Events archive

28.11.2006 The United Nations Documentary Film Festival comes to London on 2 December - the first of what is hoped will be an annual event.

24.11.2006 Tim Roth stars as a journalist who uncovers a plot to steal land from tsunami victims for the construction of a new hotel (BBC2, Tuesday). But for thousands of tsunami victims, says ActionAid, the theft of their land is anything but fiction.

23.11.2006 Hear scientists, artists and manufacturers who are combating Christmas waste with green designs for food, packaging and presents, in the Science Museum's Dana Centre on 6 December.

19.11.2006 A talk about "Peak Oil" designed for people relatively new to the subject is being held on 25 November in Covent Garden.

14.11.2006 Harold Pinter, Tariq Ali, Wayne Smith, Victoria Brittain, Colin Burgon MP and speakers from Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia will explore political and social developments in Latin America at a conference, Latin America 2006: Making Another World Possible, in London on 2 December.

14.11.2006 An exhibition of photographs taken by disabled people in Bangladesh, Cameroon and the UK is being held in London in the week following the International Day of Disabled Persons 2006 (3 December).

01.11.2006 You are invited to take part in a demonstration of People Power in London on Saturday 4 November, by turning off all your lights at sunset and switching off all your non-essential electrical equipment.