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  • Expansion Rebellion with Celeste Hicks [online event]

    This is is a story of hope in the face of widespread consternation over the global climate crisis. For many people concerned about global warming, the 2018 vote by UK parliamentarians to proceed with the plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport was a devastating blow. Aviation was predicted to make up some 25% […]

  • Girl Online with Joanna Walsh

    What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl. The unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of data privacy and consent to the very selves women are encouraged to create in order to appear. Invited to self-construct as 'girls online', vloggers, bloggers […]

  • Tenants with Vicky Spratt

    The urgent story of this country's biggest crisis, told through the lives of those it most affects Tony is facing eviction instead of enjoying retirement; Limarra isn't 'homeless enough' to get help from the council; and for Kelly and her asthmatic son Morgan, another new rented house is a matter of life and death. This […]

  • Charged with Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone

    Who do the police protect? An investigation into 40 years of battling protest that reveals a hidden police agenda against dissent. Charged is an essential investigation into the role of policing protest in Britain today. As the UK government tries to suppress all forms of dissent, in their pursuit of more control, how do the […]

  • Doreen Massey: Selected Political Writings

    In collaboration with Lawrence Wishart Books Doreen Massey was one of the most influential human geographers of the post-war period. A key feminist and socialist thinker, she brought geographical inequality to the fore of left politics. Through her activism, she combined a focus on class with a prescient awareness of its intersections with gender, race […]

  • Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism, with Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee [online event]

    Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society? This is not an accident, but by design. Capitalism is structured by racism and has relentlessly attacked powerful movements. Race to the […]

  • High Desert with Andre Naffis-Sahely

    High Desert is a psychedelic journal of end-times and an ode to the American Southwest. Exploring such key events as the First Red Scare, the Tulsa Race Massacre and the West Coast’s wildfire epidemic, Naffis-Sahely’s reflections on class, race, and nationalism chart the region’s hidden histories from the Spanish Colonial Era to the recent pandemic. […]

  • Against the Law with David Renton

    Should we shrink the law? One of Britain’s leading social justice barristers puts the case against the constant expansion of the law into new areas, and its greater control over more and more of our lives. Since 2016, Britain has been ruled by populists, who have promised to expand democracy and decrease the law by […]

  • Mixed Narratives

    Laila Woozeer, Natasha Devon and Jackson Bliss on creating a narrative framework to discuss mixed stories About this event In this conversation, we will discuss our various approaches to telling mixed stories, consider some of the existing frameworks for understanding the experiences of mixed people, and weigh up how useful those have been and if […]

  • A Black Feminist Book Club

    A (monthly) book club for Black women, femmes and non-binary people to focus on self care, empowerment and community connections. This month we're back at Housmans Bookshop. Our July pick is Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo by Rebecca Walker. Feel free to bring snacks. We'll hang around after the event for a bit of […]

  • How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?  Voices of Indian Political Prisoners. Book talk with Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia in conversation with Isabel Buchanan

    A powerful look at authoritarian India through the experiences of political prisoners Join Suchitra Vijayan, Francesca Recchia and Isabel Buchanan to discuss HOW LONG CAN THE MOON BE CAGED? VOICES OF INDIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS. Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. The […]

    £3 – £16.99

  • The Shoulders We Stand On: Preeti Dhillon and Sheela Banerjee

    Our right to protest is in jeopardy and it's more important than ever to understand the history that lies behind our current era of activism. Join authors Preeti Dhillon and Sheela Banerjee to discuss the legacy of protest against colonialism and persecution of people of colour in the UK.   Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer […]

    £3 – £38.99

  • BOOK LAUNCH: We Hear Only Ourselves by Bill Cashmore

    We are delighted to welcome Bill Cashmore to Housmans to celebrate the publication of her exciting new book 'We Hear Only Ourselves'. As Étienne Balibar says, this book is a 'beautiful breakthrough by enormously gifted young philosopher.' We Hear Only Ourselves is a study of utopia and its contradictions. If a future beyond capitalism cannot be […]

    £1 – £8.99

  • LAUNCH: ‘Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill’ by Adèle Oliver

    We are very excited to welcome Adèle Oliver to celebrate the London launch of her vital, erudite and exacting book 'Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill'. Adèle will be joined by fellow members of the Art Not Evidence group, a brand new charity launching this month. Art Not Evidence is a new […]

    £1 – £7.5

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