This is the intriguing intro to the performance of [tag]Hotel World[/tag], that I shall be attending on Thursday night, not as a regular theatre goer, but with press tickets to [tag]write a review[/tag]!!! Thrilled to bits at being asked to write a review for the online theatre review site Extra, Extra!, I am looking forward to it.

Today my brother called me to wish me a happy Freedom day. He was of course referring to the marking today, of the 200 year anniversary of the [tag]Abolition of the Slave Trade[/tag] by the [tag]British Parliament[/tag] in 1807. Though I understood his sentiments, I was at pains to point out to him that in the case of our ancestors (in [tag]Jamaica[/tag] at least) actual freedom or Emancipation didn’t actually arrive until August 1, 1838. The 1807 act abolished the trading of slaves by British subjects and companies, it did not free enslaved Africans, in Britain nor it’s colonies.

Set in one of [tag]Rio De Janeiro[/tag]‘s 600 ghettos, Vigario Geral, [tag]Favela Rising[/tag] charts the story of [tag]Anderson Sa[/tag], [tag]Jose Junior[/tag] and [tag]AfroReggae[/tag] on a journey from outlaws to social revolutionaries. In their debut feature, directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary allow us to see inside the notorious ghettos of one of the world’s most fascinating cities.

I’ve been broadening my horizons and since the sun is out today, and my body clock has become accustomed to waking up at very ungodly hours of the morning, even on the weekend, my thoughts have sauntered around to thinking about [tag]documentary photography[/tag].

[tag]Photofusion[/tag] are staging a one day [tag]Street Photography[/tag] Forum at their location 17a Electric Lane, London SW9 8LA. The forum runs from 11am – 4pm and booking is £10. This should prove an interesting event. Photofusion are a small [tag]photography gallery[/tag] and services operation with very friendly staff and technical experts there to help you with both film and digital image processing,

Peter Jones is a property millionaire, not me (I wish). He has produced a new video that at the time of this posting, you will be able to view for free if you visit the site link at the end of this post. Who is Peter Jones? He is one of the resident property gurus at Property Auction News (PAN). If you are a serious property investor, I strongly suggest you take up the offer of a free trial to this publication, or take a look around the links the site. The video doesn’t have high production value, but there…

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