Events archive

27.01.2009 Sporty fun and games kicks off the public launch of Fairtrade Fortnight on London’s South Bank on Sunday 23 February.

26.01.2009 Caryl Churchil says she wrote Seven Jewish Children – A Play for Gaza (Royal Court Theatre, London, 6-21 February) "as a small response to what has happened in Gaza in the last few weeks.”

24.01.2009 Meetings in London on African and Asian are common, but Latin America gets less of a look-in. Here's one that bucks the trend - a discussion on British connections with Colombian violence.

23.01.2009 New work from Eve Ensler - creator of The Vagina Monologues - is to premiere in London in February in a series of benefit performances as part of the London celebration of "V-Day", the global movement to end violence against women and girls.

20.01.2009 With international speakers, films, music, and a chance to learn and practise new skills, 6 Billion Ways is your chance to get inspired and join local and global networks building a better world.

19.01.2009 A new play, made up of first-hand testimonies of people experiencing homelessness and deprivation in UK today, will be performed during Poverty and Homelessness Action Week (31 January-8 February).

19.01.2009 “In eight years I never spoke to a government minister with a real understanding of the implications of climate change or the backbone to do something about it” – former London Mayor Ken Livingstone at a meeting in London. And: “Giving up meat is more important than giving up your car.”

17.01.2009 Ecobuild - "the world’s biggest event dedicated to sustainable design, construction and the built environment" - runs at London's Earl's Court on 3-5 March.

13.01.2009 'How long have we got?', 'Can Asia go green? And if it doesn’t, has the world had it?', 'Can technological innovation save us from disaster?' and 'The UK political parties don’t mean what they say on climate change’ are some of the issues up for debate in the forthcoming Green Festival on Climate Change.

12.01.2009 On 5 February, the Museum of London hosts an evening of smart talk, wise words and music in celebration of London’s Queer history to mark the culmination of the inaugural Write Queer London international writing competition.

09.01.2009 An International Gathering of the Global Women's Strike and International Women Count network, 31 January-8 February in London.

07.01.2009 LandFall, an exhibition of new work exploring the Atlantic Ocean as natural phenomenon, transporter of dreams and peoples, opens at Docklands Museum on 6 February.

01.01.2009 Zimbabweans who have sought sanctuary in the UK will ask the Prime Minister to let them work and gain the skills to help them rebuild Zimbabwe, at a demonstration in Westminster on 13 January.