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Margaret Bondfield: Trailblazer to the Cabinet

Posted by Pete on 17th Mar 2024

A shopworker from Somerset was radicalised to join a Labour governmentMargaret Bondfield in 1919 "I had no vocation for wifehood or motherhood, but an urge to serve the Union." Margaret ‘Maggie … read more

Camille Desmoulins: The Stormer of the Bastille

Posted by Pete on 2nd Mar 2024

He jumped on a café table and called his fellow Parisians to arms in the name of the 'Third Estate' - the French peopleAbove: H. Jannin - Museum of the French Revolution "I have dreamed of a Repu … read more

J. Robert Oppenheimer: From New Hope to Red Scare

Posted by Pete on 18th Feb 2024

Oppenheimer's star rose and fell with the fortunes of left-wing politics in the US between the 1930s and 50sFellow physicists Einstein and Oppenheimer in around 1950 Today marks 57 years since J. … read more