How can the power and invention of Forum Theatre inform radical histories of oppressed groups, such as the homeless? To mark World Homelessness Day on 10 October, Peter Jones speaks with Adrian Jackson, founder of Cardboard Citizens, a theatre company working with homeless people, on the latest episode of the History Workshop Podcast.

Homelessness, Theatre, And History Making

What do we mean, in post-Brexit Britain, when we talk about "ordinary working-class places"? Valerie Wright, Ewan Gibbs, and Diarmaid Kelliher explore.

Rethinking Place in British Labour History

Histories of gay men, lesbians, queer and trans people often focus on the heroic. But what about the gay characters whose impact on history was far more ambiguous, or complicated, or out-and-out bad? Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey, hosts of the Bad Gays podcast and authors of Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, discuss what those complicated lives can tell us about the dynamics of queer history and the formation of sexual identities.

Bad Gays

What lessons might the past hold for migrants seeking childcare in the UK but having No Recourse to Public Funds?

No Recourse To Public Funds

The political climate greeting refugees to the UK is no longer simply hostile - it is expulsive. David Herd explores.

Walking Against the Expulsive Environment

What can we learn from a 45-year-old Swedish manifesto that helped inspire the movement for workers' history?

Dig Where You Stand

What does the accidental death of an anarchist in London in 1894 tell us about forgotten histories of direct action?

On Direct Action

A new collection of Raphael Samuel's essays illuminates 19th century Britain and the politics of "people's history".

Workshop Of The World

How might we translate the French Revolution in ways that open it up to the 21st century?

Translating the French Revolution

What is the future of common spaces and community gathering spots in the UK? At a time when so many spaces that once were shared are now either derelict or in private hands, when it can be difficult to find somewhere to gather with friends without buying a latte in order to do so, how might the future be different? How might we rethink our relationship with public space, the land, and each other? Those are the questions that audio producer May Robson set out to answer in a new series for BBC Sounds Audio Lab called Now Here.

Now Here

How can we investigate disability history and heritage?

UK Disability History and Heritage Hub

How has modern queer life been affected by its encounters with psychiatric power?

In The Shadow Of Diagnosis

The novelist Amitava Kumar on history, fiction, India, and ordinary lives.

An Indian Historian's Ordinary Life

How did trans history find a foothold in the academy - and what is its future? Susan Stryker discusses with Claire Potter on this episode of the Why Now podcast.

Pioneering Transgender History

How did a 1911 East End police shootout affect the history of anarchism in London and beyond?

The Siege Of Sidney Street

Exploring the enigma that was the Egyptian writer Waguih Ghali, author of the classic postcolonial novel Beer in the Snooker Club.

In Search of Waguih Ghali

How might historians of the 2022 People's Uprising in Sri Lanka explore ongoing struggles for accountability and justice? 

Writing History in Sri Lanka Now

War and the Mind

Why did 155 nursery workers employed by London's Islington Council go on strike in 1984 - and why has their story been forgotten?

The 1984 Islington Nursery Strike

How can the visual arts shed light on the historical relationship between socialism and the natural world?

Uncovering the Socialist Anthropocene

A Glasgow rock band, The Tenementals, explore what it means to create radical history in song.

Can A Rock Band Make History?

In a walking tour consisting of ten ten-minute episodes, we explore the streets of Marx's London, the sites where Karl Marx lived and worked in his 34 years in Britain's capital. Guided by the historian Thomas Jones, we track Marx's life and times from Leicester Street to Highgate Cemetery, and in the process - 200 years on from his birth - we reflect on the continuing resonance of his ideas. Listen now, and subscribe to the History Workshop podcast on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher.

Marx's London - A - Introduction

Marx's London - B - 1 Leicester St

Marx's London - C - 20 Great Windmill St

Marx's London - D - 64 Dean St

Marx's London - E - 28 Dean St

Marx's London - F - 18 Greek St

Marx's London - G - Oxford Street

Marx's London - I - Maitland Park Road

Marx's London - J - Highgate Cemetery

Listen to leading scholars, activists and writers talk about the practice of history and reflect on the social forces that are changing our world.

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