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SUMMARY:In conversation with Billy Bragg
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Histories are delighted to welcome Billy Bragg to open the commemorations of Peterloo 2019. \nSongwriter\, musician and activist Billy Bragg will be in conversation with writer and broadcaster Dave Haslam\, with an introduction from Young Identity\, Manchester’s young spoken word collective. \nAt a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective\, free speech has become a battleground. While authoritarians and algorithms threaten democracy\, we argue over who has the right to speak. In this short and vital polemic\, Billy Bragg argues that to protect ourselves from encroaching tyranny\, we must look beyond this one dimensional notion of what it means to be free and\, by reconnecting liberty to equality and accountability\, restore the individual agency engendered by the three dimensions of freedom. \nThe event will be followed by an audience Q&A and Billy will be signing copies of his new book The Three Dimensions of Freedom. Copies of the book will also be available to purchase\, with support from Blackwell’s University Bookshop.) Bar till 9pm.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/in-conversation-with-billy-bragg/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190608T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190608T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T032515
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SUMMARY:The Peterloo Photograph with Michael Wood and Michala Hulme
DESCRIPTION:Clearing out his parents house after his mother’s death two years ago\, Michael Wood found a box of memorabilia. There were photos\, letters\, postcards\, and books that had belonged to his father\, whose family had lived in Failsworth in Manchester from the 1720s. Among them was a photograph from 1884 showing a group of eleven Peterloo veterans from Failsworth. In 1819\, young men and women\, they had marched with Sam Bamford’s Middleton contingent to St Peters Fields\, carrying a banner which they saved from the troops\, and now proudly displayed for the camera 65 years on. This is thought to be the only surviving image of Peterloo veterans. So who were they? What were their stories? Starting with the photo Michael uncovers a fascinating tale of family history\, local politics and the national story. \nJoin Michael as he discusses the search for Peterloo Descendants\, drawing on Michala Hulme’s research into a photograph of the Failsworth Veterans of Peterloo\, in which 11 men and women are pictured together. \nThere will be a Q&A following the event\, exploring the details behind Michala’s research. \nMichael Wood \nFor thirty years now\, historian and broadcaster Michael Wood has made compelling journeys into the past\, bringing history alive. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history including In Search of the Dark Ages\, Domesday\, and In Search of England and he has now made well over one hundred documentary films. Michael is currently The University of Manchester’s Professor in Public History. \nMichala Hulme \nMichala Hulme is a professional genealogist and social historian at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is based at the Manchester Centre for Public History & Heritage. Michala specialises in the period 1800-1950. She has made over 60 appearances on local radio and has featured on national and regional TV programmes\, such as Channel 4’s Great Canal Journeys\, BBC’s Heir Hunters\, Who Do You Think You Are?\, Channel 4’s Genealogy Roadshow\, Channel 5 News\, BBC News and Granada News.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-peterloo-photograph-with-micheal-wood-and-michala-hulme/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190611T173000
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SUMMARY:Peterloo Now: The Roots of Protest in 2019
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the University of Manchester and The Guardian\, we will be hosting a series of discussions to mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre. Join our panel of speakers\, as they debate whether the root causes of the Peterloo massacre are already playing out in 2019 Britain. \nWhen in 1819 tens of thousands of people gathered to peacefully protest for parliamentary reform\, the response from the wealthy yeomanry was violent: 18 people were killed and over 600 injured. The national media worked in the pockets of the government and led to the founding of the Manchester Guardian to report the truth. \nNow\, we have climate change that needs addressing urgently\, and a government failing to deliver or even agree on Brexit. As protests gather with increasing regularity and in swelling numbers\, and as government continues to fail to discuss anything other than Brexit are the British people going to act on their feelings of under representation? Could these be the roots of a Peterloo in 2019? \nThis event is part of a series called Peterloo Now. Other events in this series: \n\nTuesday 18 June: The gaps in representation\nTuesday 25 June: AI and the fourth industrial revolution\nTuesday 2 July: Is devolution the way to a healthier democracy?\n\nImage: The roots of protest Photograph: Johannes Spahn/EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm \n \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-now-the-roots-of-protect-in-2019/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190613T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190613T183000
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SUMMARY:‘The Violence of Empire Come Home’: Slavery\, Colonialism and Peterloo
DESCRIPTION:A public talk from Dr Shirin Hirsch (Manchester Metropolitan University and People’s History Museum) on the colonial context and implications of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre\, alongside spoken word performances of black voices past and present\, responding to the themes of slavery\, oppression and protest.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-violence-of-empire-come-home-slavery-colonialism-and-peterloo/
