Alternative to the gym: Battodo Fudokan

The Tommy Flowers Community Pub
Lucia Scazzocchio went to the launch of a new community pub in Poplar conceived by arts collective Fitzrovia Noir and dedicated to a local personality (and soon to be national hero?) computer engineer Tommy Flowers.
Tommy Flowers Pub

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Live session: Jonathan Holder & The Good Thinking
Live studio session with Jonathan Holder & The Good Thinking with two band members Andrew Hunt on guitar, vocals and Page on drums.

Jonathan Holder and The Good Thinking
Raw Materials at Bow Arts – The Nunnery
Mae-Li Evans takes us to The Nunnery at Bow Arts for their latest exhibition exploring raw materials and more specifically Textiles.

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Studio interview with Abigial Tarttelin
Interview with Hackney based Abigail Tarttelin author of Dead Girls a feminist crime thriller just published with Mantle books following her critically acclaimed novel Golden Boy

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This month Pearl Wise speaks to Hackney based author Abigail Tarttelin about her newly published feminist crime thriller Dead Girls, we delve into the vaults with Nia Charpentier’s piece on pigeon whistles, Pearl reports from the opening of a community pub in Poplar commemorating World War II computer engineer Tommy Flowers, Mae-Li Evens takes us behind the scenes of Raw Materials an exhibition at Bow Arts plus live music from Jonathan Holder & The Good Thinking.

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Sonic Meditations
Artur Vidal and Hannah White from the East London Sonic Meditations study group explain why they became interested this practice inspired by Pauline Oliveros.

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Set Space
We meet Roland Fischer and Ollie Tobin from Set Space in Dalston Lane, providing reasonable arts studio space and a new independent music and arts venue and bar.

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Hakeem Kazeem from The Batty Mama
Interview with Hakeem Kazeem, from The Batty Mama an organisation specialised in Queer black and brown performance arts and events.
Alt Queer Black P.R.O.M, 27 April at Hackney Showroom.

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