Research into the political and social lives of compositors during the 1950’s
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Review: The Last Hunters
A review of The Last Hunters: The Crab Fishermen of Cromer, an account of the Norfolk crab fishing industry
Review: Australian Aboriginal Protest in Interwar Europe
A short review of the life of A.M. Fernando, the first an Aboriginal Australian activist to present the Aboriginal cause directly to the European public in the 1920’s
Framing East London 2012
Olympic legacies, the question of heritage and the Winning Words project at the Olympic Park in London’s East End
The Forgotten Women Evacuees of the Second World War
The story of the hundreds of Guernsey mothers and their infants who were evacuated from the island in advance of the German occupation between the 20th and 28th June 1940
Mexico’s Olympic Massacre
As London prepares to host the Olympics, the memories of Olympic veterans have turned to the Mexico games of 1968 – which saw momentous achievement on the tracks, black power salutes from the winners’ rostrum … and a terrible massacre of scores of protesting students..
Review: Resist Much, Obey Little
A review, written by Ross Bradshaw, of the special issue of The Spokesman, comprising of a set of essays on aspects of Ken Coates’ life, who was editor of the journal for forty years