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Dr James Riley

Did the Sixties dream die in 1969?

01 Nov 2019

探花直播year 1969 is held up as the end of an era, but fifty years on are we still buying into a dangerous myth? Counterculture expert James Riley delves...

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Cambridge 探花直播 Library unveils the rich histories, struggles and hidden labours of Women at Cambridge

05 Sep 2019

One hundred and fifty years since the first women were allowed to study at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, Cambridge 探花直播 Library will be sharing...

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Print of 探花直播Peterloo Massacre by Richard Carlile (1819)

Shelley鈥檚 Peterloo poem took inspiration from the radical press, new research reveals

16 Aug 2019

Percy Bysshe Shelley鈥檚 探花直播Mask of Anarchy , the most celebrated literary response to the Peterloo massacre 鈥 which has its bicentenary on 16 August...

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Manchester protest (27 September 2014)

Opinion: How free are we really?

30 Oct 2015

Priyamvada Gopal (Faculty of English) discusses freedom as a practice rather than a value to be worshipped.

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Flamenco

Flashmobs and flamenco: how Spain鈥檚 greatest artform became a tool for political protest

23 Oct 2015

Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (Faculty of Music) discusses flamenco and its use as a tool of social activism.

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How people power saved Bloomsbury from destruction

17 Jul 2014

探花直播story of how 鈥榦ne of the last villages in London鈥 was saved from demolition to make way for the British Library is the subject of new research...

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Inna Shevchenko of Femen

鈥淣udity does not liberate me and I do not need saving鈥

26 Jul 2013

When radical feminists took their cause from Europe to North Africa, the outcome was a deepening of the divides they sought to break down. Social...

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