"Instead of the modernist quest for meaning in a chaotic world, the postmodern author eschews, often playfully, the possibility of meaning, and the postmodern novel is often a parody of this quest. Postmodern authors also tend to celebrate chance over craft, and further employ metafiction to undermine the writer's authority. Another characteristic of postmodern literature is the questioning of distinctions between high and low culture through the use of pastiche, the combination of subjects and …

You're learning German but you don't know anybody to practice with. You used to speak German but it's all rusty now and you'd like to practice again. You're new in town and meeting people who speak German just like seems a great idea. Join us, we meet twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday or Wednesday each month. Our dates may vary to avoid clashing with events at our regular venues or other German Stammtische. The venues might change on occasion as we try new things. - The George Inn - 77 …

Arts and Wine Group has been created by wine and art experts Stuart George and Jane-Angela Arte to promote arts-related wine tastings. As many of you are aware art and wine go together perfectly and many masterpieces have been dedicated to or influenced by wine. A&W Group has devised a series of arts- and wine-inspired lectures that will include: Fine art and wine Opera and wine Literature and wine Architecture and wine It is your chance to learn more about the arts and wine and to meet lik …

Hi, & welcome to SE1 Badminton Club! Join us every Saturday for 2 hours of Badminton in Elephant & Castle. Keep fit, have fun, meet new people and enjoy a drink or lunch afterwards. We're a very social and welcoming group, and all levels of experience are welcome, as we rotate after each game. We have 4 courts and play every Saturday with new rules. Each session is £5 per person, plastic shuttles are provided and racquets are available for hire at the centre for a £1 fee. We are a no …

Welcome for everyone love to play the badminton and would like to play everyday. Every session include badminton Nylon Shuttlecock MAVIS 300 YONEX. We play with feather if every one chips in 50p extra. "" Cost is £2 for off peak and £4 for peak times. "" Please RSVP one week in advance for week end and evening session(peak time session) and you can RSVP at any time for off peak session. This is to help with booking the courts. **For any session to go ahead we need minimum 4 RSVP. I …

Monthly meet-ups for anyone interested in digital rights: from copyright, freedom of expression, censorship, parody, privacy, open data... See the Open Rights Group website for the kind of issues we discuss. All welcome!

This is a group for anybody interested in research, workshops and meetups about The Science of Happiness from both the Western scientific and Tibetan Buddhist perspectives. I've started this group to help provide info on The Science of Happiness workshops which I run at Tibetan Buddhist centres and Western psychotherapy venues around the UK and Europe. I've been teaching LUCID DREAMING within the context of Tibetan Buddhism for the past few years (see www.charliemorley.com) but have recently rec …

Welcome to the London Happiness Workshops! All the workshops are entirely donation based, so you can come along and have a great time, and donate as much or as little as you like at the end of the workshop, completely anonymously. I've built this group around the true psychological principal that how you choose to live your life day-to-day has a much bigger impact on your happiness than whether you're rich or successful or famous! I've set up www.happinessfast.co.uk to share the skills of …

This group is for all those interested in the LUCID DREAMING workshops, meetups and retreats of Charlie Morley. If you are interested in learning how to lucid dream, exploring Tibetan Buddhist dream practices or deepening your current understanding and practice of lucid dreaming then this is the group for you! Described as "the most experienced practitioner of lucid dreaming teaching in Europe" Charlie Morley specialises in the use of both Western scientific and Tibetan Buddhist dream practices …

You are welcome to come and join with other warriors who are prepared to explore and gain knowledge of shamanic practice. Share your transformational personal experiences of healing and great wisdom. Walk with the ancestors and great spirits of creation along the spiral path of truth and enlightenment. Use the rhythm of the drum to take yourself into a deeper state, one which allows you to connect with your spirits and guides. Explore your own abilities to work as a shamanic healer, discover way …

Distilled - an SEO company with a reputation for being experts at what we do, are pleased to announce that we are now going to be holding regular free meet ups throughout the year for those interested in SEO, Search Marketing, Social Media and other related topics. Generally held at a pub in central(ish) London, the meet ups will be a great chance for those working in the industry to meet like-minded people, network, learn something new and most of all have a fun evening. What sets us apart from …

The MarkLogic User Group London is for users and/or fans of MarkLogic and those who are interested in learning more about MarkLogic, XML, XQuery and related technologies. MUGL meetups are free and open to anyone that wishes to attend. There is no formal membership for the group, but you can join our mailing list at http://mugl.org. Meetings are held monthly.

Come and join us if you're looking to meet other professionals in London. The purpose of this group is to develop a grow a strong network of friendly, professional individuals to meet on a weekday evening over a few drinks for a couple of hours for networking, sharing ideas, discussing opportunities and maybe even job opportunities. This is also a perfect opportunity for you to meet new people in London. Initially the events will be general networking events, but as membership of this group grow …

London UX Bookclub meets every other month to discuss a book that we've chosen to read together. We are an assorted group of UXers from newbies to ancients, and lots of others who are interested in learning more about User Experience. All welcome!