A event held at The Cube on Sunday 27th April. The event starts at 14:00.
The Bristol Radical History Festival continues with free talks from 2-5pm and Wapping Film 6-8pm £7 full price £5 concessions (all profits go to running the festival).
Counter-cultures 2.00-5.00pm (Free, no booking required, just turn up)
In a series of talks and discussions Bristol Radical History Group look at some of the hidden counter-cultures in the post-war era. From Bristol’s LGBT press to gay punk activists in Ireland, via the underground music and art scenes of 1980s Bristol, inspired by popular uprisings and nurtured creatively by the isolation of the West Country, we explore how music, art and the written word have contributed to subcultures of resistance in Bristol and beyond.
2.00-2.40pm: 'We must begin with the land': How the social ecology of the 1970s counterculture helps us to think about food production - Stephen E. Hunt
2.40-3.20pm: The Counterculture and the LGBT Press: Bristol and beyond - Robert Howes
3.20-3.40pm: Break for refreshments
3.40- 4.20pm: ‘From Prejudice and Punk to Pride’: Music, art and the culture of resistance - Eoin Freeney
4.20-5.00pm: From the Wild Bunch to Banksy: A short history of Bristol Counterculture - Richard Jones
Film showing: Wapping – the workers’ story 6.00pm (£7/£5 concessions, booking available, recommended that you book as we can't guarantee tickets on the door)
Acclaimed documentary about the momentous and violent year-long industrial dispute which began in 1986 when the Murdoch dynasty took on the print workers and their Unions. Introduced and Q&A with Ann Field who at the centre of the dispute, and played a key role in creating the exhibition and archive for the 25th anniversary of the strike.
More information on all events here: https://www.brh.org.uk/site/event-series/bristol-radical-history-festival-2025/
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Counter-cultures 2.00-5.00pm (Free, no booking required, just turn up)
In a series of talks and discussions Bristol Radical History Group look at some of the hidden counter-cultures in the post-war era. From Bristol’s LGBT press to gay punk activists in Ireland, via the underground music and art scenes of 1980s Bristol, inspired by popular uprisings and nurtured creatively by the isolation of the West Country, we explore how music, art and the written word have contributed to subcultures of resistance in Bristol and beyond.
2.00-2.40pm: 'We must begin with the land': How the social ecology of the 1970s counterculture helps us to think about food production - Stephen E. Hunt
2.40-3.20pm: The Counterculture and the LGBT Press: Bristol and beyond - Robert Howes
3.20-3.40pm: Break for refreshments
3.40- 4.20pm: ‘From Prejudice and Punk to Pride’: Music, art and the culture of resistance - Eoin Freeney
4.20-5.00pm: From the Wild Bunch to Banksy: A short history of Bristol Counterculture - Richard Jones
Film showing: Wapping – the workers’ story 6.00pm (£7/£5 concessions, booking available, recommended that you book as we can't guarantee tickets on the door)
Acclaimed documentary about the momentous and violent year-long industrial dispute which began in 1986 when the Murdoch dynasty took on the print workers and their Unions. Introduced and Q&A with Ann Field who at the centre of the dispute, and played a key role in creating the exhibition and archive for the 25th anniversary of the strike.
More information on all events here: https://www.brh.org.uk/site/event-series/bristol-radical-history-festival-2025/
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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