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CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Tracy K Smith - Hosted by Jackie Kay
DESCRIPTION:“Poetry isn’t an escape or even a luxury. I’d argue it’s a necessity\, a means of living more deeply with reality.” Tracy K Smith Manchester Literature Festival are delighted to welcome Tracy K Smith to Manchester for a rare UK event. The Poet Laureate of the United States\, Tracy is the author of four poetry collections including Life on Mars\, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize\, and Wade in the Water\, which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. She is also the author of the memoir\, Ordinary Light\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. \nTracy’s work considers the lives of black women through their bodies\, their desires\, their adventures and their experiences. It looks at the cruelty of humanity through verbatim histories of slavery and the separation of a First Nations boy from his family. It asks questions about life\, death\, power and race. Vogue magazine described Tracy’s poetry as ‘an awakening itself’\, while New York Magazine says she ‘Deftly illuminates America’s generational wounds’.For this special MLF event\, Tracy will perform poems from Wade in the Water and her forthcoming book Eternity: Selected Poems\, and discuss her extraordinary work with much loved Manchester-based poet and Scottish Makar\, Jackie Kay.Doors: 6.30pm\, event starts: 7pm \n.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/tracy-k-smith-hosted-by-jackie-kay/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190618T173000
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SUMMARY:Peterloo Now: The Gaps in Representation
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the University of Manchester and the Guardian\, we will be hosting a panel\, including Professor Francesca Gains\, as they discuss representation in politics. \nOn 16 August 1819\, the peaceful protestors at St Peter’s Field had gathered to call for parliamentary reform\, demanding for their views and concerns to be represented in a Parliament that was run exclusively by corrupt and wealthy men. Though the protests and massacre were a pivotal moment in political history\, it was a further century before universal male suffrage was achieved\, and limited rights to vote for women. \nToday\, we are seeing more than ever the effects of a slow-moving mechanism; legislation can take years to pass\, and what we are seeing 200 years on from the Peterloo massacre is a web of laws and a House of politicians that no longer represent the people of Britain. There are huge gaps in representation; politics appears to be a game for white middle-aged men in suits from an elite group of institutions\, a game inaccessible to anyone from different backgrounds. Those who are\, such as Diane Abbott and Jess Phillips\, are subjected to violent threats to their lives and safety on a daily basis. Meanwhile\, the two main parties are in the middle of separate crises: antisemitism in Labour and Islamophobia among the Conservatives. \nHow can we ensure that the voices in politics reflect our society? Is there a way for all to feel as though they are represented in our political system? \nThis event is part of a series called Peterloo Now. Other events in this series: \n\nTuesday 11 June: The roots of protest in 2019\nTuesday 25 June: AI and the fourth industrial revolution\nTuesday 2 July: Is devolution the way to a healthier democracy?\n\nPhotograph: Razvan Chisu/EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-now-the-gaps-in-representations/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190620T173000
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SUMMARY:Greenham Women Everywhere: Intimate Testimonies of the Woman Who Lived at Greenham Common Peace Camp 1981 – 2000
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Mordan\, Scary Little Girls Productions and co-cordinator of the Heritage Lottery project interviewing the Women of Greenham Common peace camp\, explains the work and shares anecdotes from these extraordinary campaigners.  Evening finishes with a Q&A with Rebecca and local Greenham Women who have contributed to the Greenham Women Everywhere project. \nA partnership project between Scary Little Girls Association and The Heroine Collective. Funded by Heritage Lottery South West. Supported by The University of The West of England in Bristol\, Cornwall Council\, Falmouth University\, The Women’s Library at The London School of Economics\, The East End Women’s Museum\, Goldsmiths University of London\, The Hypatia Trust\, The Feminist Library\, the UK Parliament Vote 100 Project and Dreadnought South West. \nImages supplied by Sandie Hicks for Exeter Women for Peace \nFree – booking recommended
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/greenham-women-everywhere-intimate-testimonies-of-the-woman-who-lived-at-greenham-common-peace-camp-1981-2000/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190628T140000
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SUMMARY:Peterloo 1819-2019 - A Talk by Robert Poole
DESCRIPTION:A timely illustrated lecture on the Peterloo massacre of 1819\, with the emphasis on new findings and on connections with the local area. \nRobert Poole Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire\, author of the new book Peterloo: the English Uprising\, co-author of the graphic novel Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre\, and consultant historian to the Peterloo 2019 programme. \nFree – booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-1819-2019-a-talk-by-robert-poole/
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