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Category Archives: Surrey
Fears, Smears and Volunteers: Kingston and the General Strike of May, 1926
Ninety-eight years ago this month, in May, 1926, Britain experienced a General Strike, called by the Trades Union Congress (T.U.C.), and – for a few days at least – ‘normal’ life in the country was put on temporary hold and … Continue reading
For a few days in May: Surbiton and the General Strike of 1926
In May, 1926, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called a General Strike in Britain and, for about nine days (from 3rd-12th May), it appeared to many people that the country’s industrial relations had reached a new low-point. The Armed Forces … Continue reading
Posted in British history, British politics, Gender History, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surbiton, Surrey, Uncategorized, Women's history
Tagged British history, history, Kingston, Local History, London history, Public History, Surbiton, Surrey, Women
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Racist Revisionism: Arnold Leese and early Holocaust Denial in Britain
Some brief exploration of the extent to which crude and racist historical revisionism has moved from the margins into the cultural mainstream of society can be a truly shocking experience. It is no exaggeration to say that conspiracy theory and … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, British history, British politics, Conspiracy theory, European History, Extremism, Fascism, German History, History of war, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surrey, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged British history, Conspiracy theory, Far Right, Fascism, history, Nazism, Public History, Surrey, teaching
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Radicalism in Richmond-on-Thames: The influence of the Left Book Club of the 1930s
Back in 2018-2019, using a variety of sources, I conducted some research into the local impact of the famous Left Book Club (LBC) of the 1930s, focusing in particular on the town of Richmond-on-Thames in the outer suburbs of London. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Archives, British history, British politics, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Secret State, Surbiton, Surrey, Teaching, The National Archives, Uncategorized
Tagged British history, Kingston, Local History, London history, Public History, Richmond, Secret State, Surbiton
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Women Against the Female Vote: The anti-Suffragists in Chiswick in South-West London
Back in 2014-2015 I spent some time in the archives investigating a still relatively under-researched aspect of women’s history, the anti-Suffrage groups that had emerged in Edwardian Britain. How did this come about? My general research on British history had … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British Empire, British history, Gender History, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Surrey, Uncategorized, Women's history
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Richmond, teaching, Women
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Superb new issue of Richmond History journal includes article on Bertrand Russell’s childhood
Do you have a passion for local history? The latest issue of the annual and award-winning Richmond History (no.44, November, 2023), the journal of the Richmond Local History Society, has just been published and, in my estimation, it contains another … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, British politics, Local History, London history, Museums, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Surrey, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, Art, books, British history, civic engagement, food, history, Local History, photography, poetry, Public History, Richmond, Surrey, travel, writing
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The Cult of Speed: Adulation of Racing Motorists in Britain during the 1920s
It has often been remarked by historians that, during the decade or so after the First World War, a number of European countries saw the growth of a cultural fascination with speed and movement, and the dynamism offered by fast … Continue reading
Responses to ‘Windrush generation’ newcomers in Kingston-on-Thames and its surrounding areas during the 1950s
Black History Month in 2023 included the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, London, in 1948. The now-famous ship brought some of the first black migrants to the capital in search of work after … Continue reading
Posted in African History, Black History, British Empire, British history, British politics, Kingston, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Surbiton, Surrey, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Black History, British history, civic engagement, history, Kingston, Local History, Public History, Surrey, teaching
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Rejoice but Mourn: Responses in Kingston-on-Thames to news of the Armistice in 1918
On Remembrance Day, as communities across Britain hold poppy day events and commemorate the many sacrifices made in the name of the defence of liberty, it is worth looking back on how the nation breathed a huge collective sigh of … Continue reading
Posted in British history, British politics, European History, History of war, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surrey, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged British history, history, Kingston, Local History, Memory, Public History, Surrey, World War One
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A New Vision: The foundation of a branch of the League of Nations Union in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
There are times in history when the global will very much influence the local, and during the interwar period Kingston-on-Thames in Surrey, England, saw a burst of activity from a local lobby group, the League of Nations Union (LNU), which … Continue reading
Posted in American history, British history, European History, History of war, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surrey, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged British history, First World War, Kingston, Local History, London history, Research, Surrey, World History
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