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SUMMARY:How To Academy with Robin Ince
DESCRIPTION:Mon\, 5 January 2026\n6:00 pm – 7:00 pm GMT \nRock ‘n’ Roll’s Nazi Problem\nDaniel Rachel In Conversation with Robin Ince\n\nJoin Buy Livestream\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA fascinating and unsettling look at how pop and rock music have repeatedly collided with Nazi imagery- sometimes as critique\, sometimes as provocation\, and sometimes through sheer ignorance.\nAward-winning music Historian Daniel Rachel joins us to uncover pop music’s complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it. Whether due to shock factor\, malevolence\, or a crass attempt at subversion\, some of rock ’n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the theatre of the Third Reich- from John Lennon’s ink drawings of himself saluting “Heil John” to Joy Division’s Auschwitz-inspired name\, to Kanye West’s controversial fashion line. Daniel will reassess the history of rock ’n’ roll and shed new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich that still resonate in popular culture today. \nBut 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? \nPacked full of little-known facts about our favourite musicians\, this eye-opening conversation will invite us to look anew at the artists that have defined us\, inspired us\, and given us joy. \n  \nTickets to this online event are free for members of How To +. \n\n\n\n\nJoin How To +\nSubscribers receive substantial discounts to our live\, on-stage events and free access to our livestreams and video library of 600+ videos. \nStarting from £9.99 + VAT\nThe first month is only £9.99 + VAT\, cheaper than an individual livestream ticket. Thereafter £17.50 + VAT. Cancel anytime. \nJoin How To + \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks \n\n\nBooks are supplied by Primrose Hill Books. Pre-ordered copies will be dispatched shortly after the event. UK delivery only. \n\n\nPrice\nIndividual tickets are £15\, or free for subscribers to How To +. How To + is £9.99 + VAT for the first month\, thereafter £17.50 + VAT. Cancel anytime. \n\n\nReplay\nA link to replay the event will be made available 48 hours after the event is over to enjoy without a time limit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow To + Subscribers receive discounts to our live\, on-stage events and free access to our livestreams and video library of 600+ videos. The first month is £9.99 + VAT\, thereafter £17.50 + VAT a month. \nAlready subscribed to How To + ?\nPlease Log in here \n\nJoin how to + \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Rachel\nAuthor\, Musician\, Historian \n\n\nDaniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and bestselling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young: Rude Boys\, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation (a Sunday Times\, Uncut\, Rough Trade US and Resident Music book of the year) and Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters (a Guardian and NME book of the year). He lives in London. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobin Ince\nComedian\, Actor and Writer \n\n\nRobin Ince is a comedian\, actor and writer. The Guardian once declared him a ‘becardiganed polymath’ which seems about right. He is the author of several acclaimed books\, including The Importance of Being Interested and I’m a Joke and So Are You. \nWith Professor Brian Cox\, he created and presents the award-winning BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage\, which ranks among the most popular science podcasts worldwide. He also won Celebrity Mastermind but forgot that calcium was the dominant element of chalk. After being diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 52\, he finally has an excuse.
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SUMMARY:Rock 'n' Roll Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: DANIEL RACHEL\, CAROLINE COON & EMMA FORREST\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRock ‘n’ Roll Book Club\nWalthamstow Trades Hall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n22 January 2026\n7pm \n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel will be joined by writer/artist and Clash manager Caroline Coon in a discussion chaired by novelist/film director Emma Forrest.\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\n\n\nRock’s flirtation with fascism examined\n\n\n\nMusic historian Daniel Rachel returns to Walthamstow with his timely book exploring rock and pop music’s fascination with the swastika and the Third Reich \nOver the last seven decades\, some of rock ‘n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads 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 troubling ways 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? \nIn This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll\, award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care\, 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 new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today. \nLinks\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977486173377?aff=oddtdtcreator \nhttps://www.carolinecoon.com/ \nhttps://www.emmaforrest.com/
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SUMMARY:British Library with Jon Savage & Pauline Black
DESCRIPTION:Pop music\, the Swastika and the Third Reich\n \n\n\n\nDaniel Rachel and Jon Savage with Pauline Black. \nThursday 29 January 2026 19.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome of rock ‘n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads 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\, performers have associated themselves in troubling ways 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. \nIn his new book This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel considers why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for the twentieth century’s worst atrocities. \nFor this vital conversation\, hosted by Pauline Black (The Selecter)\, he is joined by acclaimed cultural commentator and journalist Jon Savage\, author of the classic England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock and This Searing Light\, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division\, the Oral History. \nFollowed by a book signing. \n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Rachel\n\nDaniel Rachel is a former musician-turned-award-winning and bestselling author. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJon Savage\n\nJon Savage is the author of numerous books on popular culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPauline Black\n\nPerformer\, singer\, actress\, author\, bandleader and songwriter who in 1979 co founded\, and\, alongside Gaps Hendrickson\, fronted seminal 2-Tone band The Selecter. \n\n\nCredit: Dean Chalkley\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 29 January\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nBook now\n\nPigott Theatre\, British Library\, London\n19.00 – 20.30\nPrice £12\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCover image from This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music\, the Swastika and the Third Reich Credit: White Rabbit Books
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