Ravenser Odd was an island at the mouth of the Humber estuary between the 1230s and 1350s. During its brief, dramatic, life it became a Royal Borough, with the result that many of its records have been preserved centrally. Ravenser Odd’s manorial ...

Emily Robinson from the University of Sussex and Alison Garden from Queen’s University Belfast are winner and runner up in The Conversation Prize for writers 2026.

The 1990s were a vexed time for feminists in Britain. Cultural commentators declared that feminism's key battles had been won, and that given women's ascendency across various political and cultural ...

'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR

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Between 4 and 12 May 1926, nearly three million workers – 20 per cent of the adult population – downed tools, and...

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Hel Spandler explores the evolution of madzines and considers why they should be recognised as a form of activism.

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The Women’s History Network 34th Annual Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women’s History (1926-2026) 3-4 September 2026, LSE Library & Fr…

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What can photographs tell us about anti-racist activism in twentieth-century London? Julian Ehsan on the Bengali Photo Archive.