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Reading from our new book 02/06/08 @ The Reliance

On the 2nd June, 7.30pm, we’ll be having a reading from our new book upstairs at the Reliance pub in Shoreditch. It’s called “the Erroneous Disposition of the People” and it was written by David Barnes, David Henningham, and Wade Bradshaw. We took the chapter headings from Thomas Brownes ‘Pseudodoxia Epidemica’ {‘common misconceptions’} and used

How many Londoners does it take to sell us all down the river?

Answer: 139.772 That’s the marginal difference between the Ken and Boris vote. I can’t believe Boris Johnson has been seen as fit to govern a budget of £11bn; he’s hardly fit to manage a weekly shop. The fact is this is hardly a consensus – what a stupid system. Other questions one might ask include, how long before

20th Century Launch last night

Thanks to everyone who came to the Foundry last night. It was a great evening for us and we were really pleased that all the hard work culminated well. We constructed a 6′ black cube on which all 100 copies of the edition could sit, leaving a space when one was sold. The circle underneath

The 20th Century Trailer

This video accompanies the release of ‘The 20th Century’, by Michael James Jones and the Henningham Family Press. We will be celebrating its release at the Foundry, 86 Great Eastern Street, from 7pm on 29th April 2008. You are welcome to come and have a drink and a look.

Michael James Jones’ “The 20th Century” release 29/04/08

Very soon we’ll be celebrating our latest release, a print by a Canadian Artist, Michael James Jones. Everyone is welcome to come along and take a look at the work with us at the Foundry, and this will also be a chance to see some of our previous titles. Two things happened during the making

Ping* on Sebald at Universettee

Ping* will be giving a lecture very soon called: “Hunchbacks, Lunatics and Biopolitics in the work of W.G. Sebald” The lecture will give a history of what is behind the many physically and mentally malformed characters in W.G. Sebald’s books. The lecture will touch upon all his works, concentrating the most on chapter 5 of

Happy Easter {egg colouring}

We celebrated easter with a little colouring in on some boiled eggs after dinner. White ones are the best. Please note that only the second egg from the left on the first row is from a battery hen. The rest of them were from free range chickens that had achieved full freedom of expression.

HFP at Spitalfields Festival 18th March 7-9pm

Rational Rec launches the Spitalfields Festival 2008 Crispin Place in the new Spitalfields Market London, E1 6DW (opposite Leon and Scarlett Restaurants) Tuesday 18 March 2008, 7-9pm Its FREE! www.rationalrec.org.uk In a special, one-off, free event, Rational Rec decamps to Spitalfields Market to help Spitalfields Festival launch their 2008 programme. With special performances by Benny