18 Dec 2010 – 10 Apr 2011
Commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the siege of Sidney Street and Houndsditch Murders at the Museum of London Docklands. In partnership with the Jewish East End Celebration Society, the new display explores the historical and social context of the murders, immigration at the time and the role of the then Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
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A Tram Ride from Forster Square, Bradford, Yorkshire, England in 1902. One of the many films of Mitchell and Kenyon available from The British Film Institute.
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Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market located on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street in the East End of London.
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Mick Rock – Rock: Music is a retrospective of the legendary photographer’s work documenting the most outrageous moments, people and legends in music history. Celebrated as ‘The Man Who Shot the 70s’, Mick Rock launched his career in 1972 with his portrait of an unknown David Bowie and spent the next four decades capturing the most fascinating and exciting characters in rock music. His retrospective at the Idea Generation Gallery, 11 Chance Street, London E2 7JB, will open on 11 November and run until 16 January 2011.
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Old London Street Scenes 1903 from the British Film Institute. This film is screening around the UK as part of the latest BFI Mediatheque on tour programme ‘The Big Smoke’
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A broad deep selection of images of contemporary India is captured by Olivia Arthur, Martine Franck, Raghu Rai, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Alex Webb, and Patrick Zachmann to commemorate BNP Paribas 150 years in the country. A perspective of modernity forces versus tradition comes alive through indian women and their struggle for achievements in technology, career aspirations and access to public spaces. The exhibition, will tour in 5 different cities in India from October to December 2010.
In India the exhibition will travel from October to December 2010 to five cities:
Mumbai : 22 October – 1 November, National Center for the Performing Arts (NPCA)
Delhi : 24 October – 2 November, Visual Art Gallery India Habitat Centre – Lodhi Road
Kochi : 12 November – 21 November, Durga Hall and Sevika Hall (Formely Chitram Art Gallery) ,MG Road – Ravipuram, Ernakulam
Chennai : 20 November – 28 November, Lalit Kala Akademi – 4 Greams road
Kolkata: 4 December – 20 December, Nandalal Bose Gallery, Tagore Center – 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani
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This beautiful lady is enough to warm the cockles of any young man’s heart… The shot taken by Paolo Pellegrin for Magnum Paris is a fashion picture from Paul Smith.
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Self-styled pier entertainer ‘Professor’ Reddish was a specialist in the “flying the foam” stunt, which involved mounting a bicycle and riding it down a steep ramp and then off the end of Brighton’s West Pier in the UK and into the sea.
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