Sometimes, when I explain that my research expertise lies in the history of sexuality in modern France, the follow-up is some version of a question: ‘so I

The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.

The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - William Whyte: The Future of National Biography – Council Room, Strand Campus, King's College London, Tue 6 Oct 2026 - The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - W...

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This article examines the published writings of Lorna Gulston (c. 1932–2023), a hitherto unknown Northern Irish civil servant who wrote many articles for the earliest British lesbian magazines such a...

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The current Minister for Women and Equalities, in one of this government's last acts before a change of leadership, has made an order to bring the EHRC's harmful Code of Practice into force.The order ...

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

The Society's Early Career Fellowship Grant scheme provides grants of £2,000, maximum, for discrete research projects lasting no more than six months. In 2026, two rounds of grants will be awarded by ...

By sentimentalising the summer of 1976, we strip away its lessons.

Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.

With a red weather warning now in place for the day of the planned Mass Lobby for Trans Equality on Thursday 25th June 2026, we are cancelling the lobby on the day and advise people do not travel to W...

This article considers the precarious position of trans sex workers in 1980 s and early 1990 s England by examining the ambiguities of medico-legal interpretations of their identities and labour. D...

Protests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night – with some police officers acting as if it wasn’t safe to intervene