Radical Tea Towel UK Blog

Today is the anniversary of the Merthyr Rising in South Wales, an all too familiar story of an oppressed people who’d simply had enough. Merthyr Tydfil by French artist Alphonse Dousseau (between 1 … read more

Thirty years ago today the Berlin Wall was opened at last, crowning a rich history of radical dissent in the Eastern Bloc. Great radical acts and characters often end up having a curious afterlife. … read more

The story of the youngest ever elected female MP and her non-violent (minus 1 slap) fight for equality in Northern Ireland. There’s a woman, turning 72 today, who one Irishman recently summed up … read more

Get new post updates here It was 99 years ago today that Rosa Luxemburg died in Berlin. 89 years ago today, Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The first was a secular Jewi … read more

Get new post updates here Last autumn, I decided we needed to make a Radical Tea Towel video. So I had a conversation with my childhood friend, Lewis Reynolds, a writer and director. Du … read more