend it goes in your diaries for next year (it was the 26th-28th May this year). Check out the amazing art from this year and earlier below! |
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For our full months event recommendations see our London Events page and Regular Events page also – if we’re missing something (your own event or someone else’s) let us know! |
I love street art. I always used to look forward to the pages near the back of Hip-Hop Connection (HHC) magazine, where they’d show pieces from around the UK. When I started getting more into photography, I started visiting places like Shoreditch, and particularly up and around Brick Lane. Those are areas that take a more relaxed view of graf, so artists are able to take their time, and express themselves more.
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It’s not a coincidence that I was introduced to street art through HHC. Graffiti is inextricably linked to hip-hop. Along with Deejaying, Emceeing, and B-Boying / Breakdancing, it was one of the “4 pillars” of hip-hop when it originated. Its roots were also firmly working class, originally, as spraycans were a cheap and available way to find self-expressions for youth in New York. You could ‘bomb’ a train, and have it go around the city like a mobile gallery, showing off your artistic skills to more people than would ever see it otherwise. | ![]() ![]() |
As London artist Paul “Don” Smith put it in a 2013 interview: | ||
“There’s the wonderful hip hop movement that picked a lot of us up. There was music, dance and art – creativity for people who needed to do something. It goes back to New York. You have loads of kids, some a little upset and they found themselves through this incredible movement. Writing music, poetry, dancing… how much energy is being vented? It’s just saved so many people. I think graffiti is the darker side of all of this. You had to go into places you shouldn’t be. It was all quite rock and roll, drink and drugs coming a bit hand in hand with it.” |
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On Meetup: London Techno, House & Psychedelic Clubbing (All events) |
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Raving since the late hours of 2012 the London Techno House & Psychedelic Clubbing Meetup have clocked nearly a century of clubbing events, now pitched by a team of four. Read the rest of this entry »
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We knew Mike’s Place was something important when we first came across it and we’re very pleased to have some interior art selections to share from this important and moving work of graphic non-fiction.
At time of writing Mike’s Place is recently out (9th June). We hope you enjoy the pages and would wholeheartedly encourage you to buy a copy for yourself and for others, and certainly for your shop if you happen to be a retailer.
Respect and peace to all involved.
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On Meetup: The London Indie Music Meetup (for all events) |
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On Twitter: @LondonIndieMeet [currently on hiatus] | |
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On Meetup (main site): www.meetup.com/The-Horror-Book-Club | |
Like on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thehorrorbookclub | |
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“For those who like to face their fears… with books!” |
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DISCOVER on Meet-Up (click here) |
About:
A new addition to the London’s SFF book club scene, notably with more spaces at present; one of the organisers may spend rather more time thinking about leopards than other organisers / people generally *.
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The one stop shop to prepare for the end of days! |
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www.post-apocalypticbookclub.co.uk |
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On Twitter: @Dystocalypse (Leila, the organiser of the Post-Apocalyptic Book Club & Dark Societies series of events, and Arthur C Clarke Award 2015 judge. Tweets are a mix of personal and PABC news). | |
A group for people who are interested in reading or watching some of the fantastic books and movies that the Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian genre has come up with over the years. |
More about (in their words):
Video about the Post-Apocalyptic Book Club made by students at Kingston University (2014)
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On Twitter: @fabulations – Fabulations: a London-based book group celebrating #DiverseSFF. Run with a feminist ethos by @thelovelymrfred. Queries? Email danielfredriksson.uk@gmail.com | |