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Jewish Book Week 2026! Pop Music, the Swastika & the Third Reich 01/03/2026| 3:30 pm St Pancras room, Kings Place Price: £10.00 Book now From Lennon and Bowie to punk and beyond, some of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest icons have toyed with the aesthetics, hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether through shock, ignorance, or [...]

Saturday March 14 2026 7-9pm Daniel Rachel- will discuss his new book This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich. “Rachel is not looking to cancel or absolve but instead explore the musical obsession with atrocity and how it relates to rock history in general. A sadly rather timely book.” [...]

With Vera Baird KC Saturday 21 March Hornsey Library London N8

Fountain Inn 12.15 Daniel Rachel Discusses his provocative study of pop’s flirtations with Nazi imagery and ideology, This Ain’t Rock’n’Roll

Don Letts Q&A + Rebel Dread Screening The Hub presents a special evening with Don Letts, punk icon and film director, DJ and musician. A Q&A, hosted by Daniel Rachel, will be followed by a screening of Don’s film, Rebel Dread. Don Letts’ reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial [...]

Rock against Racism in Victoria Park. 1978. 100,000 music fans walked seven miles from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Park. To protest against the National Front. To rejoice in the music of punk and reggae. And to watch X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and the Clash. This was Rock Against Racism. Anti-racist, Anti-sexist. And a warning to [...]

The Long Play Sessions : Samira Ahmed with 'A Hard Day's Night'  Thu 11 Jun 2026 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM The Venue and Refectory, ICMP (Queens Park Campus), NW6 6PA Join us on 11 June at 7:00 pm at ICMP’s Queen’s Park venue for a special in‑conversation event with award‑winning journalist, writer, and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, as she discusses with Daniel Rachel her brand‑new book [...]

This Ain’t Rock’n’Roll: pop music, the swastika and the Third Reich, with Daniel Rachel Wednesday, 28th October, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm *Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH Tickets: £5.00 - £12.99 Book Now  In this illustrated talk, Daniel Rachel explores one of the last taboos in pop culture and asks why [...]