In the beautiful chapel of The House of St Barnabas, Soho, as part of their Autumn Culture Series
Twitter is a girl’s best friend takes place on Monday 21 October in the beautiful chapel of The House of St Barnabas, and is inspired by the social media controversies of recent times – from Wikileaks and Antony Weiner’s sexting to rows over injunctions and this summer’s misogynistic threats against women. The panel discussion will look at social media’s different tribes and behaviours, and at how it has come to dominate the media, not only disseminating news but making the headlines itself. Social media gives us all a voice, and the law struggles to keep up with the fast-evolving technology and the resulting implications for our freedom of expression in the UK. Getting to grips with these questions will be Suzanne Moore, journalist and award-winning Guardian columnist, Philippa Perry, psychotherapist and social media aficionado, and Poppy Dinsey, founder of online fashion business What I Wore Today. Miranda Sawyer will chair the evening’s panel, as the speakers unpick the highs and lows of social media, and discuss where it’s headed in the future.
Also featured during the event will be images from the photographer Chris Floyd’s 2011 exhibition One Hundred and Forty Characters, a stunning and acclaimed series of photographs of people to whom Floyd regularly speaks to via Twitter. The above image shows, left to right @c_gos, @dollyalderton, @milliegibson, @dorodes and @sophwilkinson
This series marks a partnership between Bug and The House of St Barnabas, forged from a mutual desire to effect positive social change by asking provocative, open-ended questions about life as we live it today. Talks will take place at The House of St Barnabas’ newly refurbished home, a historic building in the heart of Soho. The charity is launching a not-for-profit members’ club in October 2013 that will be integrated with its Employment Academy, training those affected by homelessness.
Chair:
Miranda Sawyer
Miranda Sawyer is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. She is a columnist for the Observer, writing about topics such as music, art, theatre and family. She sits on the board of Tate Members and Sound Women (a lobby group for women in radio).
Speakers:
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The House of St Barnabas.
1 Greek St, London W1D 4NQ
Doors open: 6.30pm. Talk: 7.30pm.
£10. Places Limited. Booking essential
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Afterwards, there will be opportunity to continue conversation informally in The House of St Barnabas bar.
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About Bug
Bug is a newly formed cultural consultancy composed of journalists and writers Miranda Sawyer, Ekow Eshun, Richard Benson and Stephen Armstrong, and business strategists Gareth Coombs and Sean Moore. Having edited legendary magazines, The Face and Arena, and as columnists/regular contributors to The Observer, Sunday Times, Vogue, Wired, Wallpaper, The Review Show, The Culture Show amongst many others, Bug are in the unusual position of being taste-makers and influencers as well as commentators and communicators.
They have won awards for their work in TV and radio and delivered cultural advice to companies including Vauxhall and Chivas Regal.
About The House of St Barnabas
The club at The House of St Barnabas will offer its members a beautiful and historic Soho hub, in the stunning setting of its home on Greek Street, Soho. Imbued with its own distinctive charm, the club will boast meeting rooms and event spaces, as well as exciting
new restaurant and bar and access to their tranquil secluded courtyard garden.
The evolution of The House of St Barnabas’ charitable work sees the creation of an Employment Academy focusing on the individual, boosting their personal development, building confidence and teaching hospitality industry-specific skills. By nurturing the talents that already exist they will give everyone that enrols at the Academy supported on-site work experience in the not-for-profit members’ club; housed in the charity’s historic Grade I listed building in central London.
For more information on how to register to become a member of the club at The House of
St Barnabas, please email contact@hosb.org.uk