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Why so much leather & fetish? An interview with Time Out
Summary: Back in the summer, Leonie Cooper from Time Out magazine caught up with Stefan about the Leather & Fetish collections.
10 min read
Interview: Peter Ashan - Ridley Road Freedom Walk
Summary: Local historian Peter Ashan will be taking us on a tour of the Ridley Road Freedom Walk. We asked him a few questions about his love for Dalston and its people, as well as what you can expect from this tour.
Meet the Tutors: Lettie Mckie
Summary: Starting on Thursday 23 February, architectural historian, lecturer and tour guide Lettie Mckie will be teaching A Decolonial Introduction to London Architecture. Learn about her and the course here.
Women's History Month: Angela Christofilou
Summary: Pip Wills-Braddock, from our Campaigns team, has been inspired by the the work of protest photographer Angela Christofilou. Here she asks Angela some questions about her work and about the women who inspire her.
3 min read
Lives from the Archives: Holly Revell
Lives from the Archives: Miss Kim (Club RUB)
Summary: Club RUB was a fetish club started by Dominatrix Miss Kim, which ran every month from 1996 to 2017.
Lives from the Archives: Angela Christofilou
Summary: Photographer Angela Christofilou started taking photographs at protests in 2015 at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, and has since gone on to document several protest movements.
Lives from the Archives: The London Vagabond
Summary: London based lovers and fetishists The London Vagabond have been making work collaboratively for around four years under this alias.
Lives from the Archives: Peter Wilson (Eton Manor Boys' Club member)
Summary: Peter “Wiggy” Wilson was a member of the Eton Manor Boys' Club in London’s East End during the 1960s. Founded in 1909 in Hackney Wick, Eton Manor was financed and managed by four Old Etonians (Arthur Villiers, Gerald Wellesley, Alfred Wagg, and Sir Edward Cadogan) until it closed in 1967.
Lives from the Archives: Dan Glass (LGBTQ+ activist)
Summary: Dan founded "Queer Tours of London", which shine a light on London's rich LGBTQ+ history.
Interview: Ben Ferguson and Paul Saunders - A night at the musicals
Summary: Celebration of theatre and performance is at the heart of what we do, with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO) being our orchestra in residence.