Desperate Bicycles
Five men, with £153 in savings and borrowed money, rent a recording studio in desolate, decaying Dalston for three hours. They say they’re a band, but they haven’t rehearsed and they only own one instrument and one amplifier between them...
‘Bird on a Wire’ Screening, with Director Tony Palmer
ISIS presents a screening of the classic documentary about Leonard Cohen’s 1972 European tour: ‘Bird on a Wire’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hyd_ygJviQ Featuring exclusive Q & A with the legendary film maker himself: Tony Palmer Tony Palmer’s lengthy and prolific caree
ISIS.Evolve – Issue Launch Party (7th Week)
On Wednesday of 7th, ISIS will be taking over Babylove for the last time this term for its climax THE ISSUE LAUNCH. Come down to celebrate the end of a great term, the end (or lack) of exams, and the start of the summer proper! As usual, ISIS staff will be on hand if […]
Clive Wearing
Clive Wearing, a successful British composer and musicologist, lost his ability to form new memories when part of his brain was destroyed by a virus which usually would have given him cold sores. With no ability to remember what has happened only seconds in the past, he is continually suspended in a
HUMAN RIGHTS and REPORTING
In celebration of the 120th Anniversary of the Isis, and in association with Amnesty Oxford and Oxford University Amnesty. With RICHARD BARLTROP, CROFTON BLACK, GREGORY DEACON. Okinaga Room, Wadham College // 8 pm Monday 21 May // £3 entry //
Medicaleze
"The misappropriation of medical terms now prevalent within the English language has created ‘medicaleze’, a language that inherits its authority from the popular myth of the reliability of science. Identifying the problem as an ‘itis’ or an ‘ism’ provides the reassurance of a name for a
The World’s Top 5 Failed Utopias
Utopia, pronunciation: /juːˈtəʊpɪə/, noun singular: An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect; the word was first used by Sir Thomas More in his book, Utopia. The Isis explores the top five failed attempts at achieving this ideal society.
Isis presents… Top of the Pops
This Wednesday, May 9, the Isis is taking over Babylove, playing all of the decades from 1960 onwards. A resident Isis photographer will be on hand to catch you at your best, and we will also be screening the 90’s classic Clueless. £3 before 11 p.m., £5 after.
Is Twitter killing the English language?
Though its arbitrary 140 character limit certainly affects the language people use on it, this does not mean that they are discarding complex words in favor of lazier alternatives or are substituting inane thoughts for brilliant ones just because they won’t fit. In fact, the opposite might be argu