Back when the countdown to the invasion of Iraq was on, I was busily telling everybody the reason for my war opposition - I feared it would lead to Crass reforming. This proved prescient because, after years of rumour, an anti-war benefit did go ahead under the rebranded heading Crass Collective, in turn leading to sporadic performances as the Last Amendment.

On: 27/04/08
At: The Rag Factory

This is an all too short account of my day at the Zine Symposium, and some photo’s I took (apologies for how crap they are - I fully intend to blame the flash!). There are some other reviews online [1], [2], [3] (and even a film), check them out if you want a fuller picture!
It […]

The film was introduced
by well known animal rights activist Keith Mann who gave a short talk about why the film had
been made and what his hopes where for the future of the animal
rights movement. And so the film began.

On: 5 June – 9 Sept 2007
At: Barbican, London

Drunk or sober, it’s a conversation I must have had thousands of times by now. What was punk really “all about”? Though certain patterns emerge, I soon came to realise that everyone had their own take on things. Its adherents don’t tend to see punk as a consumer identity to buy into, or as a […]