Information Is Close At Hand

Monday 3 April 2023
12:00 19:30

Shoe Lane Library 1 Little New Street London, England, EC4A 3JR United Kingdom (map)

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Monday 3rd April

Artist Eloise Hawser and arts charity Mental Fight Club invite you to Information is Close at Hand, an experimental day at Shoe Lane Library. Join us throughout the day for a range of free events all are welcome! Full details and address are below.

Information is close at hand will include an artist’s talk, a local history walking tour, a hands-on printing workshop, and a live oral history session with Shoe Lane’s past and present communities to reveal the diverse histories of this street and its industry.

Full Programme:

12.30 - 2pm: The Distributor’s Beat

A walk informed by the working lives of newspaper distributors on Shoe Lane.

2:15pm - 3:15pm: The Dragon Cafe Singing Group

The Dragon Café Singing group will be meeting for a live session on Monday, where we will be raising our voices together in song as we come together. Come along and join in, everyone is welcome.

3.30 - 5pm: Hot Mettle

Hands-on session using 1970’s hot metal printing objects and paraphernalia to create newspaper collages.

6.15 - 7.45pm: Shoe Lane dispatches

People who have worked on Shoe Lane over the years share their experiences in the area.

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Fleet Street, with its grand-scale offices and sumptuous facades, has long been iconic of the front end of the newspaper industry. The relatively unknown Shoe Lane, however, was for many years a base for the various allied trades involved in printing and distribution. Shoe Lane is a site deeply connected to the industrial and infrastructural histories of printed news, and the one-time home to the headquarters of the Daily Sketch, the Evening Standard, and the International Press centre.

How to find us:

Full Address: Shoe Lane Library, Hill House, 1 Little New St, London EC4A 3JR

Shoe Lane Library is a 5 minute walk from City Thames Link Station.

BY TUBE

‍The nearest underground stations is Chancery Lane, accessible via The Central Line. This station is a 7 minute walk from Shoe Lane Library.

BY TRAIN

Shoe Lane Library is 5 minutes' walk from City Thames Link train station.

BY BUS

The following bus routes stop near Shoe Lane Library: 11, 15, 26, 341, 63, 76. These stop at Shoe Lane bus stop H which is a 4 Minute walk for the library.

We look forward to welcoming you all to this amazing event.