Housmans Bookshop is looking for an Events Host for its online evening events programme. The main role of the events host will be to introduce and manage Housmans’ online events. This is a fixed term position for 8 months from September 2021, with the possibility of extension. You would work four evening events each month […]
Housmans are running a sale of books collected over the years by Mike Marqusee. Mike, who wrote several books, including two volumes of poetry, and countless articles about cricket, popular music, the Labour Party, the Indian subcontinent, US politics, the anti-racist struggle and much else, was also an enthusiastic collector. Over sixty boxes of his […]
From 11am Saturday 17th July Housmans will be having a sale of the library of the late writer and political activist Mike Marqusee, who died of cancer in 2015 aged 61. We are extremely thankful to Mike’s partner Liz Davies for donating the books to us. Numbering approximately 1,000 titles, the books reflect Mike’s varied […]
On the 8th of July, On the Record will launch an interactive website, celebrating the history of our building here at 5 Caledonian Road and its role in radical politics over the past 60 years. ‘5 Cally Road: 60 Years of Books and Activism’ is an oral history project celebrating one building’s significant role in […]
Peace News Trustees needs you! Would you like to work for peace and justice with an organisation which is financially secure and sustainable? We are looking for board members (non-executive and remunerated on an expenses only basis) who preferably can offer skills or experience in: book-keeping, company secretary and minute-taking, computer and/or media specialist, a […]