The Nour Festival 2014 celebrating Middle Eastern and North African arts and culture October & November at venues across RBKC

Nour Festival announces its 2014 programme  News   Nour Festival of Arts 20 October - 30 November 2014 The Nour Festival, which celebrates contemporary Middle Eastern and North African arts and culture, takes place in October and November at venues across Kensington and Chelsea. The six week festival featuring music, film, food, exhibitions, talks and dance launches on Monday 20 October and runs through to Sunday 30 November. This year, the festival welcomes for the first time new partners such as the Finborough Theatre, the Electric Cinema and the Royal Geographical Society and Westway Presents. Read more »

A group of local mothers are squatting next to London’s Olympic Park. we need social housing, not social cleansing

Why I’m occupying a boarded-up east London council house

A group of local mothers are squatting next to London’s Olympic Park to tell the government we need social housing, not social cleansing

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