Books, articles and digital content that can help us put larger debates about pensions, fair pay and retirement into historical perspective.
Tag: United Kingdom
Radical Objects: A Refugee’s Life Jacket at Manchester Museum
How are museums responding to the refugee crisis in Europe? Bryan Sitch on Manchester Museum’s acquisition & display of a refugee’s life jacket from the Greek island of Lesvos.
The Brexit Divide and Academic Freedom
Kevin Featherstone on academic freedom and the ‘McCarthyite’ character of a Tory MP’s letter asking for the names of university lecturers teaching about Brexit.
‘Archives of Feeling’: Matt Cook on the AIDS crisis in Britain, c.1987
‘Archives of feeling’ are fundamental to our understanding of intersecting social and intimate lives – past and present.
