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On the lookout for Artists
The People’s Heritage Co-operative and our community partners are seeking Artists to support their community heritage project, ‘Represent’.
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Politics, Power and People: Creative Writing Workshop
Join Birmingham historical novelist and biographer, Fiona Jospeh, for a hands-on Creative Writing session around how theme of how Birmingham's people gained and used the vote from 1918 onwards.
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Campaigner, Reporter, Broadcaster – the life of Mrs. Carol Ring
Many individuals who were active in the campaign for women to gain the vote were incredibly dynamic women who were pioneers in a variety of fields. Historian Alison Smith has traced one such…
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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…
