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Birmingham Heritage Week: Creative Writing Workshop
We are delighted to be participating in this year's Birmingham Heritage Week. Join Birmingham historical novelist and biographer, Fiona Joseph, for a hands-on Creative Writing session around the theme of how Birmingham’s people…
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Inside the Golden Box
Above the 4th Floor of the Library of Birmingham is a golden ceiling. Above the ceiling is where the secrets are hidden, where the stories wait to be told. The golden box, visible…
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Using the vote
In the current political climate, the default answer of people when asked if they are political seems to be that they are generally bewildered or disillusioned with politics. When so many people seem…
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Creating (and defending) Civic Space
One of the motives behind developing Represent was our desire to probe into what the extension of the franchise really meant to people in Birmingham a century ago and to consider what we…
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Reflections on the history of ordinary lives
Our Project Evaluator, Moya Lloyd, has been reflecting on some of our work with a group of elders at Edgbaston Community Centre. Through learning about the life stories of participants through their sharing,…
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‘A Watching Brief’ – Women’s role after the Representation of the People Act
Archives give us opportunities to get really close to the thoughts and ideas of people who lived before us. Project Researcher Nikki Thorpe has been exploring the work of the Birmingham Women's Suffrage…
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Post WW1 Housing around Edgbaston Community Centre
Liz Palmer writes about her research into historic housing developments in Edgbaston and her work with members of Edgbaston Community Centre.
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Analogue design in an age of digital
We were absolutely thrilled when Graphic Designer Kerry Leslie agreed to join the Represent Team to help us develop the design work for this project. Kerry has produced bold, eye-catching and distinctive branding…
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Project Launch to mark a Centenary of Women’s Suffrage
The People's Heritage Co-operative gathered with supporters and partners in The Wolfson Centre at the Library of Birmingham on 15th December to formally launch our new project, 'Represent'. It was also an opportunity…
