Events archive

26.03.2007 The international award-winning musical pageant is back, with an all-new line-up of characters, songs and dances. Learn of the struggles, contribution and achievements of Black doctors, lawyers, scientists, sports stars, politicians and social and political activists.

25.03.2007 It’s not particularly original in what it has to say, and it’s just five static characters on the same unchanging set, yet Weights, at the Blue Elephant Theatre in London, is entertaining and oddly satisfying.

21.03.2007 If the world fails to tackle climate change, a “carbon dictatorship” might take over - backed by military force - to control emissions. That was how Professor John Keane of Westminster University’s Centre for Study of Democracy characterised the views of Australian climate crusader Tim Flannery during a discussion in London this week.

13.03.2007 Three interesting events coming up at the Science Museum's Dana Centre in April: Future global issues and what the planet might face by 2025 including carbon credits, expensive fuel, global health inequality; Is Water the Next Oil?; and Rights for Robots.

07.03.2007 Between Worlds: Voyagers to Britain 1700-1850 is an excellent idea for an exhibition and is good as far as it goes – but it doesn’t go far enough, says OneWorld UK's Daniel Nelson.

07.03.2007 Considering the success achieved by the film of Al Gore’s global warming lecture, An Inconvenient Truth - which claims to be the fourth highest grossing documentary of all time – it is surprising, says OneWorld UK Editor Daniel Nelson, that the current rash of film festivals in London does not boast a single film about climate change.

02.03.2007 “It was very strange. I’d never seen a play like this in my entire theatrical life. When I first read the play I said: “what is this? what is this?” I thought maybe there was some mistake, maybe I’ve been given all the same pages.” – South African actress Nomlhe Nkonyeni.

02.03.2007 The boom in documentaries has caused a drop in quality, according to John H. Biaggi, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, which comes to London this month.