London cultural news feeds

Malaysia: Editor and blogger charged for “indecent” online content

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:56

Irwan Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian editor and blogger known as “Hassan Skodeng” was charged on 2 September 2010 with publishing false information on his satirical blog.

Andy Croft, S.J. Litherland and Andrew Forster in Kendal

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:13

Event Date: 24/09/2010
Andy Croft is a poet and editor. He writes a regular poetry column in the Morning Star, runs the radical poetry press Smokestack Books, and lives in Middlesbrough.

Eight Great Poets at The Morden Tower, Newcastle

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:13

Event Date: 26/09/2010
Morden Tower in association with Origins presents poetry from Poetry from Scotland and North East England.

Anywhere but Here by Chloe Hill

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:54

8 – 13 October

Jean NouvelSerpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010

Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:44

This catalogue is published on the occasion of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 designed by Jean Nouvel,
10 July – 17 October 2010

© 2010 Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris; Serpentine Gallery,
London; the authors and Koenig Books, London

£20.00

For more information, please contact us on:
+44 (0)20 7298 1511
or
editions@serpentinegallery.org

Smashed Hits 2.0

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:55

Press release – 2 September 2010

Daniel Barenboim, Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood, Femi Kuti, Will Self and Gilad Atzmon discuss music and censorship in the new issue of Index on Censorship ‘Smashed Hits 2.0’ – publication date 8 September. In association with Freemuse.

USA: Bill would force media to delete stories about convicts

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:55

Senators in Ohio have introduced a bill which would force media organisations to remove stories about former convicts from the Internet. The new law would allow non-violent criminals with multiple convictions to have records of their offenses sealed by the courts after five years of clean conduct.

Mexico and Colombia: Drug trafficking reporting targeted

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:55

In Mexico’s northeastern state of Sinaloa, the Noreste newspaper issued a statement saying that its facilities were the target of an armed attack on 1 September 2010. The attack took place after a reporter received a threatening phone call from unidentified members of an organised gang.