housmans
20th July 2010, 17:06
Housmans – radical booksellers since 1945
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TALK
‘The Partisan Coffee House’
with Mike Berlin
Wednesday 28th July, 7pm
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Historian Mike Berlin will be recounting the fascinating story of this short-lived, but highly influential, coffee-shop which served as the spiritual home of the New Left in the 1950s.
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Mike Berlin discusses the Partisan Coffee House, the spiritual home of the New Left. This remarkable establishment drew in some of the leading intellectuals and artists of the late 1950s including John Berger, Doris Lessing, Lindsey Anderson, and Karel Reisz.
The brainchild of Raphael Samuel, a young radical historian, the Partisan Coffee House was the spiritual home of the New Left. With a menu that included Borscht, Viennese coffee and 'Whitechapel cheesecake', the Partisan Coffee House was an attempt to recreate the culture of a left wing Mitteleuropa café in the centre of trendy Soho. It was known as 'London's first anti-espresso bar'.
Closely linked with the radical journals ‘Universities’ and ‘Left Review’, the intellectual life of the Partisan embraced all the burning political and cultural issues of the day: from Khrushev's secret speech, the Hungarian Uprising and the Suez Invasion to the foundation of CND. In its short existence the Partisan staged debates, film screenings, art exhibitions and music nights.
Mike Berlin, a specialist in the social history of London, will be recounting the fascinating story of this short-lived, but highly influential, cultural institution.
ALSO THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY MIKE WILL BE LEADING THIS:
WALK
‘Radical St.Pancras & Somers Town’
with Mike Berlin
Saturday 31st July, 11.15am
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Mike Berlin leads a walk around the streets of St. Pancras and Somers Town and recounts its hidden history and radical past. Walk is free but email [email protected] to book a space.
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Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
King's Cross
London N1 9DX
Tel: 020 7837 4473
Free entry
Nearest tube: King's Cross
housmans.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 4473
"Support the shop that supports your campaigns!"
To receive Housmans’ monthly events newsletter with all our events, please email nik[at]housmans.com and mark the subject ‘subscribe to newsletter’.
_________________________________________
TALK
‘The Partisan Coffee House’
with Mike Berlin
Wednesday 28th July, 7pm
_________________________________________
Historian Mike Berlin will be recounting the fascinating story of this short-lived, but highly influential, coffee-shop which served as the spiritual home of the New Left in the 1950s.
_______________________________
Mike Berlin discusses the Partisan Coffee House, the spiritual home of the New Left. This remarkable establishment drew in some of the leading intellectuals and artists of the late 1950s including John Berger, Doris Lessing, Lindsey Anderson, and Karel Reisz.
The brainchild of Raphael Samuel, a young radical historian, the Partisan Coffee House was the spiritual home of the New Left. With a menu that included Borscht, Viennese coffee and 'Whitechapel cheesecake', the Partisan Coffee House was an attempt to recreate the culture of a left wing Mitteleuropa café in the centre of trendy Soho. It was known as 'London's first anti-espresso bar'.
Closely linked with the radical journals ‘Universities’ and ‘Left Review’, the intellectual life of the Partisan embraced all the burning political and cultural issues of the day: from Khrushev's secret speech, the Hungarian Uprising and the Suez Invasion to the foundation of CND. In its short existence the Partisan staged debates, film screenings, art exhibitions and music nights.
Mike Berlin, a specialist in the social history of London, will be recounting the fascinating story of this short-lived, but highly influential, cultural institution.
ALSO THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY MIKE WILL BE LEADING THIS:
WALK
‘Radical St.Pancras & Somers Town’
with Mike Berlin
Saturday 31st July, 11.15am
_________________________________________
Mike Berlin leads a walk around the streets of St. Pancras and Somers Town and recounts its hidden history and radical past. Walk is free but email [email protected] to book a space.
_________________________________________
Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
King's Cross
London N1 9DX
Tel: 020 7837 4473
Free entry
Nearest tube: King's Cross
housmans.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 4473
"Support the shop that supports your campaigns!"
To receive Housmans’ monthly events newsletter with all our events, please email nik[at]housmans.com and mark the subject ‘subscribe to newsletter’.