What's On Tuesday 26th June in Bristol

Events on Tuesday 26th June

“Join D-M Withers, interviewed by Sheila Rowbotham, as they celebrate the publication of D-M’s book The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women’s Liberation, 1966-1988 (Virago 2018), declared by Oprah’s book club as a ‘must-read’. The Feminist Revolution (co-authored by Bonnie Morris) tells the history of women’s liberation movements since the 1960s and is richly illustrated with rarely seen photographs and archival ephemera.”
From: D-M Withers, in conversation with Sheila Rowbotham

“Mesadorm will be live in-store at Rough Trade Bristol to perform tracks from his new album 'Heterogaster', out now on Babylegs Records.”
From: Mesadorm

“Joseph Merrick is 'The Elephant Man'. The sordid spectacle of a travelling freak show, he moves from city to city, mercilessly put on display to the horrified delight of Victorian audiences. A London surgeon also takes a keen interest, but is soon faced with a moral dilemma – to help Merrick or to use him to advance his scientific career?”
From: The Elephant Man

“There’s a theatrical strangeness running through Richard Hughes’ work, undertones of circus, jazz and strange forest clearings at midnight. He can play the tuba, the accordion and even the scissors, but it’s probably the squeezebox you’ll be charmed by tonight.”
From: Richard Hughes