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, 2020 | |
Greece: The Hidden War Part 2 | Directed by Anthony Howard, 1989, 60min A rare chance to watch part 2 of the Channel 4 documentary series on the Greek Civil War of 1946-49 made in 1986; we screened part 1 in 2018. This documentary […] | Jane Gabriel | More |
, 2020 | Nautical Women – Women Sailors in History | By invitation of Pill Library and Children's Centre Crockerne House, Underbanks, Pill, BS20 0AT Wednesday, 19 February 2020 @ 2pm Author Rosemary Caldicott will be telling us about her book in which […] | Rosemary L Caldicott | More | |
, 2020 | Book Launch: Regicide or Revolution? | The trial and execution of Charles I in 1649 has in the past been portrayed as the outcome of a crazed 'bloodlust' for revenge by supporters of parliament. This simplistic and dubious narrative […] | Norah Carlin | More | |
, 2020 | |
Christmas Webinar 1: Angela Carter’s ‘Provincial Bohemia’ | The first in our series of Christmas Webinars.... Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Angela Carter lived in Clifton during the 1960s, where she wrote her early novels known as the 'Bristol […] | Stephen E. Hunt | More |
, 2020 | |
Christmas Webinar 2: Steps Against War – Resistance to World War 1 in Bedminster | Emma Byron and Trevor Houghton present the story of a network of neighbours, workmates, families and comrades who stood together and refused to take their part in the war machine. Steps Against War is […] | Otherstory | More |
, 2020 | |
Christmas Webinar 3: God’s Beautiful Sunshine – The 1921 Miners’ Lockout in the Forest of Dean | In 1921, in response to a severe depression in the coal trade, colliery owners, supported by the government, slashed labour costs. Refusing to accept this cut in wages, a million British miners, […] | Ian Wright | More |
, 2020 | |
Christmas Webinar 4: Zionism and History | The talk will present an examination of the fundamental ideological basis of the Zionist movement going back to its founding by Herzel in 1896. Herzel attributed the historical persecutions of the […] | Mike Levine | More |