Music of resistance: First Nations hip-hop
Jack Bennett considers the synthesis of Black and Indigenous culture in a radical musical genre.
No more heroes: microhistory in Brecht’s Mutter Courage
Jack Graveney reads one of Brecht’s most famous plays as a polemic against the cult of historical heroism.
The past and future of mental healthcare in the US
Srilekha Cherukuvada asks what a history of asylums and abuse tells us about what’s needed in the coming years.
The moral censorship of Hollywood
The introduction of the Hays Code in 1934 changed the nature of a once boundary-pushing industry. Isabelle Drury considers its continuing effects.
From the old world, for a new world: the power of Utopia
Sam Radford writes on the legacy of More’s Utopia and the radical fantasies it has inspired.
Who makes history?
Alex Stanton puts forward the case for including historiography in the school history curriculum.
Feminist zines in the fight against Franco
Anusha Persson considers the power of DIY publishing in the construction of 20th-century Spanish feminism.
A new way of remembering: the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Connall Maclennan writes on how Cleve Jones’ memorial sets itself apart from other monuments.
The voice of the children
Nick Batho writes on the power and authority of children’s words and views in anti-racist activism.
Femvertising: an oxymoron
Hannah Ross asks what the history of women in advertising tells us about modern trends.
Whose land down under?
Isabella Hendricks discusses the consequences of the false declaration of terra nullius on Australian land.
The crimes of the magic kingdom
As statues around the world fall, Carlotta Stewen examines the social and political legacy of a different kind of cultural icon.
Folktales: a secret history
George Evans considers the insights folktales and mythology offer historians into the thoughts and fears of common people.
A new sex education
The notorious Section 28 was repealed in 2003 – but 95% of young people still don’t learn about LGBT+ relationships in school. Liam Beattie argues that it’s time for that to change.
Choice, agency and liberation: epidurals in 1970s Britain
Mollie Watkins examines the contested role of labour pain relief in second-wave feminism.
Columbus and the old country
Christopher Columbus has, for decades, been a symbol of Italian-American identity. Rachel Carr looks at how the community today is grappling with his legacy.
Popeye: an American hero
Greg Denholm examines how a pop-culture icon helped legitimise anti-Japanese prejudice during the war in the Pacific.
The Tyrannicides: a love story
Ellen Knight tells the tale of the unconventional icons of early democracy.
What happened to community art?
Siavash Minoukadeh describes how successive governments drove the creation and consumption of art into the control of an elite few.
At the heart of Zamrock
Joseph Callow recalls the golden days of a musical movement that swept the newly-independent Zambian nation.
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