Category Archives: art exhibition

Vote for the Lipstick Socialist Awards 2012!

Posted on December 2, 2012 by lipstick socialist

It’s that time of the year again when we look back on the last 12 months. I am very pleased to announce that the nominations for the Lipstick Socialist Awards for 2012 are now open, and the categories are: Campaign … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 25, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…..Amour (2012) Michael Haneke is one of my favourite directors. In this film he is directing his camera and focus to a very unfashionable subject in the celebyouth film market; getting old and getting ill. Anne and Georges are in … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on October 21, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…..Manchester Film Co-op and Manchester Open Rights Group are screening The Real Social Network, a film about the new generation of protest. Between the first UK student protests in November 2010 and the global uprising in the spring of 2011, … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on October 7, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch……Budrus (2009) a film about a Palestinian village which was threatened with having its land sequestrated by the Israeli government as it drove the building of a so-called security wall through Palestinian land. The documentary shows how the village people, … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on August 26, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch Woman in a Dressing Gown, a film made in 1957 and set in London, it is the story of Amy and Jim. They live in a council flat, have been married for 20 years and have a teenage son, … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on August 5, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch.… Salute..these days Olympic sportspeople are no different from celebrities and little is left of the ethos of the Olympic message. But in 1968 three men used the winning stand to express their opposition to racism and discrimination. The 1968 … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on July 29, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…A World Apart (1988) Written by Shawn Slovo, the daughter of S.African Communist activists Ruth First and Jo Slovo. Molly, a 13 year old living in Safrica in 1963 is the daughter of political activists who oppose the apatheid government. … Continue reading →

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Stop, Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house..

Posted on July 15, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch..new drama at 24/7 Theatre Festival in Manchester. 10 new plays by new writers. Topics vary from The Cell a collaboration with writer-in-residence, Mike Crowley at Lancaster Farms YOI and young offenders and prison warders to Eric Northey’s drama about … Continue reading →

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Stop, Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house..

Posted on July 8, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Breaking Bad (DVD series 1-3) Walt is a chemistry teacher in New Mexico. USA. He is diagnosed with cancer, his wife is pregnant and his son is disabled. With no medical insurance to pay for his cancer treatment he uses … Continue reading →

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Stop,look,listen my weekly selection of favourite films,books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 3, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Let’s Talk about the Rain (2008) Directed by Agnes Jaoui from a screenplay written by her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri. Only the French can make films that say so much about politics; in this film it is about the politics of … Continue reading →

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