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  • Photo Blog Edinburgh feminist theatre company showcases real ‘Living HERstory’ of the city
    7 April 2025

    Edinburgh feminist theatre company showcases real ‘Living HERstory’ of the city

    by AJ Kelly

    Five up-and-coming female playwrights explore the lives of five women who made an impact in Edinburgh - including Scotland’s youngest suffragette and the first black woman to study at the University of Edinburgh

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  • Review Brian and Maggie: the Trouble With Adapting Modern History
    1 February 2025

    Brian and Maggie: the Trouble With Adapting Modern History

    by Freya Burnham Local Reviewer

    The viewers, placed in the swivel-chair of journalist Brian Walden, are invited to interrogate the Thatcher legacy in this Channel 4 drama miniseries. But can the small screen ever fully capture such a divisive figure as Margaret Thatcher?

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  • Review Review of 175 Years of Boots Exhibition: Counter Culture
    14 July 2024

    Review of 175 Years of Boots Exhibition: Counter Culture

    by Sayli Mohite

    I explored the fascinating history of Boots at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham. Marking 175 years, it narrated how John Boot's first herbalist store in Nottingham has evolved into the UK's most popular health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain

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  • Review What's Next: The true story of one woman's brave endeavour to be herself
    18 May 2024

    What's Next: The true story of one woman's brave endeavour to be herself

    by Ellie Blackwell Voice Reviewer

    Harriet Quimby: America's pioneering writer, journalist, and pilot. Unjustly forgotten by most, her long-lost legacy is revived in this immersive and striking one-woman play. 

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  • Review Six: More than a 6/10
    29 October 2023

    Six: More than a 6/10

    by Georgia Mussellwhite Voice Reviewers

    Late to join the party- but I recently went to watch Six at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Although the story of Six’s creation is well known by now, let’s take you back to 2017. 

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  • Review The Father and the Assassin: The Review
    28 September 2023

    The Father and the Assassin: The Review

    by Georgia Mussellwhite Voice Reviewers

    The Father and the Assassin tells the story of Mahatma Gandhi (The Father) and Nathuram Godse (The Assassin). I can’t explain how much the concept of this excited me. 

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  • Review Girl, Woman, Other book review: No matter what you're 'into', just read it.
    14 November 2022

    Girl, Woman, Other book review: No matter what you're 'into', just read it.

    by Ellie Blackwell Voice Reviewer

    Opened my eyes with fierce gusto to vibrant cultures; from the music and delicious-sounding food, to the struggles and stereotypes British people face.

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  • Blog Women’s fashion trends through the decades
    3 August 2022

    Women’s fashion trends through the decades

    by Destiny Adams Kickstart

    Women’s fashion is ever-evolving, so let’s take some time to look at where our styles may have evolved across the decades.

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  • Event 'Fragments' with Wessex Archaeology and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
    16 July 2022

    'Fragments' with Wessex Archaeology and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

    by Museum Education

    Create a Hoard of our Time inspired by The Staffordshire Hoard. We need you to bring in a treasured object that is special to you.  We will photograph these objects to create a Hoard of our Time, one which represents the people who live here now.

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  • Feature The history of trade unions and worker unrest in the UK: Part II
    11 July 2022

    The history of trade unions and worker unrest in the UK: Part II

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    In Part II we take you through the history of unions and worker unrest in the UK from the Winter of Discontent to today.

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  • Feature The history of trade unions and worker unrest in the UK: Part I
    11 July 2022

    The history of trade unions and worker unrest in the UK: Part I

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    We take you through the history of unions and worker unrest in the UK and why we still need unions. In Part I we cover the period before unions to their involvement in the two world wars.

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  • Review SIX The Musical Review
    25 May 2022

    SIX The Musical Review

    by Bella Hubbard

    History, Feminism and Musical Theatre combined...are these some of your favourite things? Then this Musical is for you

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  • Blog The Cuckoo Cage: New Origin Stories
    30 March 2022

    The Cuckoo Cage: New Origin Stories

    by Saskia Calliste Voice Team

    Black British authors reimagine UK protestors as superheroes.

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  • Blog SIX the musical: Making herstory
    18 March 2022

    SIX the musical: Making herstory

    by Daisy Mellor Contributor

    How SIX the musical breaks the bias and challenges the concept of female rivalry. 

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  • Photo Blog An insight into Feminist Musicology
    16 March 2022

    An insight into Feminist Musicology

    by Candelaria Gómez Contributor

    Did you know there's an entire branch of musicology whose main focus is women in the musical field?

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  • Blog Julie D’Aubigny: sword fighter, opera star, and the OG bisexual baddie
    25 February 2022

    Julie D’Aubigny: sword fighter, opera star, and the OG bisexual baddie

    by Flo Cornall Kickstart

    Often thought of as wild, uncontained, and a master flouter of all French societal rules — the 17th-century story of Julie D’Aubigny, is generally thought more of as myth than fact. 

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  • Blog Fashion as protest
    22 February 2022

    Fashion as protest

    by Sheona Mountford Kickstart

    The history of protest is incomplete without looking at what people wore. It is how people express what cannot be said, or how they reclaim their identity. Here are a few examples of how fashion has furthered protest throughout history.

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  • Feature Scottish independence explained: Treaty of Union
    28 January 2022

    Scottish independence explained: Treaty of Union

    by Hamish Gray Kickstart

    With a second referendum on Scottish independence on the table, join us as we break down the key issues and historical context of the debate. To start with, we look at where it all began: the Treaty of Union. 

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