The 1943 Bethnal Green Shelter Disaster: 75 Years of Forgetting and Remembering

By Toby Butler March 4, 2018 Histories of the Present, History at Large, Local History 0 comments

In March 1943, 173 people were crushed to death as they took shelter in Bethnal Green’s underground station. Toby Butler led a project remembering the disaster.

We Choose Who Lives Forever: A Monument to Mary Wollstonecraft

By Bee Rowlatt December 18, 2017 Histories of the Present 1 comment

Mary Wollstonecraft was a pioneering advocate for human rights and philosopher. Why isn’t she better remembered?

The Pacifist Handkerchief

By Vera Mackie October 31, 2016 Radical Objects 0 comments

The pacifist handkerchief invites reflections on contested memories in modern Japanese history.

Heygate Estate’s stories: Home sweet Home & Ghost Town

By Enrica Colusso September 12, 2016 Histories of the Present 0 comments

Filmmaker Enrica Colusso explores regeneration and community at south London’s now demolished Heygate Estate in her film Home Sweet Home and interactive multimedia project Ghost Town.

Radical Recipes: Women, Work and Cornish Pasties

By Administrator December 8, 2014 Radical Objects 1 comment

Sarah Hiorns explains the forgotten histories behind her family’s written, typed, and laminated recipe for Cornish pasties.

The Indian Memory Project

By Administrator March 5, 2013 History at Large 2 comments

Designer and photographer Anusha Yadav writes about the Indian Memory Project website, a visual and oral history of the Indian sub-continent through family and personal archives

Secondary Modern

By Administrator January 24, 2013 History at Large 34 comments

Michael Rosen and Emma-Louise Williams explain the background to their website, Sec Mod, which is collecting memories of education at secondary modern schools in Britain

Losing the Memory of Generations

By Administrator October 11, 2012 History at Large 11 comments

David Horsfield, who was College Librarian at Ruskin from 1972 to 2004, reflects on the destruction of archives there

Who Cares About Working Men’s Clubs?

By Administrator April 22, 2012 History at Large 13 comments

Working men’s clubs have a long past, but do they have a future? As June 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Working Men’s Club and Institute Union, Ruth Cherrington considers their importance to local economies and communities

Cable Street – What Kind of Victory?

By Administrator February 13, 2012 Reviews & Comment 0 comments

Review of books published by Five Leaves related to the Battle of Cable Street, by Martin Spafford