I think that everyone, from whatever political perspective, will agree that the events of Saturday night in Clapham were regrettable. The image broadcast to the world was of a large gathering of women protesting male violence and mourning the death of a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. For this vigil… Continue Reading →

Even a cursory engagement with British history would be enough to remind us that we are a fairly rebellious people when we are told what we should or shouldn’t do. There is a proud tradition of standing up for our ‘rights’ even if, for the most part, those rights are nowhere defined in a written… Continue Reading →

Today it is the turn of Sabrina, another of our wonderful bunch of History undergraduates at Northampton, to share her experiences of the Black Lives Matter movement and why she was inspired to get involved.  Growing up I was surrounded by racist comments, which living in such a culturally diverse place that was Bradford confused… Continue Reading →

This killing of George Floyd has inspired several of our History students to write blog posts, this one is from Monique, one of our current second years.  My heart aches for my people, we have been through a lot. There is so much trauma, so many things we need to unlearn that the oppressor has… Continue Reading →