Event
The Partisan Coffee House: an 'anti-espresso bar' evening of discussion and debate
10 May 2017
Four Corners
London, United Kingdom
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Curator Carla Mitchell with visitor
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Universities & Left Review with Roger Mayne photography
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Stuart Hall and friends at the Partisan Coffee House © Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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Universities & Left Review archival material
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Detail from Desmond Jeffery invitation to Partisan event Feb 1959
Exhibition
The Partisan Coffee House
5 May 2017 – 27 May 2017
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 121 Roman Road
- London
- E2 0QN
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: D6, 8,
- Tube: Bethnal Green
- Train: Bethnal Green
Event map
Unseen Roger Mayne photography and letterpress printed material by Germano Facetti and Desmond Jeffery alongside archive material and film clips.
About
The fascinating story of the Partisan Coffee House, founded by radical historian Raphael Samuel, cultural theorist Stuart Hall and others. Includes unseen photographs by documentary photographer Roger Mayne, alongside letterpress print work by legendary designers of the era Germano Facetti and Desmond Jeffery, archive material and film clips.
Generously supported by the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, Laurie McDowell, Birkbeck, University of London, Bishopsgate Institute, Raphael Samuel History Centre, Mary Evans Picture Library, ITN Source, New Left Review and BFI.
