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SUMMARY:BBC World Service Weekend
DESCRIPTION:I will be discussing the paperback publication of This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music\, the Swastika and the Third Reich \n \n  \n 
URL:https://danielrachel.com/event/bbc-world-service-weekend/
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SUMMARY:Heath Bookshop paperback launch
DESCRIPTION:Launch event to celebrate the paperback publication of This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music\, the Swastika and the Third Reich. \nDaniel will be in-conversation
URL:https://danielrachel.com/event/heath-bookshop-paperback-launch/
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SUMMARY:Five Leaves Bookshop - Nottingham
DESCRIPTION:This Ain’t Rock’n’Roll: pop music\, the swastika and the Third Reich\, with Daniel Rachel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, 4 November\, 2026\n7:00 pm – 8:30 pm\n\n*Five Leaves Bookshop\n14a Long Row\, Nottingham\, NG12DH\n\n\n\n\nTickets: £5.00 – £12.99\nBook Now  \n\n\n\n\nIn this illustrated talk\, Daniel Rachel explores one of the last taboos in pop culture and asks why the Nazis\, fascism and the Third Reich feature so prominently in the iconography of the artists that defined the twentieth century.Over the last seven decades\, some of rock ‘n’ roll’s most celebrated figures have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk\, generations of performers have associated themselves in  with the aesthetics\, mass hysteria and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor\, stupidity\, or crass attempt at subversion\, rock ‘n’ roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted by any other artform. But how accountable should fans\, the media\, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticised perversions of a fascist regime? \nDaniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters\, asking us to look anew at the artists that have defined us\, inspired us and given us joy – and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for the twentieth century’s worst atrocities. Alongside a sensitive history of the Holocaust and an examination of the place it holds in our cultural consciousness\, Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed\, whilst neither casting sweeping judgement nor offering easy answers. In doing so\, he asks us to reassess the history of rock ‘n’ roll and sheds light on the echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today. \nDaniel Rachel is a former musician turned author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young\, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn’t Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks\, Madness\, Ocean Colour Scene\, Ray Davies\, and Bryan Ferry. \nBooking essential
URL:https://danielrachel.com/event/five-leaves-bookshop-nottingham/
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SUMMARY:Marco Pirroni (Adam & the Ants) in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Marco Pirroni\nin Conversation with Daniel Rachel\n\nFriday\, 13 November\n\n\n\n\n19:30\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\nAdam and the Ants guitarist and punk icon Marco Pirroni joins author Daniel Rachel to discuss his autobiography\, Your Money or Your Life. From the early punk scene and Siouxsie and the Banshees to the massive success of the Ants\, Pirroni shares stories behind a definitive decade in British music. Books will be available for purchase from Linghams Books with a dedicated signing session after the talk. Tickets are available on the profile. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBritish Music ExperienceFollow\n\n\n\nOpen in Google Maps
URL:https://danielrachel.com/event/marco-pirroni-adam-the-ants-in-conversation-2/
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SUMMARY:The 90s Nostalgia RAP Party @The London Library
DESCRIPTION:The 90s Nostalgia RAP Party @The London Library\n\nInua Ellams brings his live literature phenomenon back to the Library\n\nThe London Library\n\n25 November 2026\n7:00pm – 9:30pm\n\nFrom £10\n\n\n\n\n\nDetails\nPoet and playwright Inua Ellams brings his exhilarating live literature phenomenon\, the RAP Party\, back to The London Library for a no-clutter\, no-fuss\, evening of music and words. This time\, we’re heading back to that decade when things could only get better. \n2026 is all about the 1990s: Tate’s mega autumn exhibition; every stadium comeback tour; the Cranberries on every screen soundtrack; indie kid Andy as our new PM. So\, join us as we get in on the act for some no-holds-barred nostalgia with prose from a stellar line-up of writers and classic 90s tunes. Grunge\, hip hop\, banging house\, sexy RnB\, euphoric pop – whatever your vibe – come revel in those heady days and spice up your life with readings and song choices from: Bidisha\, Joe Dunthorne\, Inua Ellams\, Lauren Elkin\, Dominique Heyse-Moore\, Nii Ayikwei Parkes\, Daniel Rachel\, Miriam Robinson\, Sathnam Sanghera and Miranda Sawyer\, plus music from RAP Party regular\, DJ Tone. \nTen writers + a DJ = the best night out you’ll ever have in a library – or anywhere\, for that matter. \n‘A truly fluid literary event not just mingling poetry and music together seamlessly\, but also bringing different tribes of poets: ages\, races\, gender\, styles together. You will be moved in your heart and in your head.’