Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the daughter of Newson Garrett (1812–1893) and Louise Dunnell (1813–1903), was born in Whitechapel, London on 9th June 1836. Elizabeth’s father had… READ MORE
[NB: This should probably have been published on Sunday 21st, but it just wasn’t ready. So here it is, late.… READ MORE
Come on down to this brilliant radical history puppet show… Escape Was On Everyone’s Mind: The Tale of Jack… READ MORE
past tense have recently published a freesheet, Stealing the Commons, A Brief Introduction to the politics of Open space, Enclosure… READ MORE
On 24th March 1917, 7000 people pack the Mile End Assembly Rooms in East London, for a mass meeting celebrating… READ MORE
hi folks this event looks like a cracker… ************** Charlie Lahr and Family: The Routes and Locations of an Émigré… READ MORE
Ay ay, this is starting to look like we are crap, and don’t now our arse from our elbow… possibly… READ MORE
[Note: in the paper copy of the London Rebel History Calendar the date of this event was wrongly entered as… READ MORE
You can’t live by bread alone… but we can have more than the crumbs from their tables… In January 1867,… READ MORE
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~ Rogers Hornsby
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