Guest post by Holly Robbins Celebrating its tenth birthday this year, (The People’s Republic of) Shambala has everything a festival-goer could possibly desire – without being the size of a small town (yes, I’m talking to you Glastonbury). Set in the grounds of a manor house in Northamptonshire and playing host to around 10,000 punters, [...]
Last weekend saw the 20th annual Waveney Greenpeace Fair. It was a fun day for families filled with hippy arts and crafts, good food, fine ale, decent music and a whole heap of progressive politics. I spent the afternoon serving drinks behind the bar and the evening propping up the bar from the other side. [...]
Guest post by Michael Barrett I’m sat on the 2pm train back to Wakefield after a weekend that flashed by. The carriage is empty, my MP3 player is dead, so I’m stuck thinking about the past few days and trying to shake off the vague hangover that’s rattling through my skull. Let’s begin at the [...]
I spent last weekend where I spend the first weekend of every July, at the annual Marxism Festival, hosted by the SWP. Unfortunately, as ever, due to my various commitments (most notably organising the free creche), I didn’t get to see many of what I’m told were highlights. Nevertheless here are a few of my [...]
There are times I wonder why I do it. Standing for hours in the queue at a remote train station in the depths of rural Somerset hauling what feels like the unfortunate result of an unseemly encounter between Jabba the Hutt and Dibley’s eponymous vicar on my back. Waking up to the sound of thunder [...]
