Begging Places
How does a public space become a 'begging place'? David Hitchcock on the life of Jamaican street sweeper in Regency London, Charles McGee.
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Theatres of Resistance in South Africa
How did the Black Consciousness movement spur a remarkable transformation in South African theatre during the Apartheid era? Kasonde Mukonde explores.
Inventing Japanese Braille
Our understanding of Braille is often shaped by narratives from Western Europe and the United States. Wei Yu Wayne Tan explores the significance of inventing Japanese Braille.
A Radical History of Passports in the Middle East
How does the history of passports in the post-Ottoman Middle East illuminate today's political struggles around border crossings?
South Asian Political Blackness in 1970s Britain
In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community. Saffron East explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
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HWJ 98
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What radical histories can be found in 'working and wandering' from place to place? This series explore itinerance in histories of space, movement and labour, and how historians might imagine news ways of researching itinerantly.
Begging Places
How does a public space become a 'begging place'? David Hitchcock on the life of Jamaican street sweeper in Regency London, Charles McGee.
Mapping Surabaya’s Street Markets
Anitha Silvia explores the intricate histories found in mapping the informal street markets of Surabaya.
The Flower Girls of London
Felicity Hall explores the mythologised lives and lived experiences of Victorian London flower sellers.
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War and the Mind
Is war innate to human psychology? An exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum explores.
Writing History in Sri Lanka Now
How might historians of the 2022 People's Uprising in Sri Lanka explore ongoing struggles for democracy, accountability and justice?
From the archive
Celebrating women’s history month 2025
Playing the Game
Rosa Campbell on cis and trans women's struggles to play sport in the past and present.
May Ayim’s Cosmopolitanism from Below in Europe
May Ayim was key to the Black German civil rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s. But how did her work across borders exemplify cosmopolitanism from below? Tiffany N. Florvil explores the life and networks of a visionary.
Anna May Wong and transnational Chinese resistance
Helena Lopes explores the role of multilingual women in transnational Chinese resistance through the B-movies of Anna May Wong.
Radical Objects
Whether letters, food or ephemera, material objects have acted as radical agents in history. Here, historians, archivists and activists unpack stories of solidarity and everyday lives.
Radical Object: Printer’s Type from the Thames Foreshore
If you go down to the Thames today, you're sure of a big surprise - printer's type. Peter Wollweber unpacks its radical history.
Radical Objects: Transregional Chinese-language Children’s Magazines
Allan Pang explores the diverse and conflicting depictions of Chinese and world history in transregional children's magazines.
Radical Objects: The Pot and Pan
Matthew Kerry explores how the humble pot and pan have become powerful tools for protestors.