Blog – Page 28 – Henningham Family Press

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

By - David
Posted on May, 2, 2008May, 3, 2008

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

The Foundry late, late breakfast show 02/05/08 noon-1pm

By - David
Posted on May, 1, 2008

I’ll be on the panel at the Foundry tomorrow for a radio show from 12pm to 1pm. It’s resonance 104.4FM

20th Century Launch last night

By - David
Posted on April, 30, 2008January, 12, 2009

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

By - David
Posted on April, 17, 2008January, 12, 2009

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

By - David
Posted on April, 9, 2008January, 12, 2009

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

By - David
Posted on March, 28, 2008January, 12, 2009

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}

By - David
Posted on March, 24, 2008January, 12, 2009

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.

Rational Rec YouTube video now online

By - David
Posted on March, 16, 2008January, 12, 2009

You can now see footage of the night at Rational Rec on youtube, thanks to lots of help from Matt Shlomowitz:

HFP at Spitalfields Festival 18th March 7-9pm

By - David
Posted on March, 13, 2008January, 12, 2009

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

Inter Inter Inter; a Rational Rec Review

By - David
Posted on March, 8, 2008March, 8, 2008

Last Tuesday at Rational Rec was a blast. Thank you to everyone who came and took part, you all really threw yourselves into the tasks and really made the evening work, what an amazing enthusiastic crowd! We began the evening with a print run where we went from table to table like a screenprint