Join us for a screening of the film Lonesome Ghosts (2025) directed by Daniel Ward, with responses from writers Hannah Proctor and Sam Dolbear, and followed by a discussion led by the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings.
This one-off event explores the legacy and ramifications of Spycops on the wider landscape of political movements in the UK. With notorious revelations of the infiltration of leftwing political organisations emerging over multiple decades, how do we take stock of the psychic and emotional effects this violence has inflicted? How can we veer away from paranoia towards a pragmatic form of trust in each other? And as people invested in fresh attempts to pursue political justice, what ways can we develop to understand these contradictory histories and avoid their pitfalls?
Daniel Ward is an artist and writer. Working across film, photography and installation, his work explores themes such as commitment, failure and belonging, in relation to wider histories of politics and image-making. At the centre of his work is an examination of the effects and aftereffects of war, capitalism, Empire and consumerism, and how such forces organise everyday life. He is currently a PhD candidate at University College London, writing on 20th century British art, politics and film, around 1982.