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The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...courses In December 1981, the Plessey Company announced plans to shut down their Capacitors plant in Bathgate. The factory – which employed predominantly women assembly workers – had been downsized substantially throughout the 1970s. Despite this, the decision to cease operations completely stunned the remaining workers. In the weeks following this announcement the...
The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...course, much remains to be done in the period ahead. This is only a first step. But it will lead to many other debates. It is those who do not fear change to whom the future belongs. Simon Usherwood, senior lecturer in politics, University of Surrey The UK is far from alone in harbouring people who want to change the direction and nature of the EU. Populists across the...
The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...course she was a Lady. Laurie Taylor: Not a working class gardener? Margaret Willes: No she was gentry; but I think she represents – she wasn’t the only person who dispensed medicines, although she did it on quite a large scale to her tenants but I’m sure that the housewives were doing the same. Laurie Taylor: I want to turn now – and this is something you talked...
Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...course underpinned by the impact of history, although most people will not be aware of this. The term feminism reminds people that decolonisation isn’t only about race. It shouldn’t have taken the death of George Floyd for black women’s experiences of police brutality to be finally recognised in the public imaginary, however the experiences of men continue to...
The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...course, but at one place there was a large building brilliantly lighted, which from certain effects at the windows we decided to be a printing-office on the scale of those in and near our own Boston. What was our shame and grief the next morning to find it was a cigar factory, and to learn that cigar and cigarette making was almost the chief industry of the mother Boston....
Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...Free”) as well as the Pillars of Hercules that Charles I had incorporated to his imperial version of the arms. [Coat of arms of King Philip IV of Spain] Coat of arms of King Philip VI of Spain Today, the Royal arms stamped on the Spanish flag, replicates the representation of the Spanish old kingdoms (Castile, Leon, Aragon, Navarre, Granada) below the Royal crown. The...
Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...free, and as flowing as the genius of the great Mæonian. The chamber of the throne is entirely adorned with white bas-reliefs, raised on a ground of dead gold; the subjects Pindaric; not inferior in many instances to the Attic remains, and characterised, at the same time, by a singular combination of vigour and grace. Another saloon is devoted to Æschylus, and the...
Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...free democracy built on the public’s access to information. For your eyes only? Attempts to keep presidential records secret have typically revolved around whether the public should have access to records they have not previously seen. Because tweets are by their nature public, the typical objections around executive privilege seemingly wouldn’t apply here. Millions...