Events archive

30.07.2009 Childsong is a short film about the African Academy in Clapham, a school started in 1790 by Zachary Macaulay, a prominet campaigner for the abolition of slavery.

28.07.2009 "Why don't you just sing jazz?" is a celebration of the black opera singers of the 20th century – their lives, their art and the barriers they overcame to succeed.

28.07.2009 Sex trafficking - the subject of a photographic exhibition in London - may double in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, say the organisers.

15.07.2009 Kew Gardens is celebrating its Millennium Seed Bank partnership with a summer exhibition – Banking on Life – consisting of a mix of art installations, interactive displays, photography and inspiring stories.

09.07.2009 The Yes Men, two US filmmakers whose funny but alarming documentary feature is to be released in UK cinemas next month, are to bring the plight of the people of Bhopal to the West by dispensing Bhopal drinking water to Londoners on 13 July.

08.07.2009 Enclosed in a freight container somewhere in Europe, five people huddle together with a common aim. Reach England. Start a new life. Can they rely on each other? And how far will each of them go to get what they want?

07.07.2009 Come to the Peoples’ Parliament! All are welcome – just turn up and take your seat (er….on the pavement). Hear what we could be doing in the UK now to avert climate catastrophe and bring your own ideas.

05.07.2009 Adrian is a triage nurse, British of Zimbabwean descent, who finds himself drawn into a drama of ethics and loyalty when he encounters an African baby whom he suspects has been brought into the country illegally.