— Roger Robinson \nSpeakers\nBidisha is a broadcaster\, presenter and journalist. She covers the arts and culture and current affairs for the BBC\, CNN\, Channel 5 and Sky News. Her most recent publication is the essay The Future of Serious Art. \nJoe Dunthorne is a poet and novelist. His debut novel\, Submarine\, was translated into fifteen languages and made into an award-winning film\, directed by Richard Ayoade. His second novel\, Wild Abandon\, won the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award in 2012. His first work of nonfiction\, Children of Radium\, is a bestselling and award-winning family memoir and his other books include the novel\, The Adulterants\, and the poetry collection\, O Positive. \nLauren Elkin is an award-winning writer and translator. She is the author of several critically-acclaimed books\, including the novel\, Scaffolding and non-fiction\, Art Monsters and Flâneuse. Her essays on art\, literature\, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books\, the New York Times\, Granta\, Harper’s\, Le Monde\, Les Inrockuptibles\, and Frieze\, among others. Her most recent work of non-fiction is Vocal Break: On Women\, Music and Power. \nInua Ellams is a Nigerian-born\, UK-based poet\, playwright and performer who has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company\, the National Theatre and the BBC. His latest play was an adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters set in Nigeria\, staged at the National Theatre. The Actual\, his fifth poetry release and first full collection\, was published in 2020 by Penned in the Margins. He is an Ambassador of The London Library. \nDominique Heyse-Moore is a writer\, artist\, and Senior Curator of British Contemporary Art at Tate Britain\, where she was Curator of the recent Hurvin Anderson exhibition and is Curator with Edward Enninful of The 90s\, opening late September. She is a Trustee of ActionSpace and a Contributing Editor for EE72. She was on The London Library Emerging Writers Programme 21/22. \nNii Ayikwei Parkes is an arts producer\, editor\, cultural commentator\, writer\, Chief Executive of Cultureword and the founder of flipped eye publishing. Translated in multiple languages\, he has won acclaim as a children’s author\, poet\, broadcaster and novelist. His books include the novels Tail of the Blue Bird and Azúcar and two collections of poetry\, The Makings of You and The Geez. \nDaniel Rachel is a former musician-turned-award-winning and bestselling author whose many books include: Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music & politics of Rock Against Racism\, 2 Tone and Red Wedge; Don’t Look Back in Anger: the Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia; and\, most recently\, This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music\, the Swastika and the Third Reich. \nMiriam Robinson is an author who has worked in the world of books and bookshops for over 15 years. Previously the host of podcast My Unlived Life\, her short fiction has been shortlisted for a Pushcart Prize\, the inaugural Pindrop/RA Short Story Prize and the Pat Kavanagh Prize. Her debut novel And Notre Dame is Burning was published in 2025 by Corsair. \nSathnam Sanghera is the author of multiple bestselling and award-winning works of fiction and non-fiction including Empireland\, which won the British Book Award for Narrative Non-Fiction\, and Marriage Material\, which was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and his memoir\, The Boy with the Topknot won the Mind Book of the Year\, and was a BBC TV film. His latest book\, about George Michael is Tonight the Music Seems So Loud. \nMiranda Sawyer has written about pop music since 1988\, beginning on Smash Hits before moving to Select\, The Face and the Observer. She’s interviewed everyone from Liam Gallagher to Tricky\, PJ Harvey to Pulp. Her non-fiction books include Park and Ride\, Out of Time and Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs. She is the host of the Talk 90s to me podcast. \nTone is a DJ and broadcaster. Her show\, Diaspora Distins on Oroko Radio showcases talent from the African continent and the global black diaspora and she has also appeared on Rinse\, Foundation FM\, Radio 1Xtra and more. Live\, she has played All Points East\, Afropunk\, No Signal and opened for Kokoroko\, Ragz Original\, Superjazzclub and more. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors.
URL:https://danielrachel.com/event/the-90s-nostalgia-rap-party-the-london-library/
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SUMMARY:Brighton: This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll
DESCRIPTION:I will be presenting images and discussing the paperback publication of This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll at Sound Affects\, Brighton. \n  \n8pm Intro \n8.15 Speaker #1 & Q&A \n8.45 Interval \n9 Daniel Rachel & Q&A \n9.30 Interval \n9.45 – 10.15 Speaker 3 & Q&A \nEnd \nhttps://www.instagram.com/soundaffectsnight/?hl=en \n \nEast Street Tap
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