In October 2023, when the cast of the iconic play Les Misérables performed at the Sondheim Theatre in London, they launched into their famous protest song, ‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’ as a part of their act. But what happened after that was entirely unscripted. The stage was abruptly taken over by activists from […]
Charlotte Johnson looks at the year 1984 in photos. Apple Inc recreates Orwell’s 1984 in an ad, which was the closest the world got to his dystopia. James Eatwell, History Society president writes his final report for the Society this year, and announces the new team. Tristan was a socialist writer and activist in early […]
The Prayer Book rebellion, also referred to as the Western Rising, took place between 6th June and 17th August 1549, in Devon and Cornwall. This was a response to widespread opposition to the authorisation of the Book of Common Prayer in January of the same year. Cartography in the iconography of British imperialism portrayed the […]
‘I too am a creature of the empire world.’ The opening sentence of the last chapter initially sounds like a reluctant admission by the author, yet is there anyone who could deny such a label? Certainly not this reviewer, born in the ex-colony of Cyprus to a British mother and ‘native’ father, both grandfathers – […]