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Pop Music, The Swastika & The Third Reich

Jewish Book Week

Sun 1 Mar
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Pop Music, The Swastika & The Third Reich

Jewish Book Week

Daniel Rachel speaker
Rosie Goldsmith chair

Best-selling author Daniel Rachel unpicks the often unknown associations of some of the world’s music stars with the iconography of Nazism.


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 misguided attempts at provocation, pop music has explored these associations in ways rarely seen in other art forms.

In his meticulously researched and sensitively told This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll, best-selling author Daniel Rachel examines these often-overlooked actions in conversation with Rosie Goldsmith.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, with no interval.

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Food & Drink

Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.

Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.

Daniel Rachel

Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling 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.

Rosie Goldsmith

Rosie Goldsmith is a journalist and presenter. With the BBC for 20 years, today she combines journalism with chairing and curating arts and literary events in the UK and across the world. She is Director of the European Literature Network, Artistic Director of the European Writers’ Festival, and presenter of the Slightly Foxed books podcast.

Date:Sun 1 Mar
Start time:3.30pm (Doors: 3pm)
Venue:St Pancras Room
Price:£5.00-£10.00
+ 12.5% (£6 cap) Transaction fee.
+ £1 Building levy. More info
Availability:Tickets available
£5 Under 30s tickets at JBW
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Tickets at a special rate of 50% off are available to those in receipt of Pension Credit, Universal Credit, Income Support or Job Seekers allowance. Please contact info@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk to book a concession priced ticket.
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Discount automatically applied when 3+ events have been added to your online basket. This offer applies to all in-person paid events at Kings Place (not online, off-site or free events). Offer excludes Under 30s & Unwaged Tickets.
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