Radical History Blog

John Clare is now one of England's best-loved poets, but for a long time he was almost entirely forgotten The literary canon has always had its gaps and prejudices.

How the people of France captured a Parisian prison and brought down the French monarchy once said that a riot is the language of the unheard. For centuries before 1789, politics in the Kingdom of France concerned itself with kings and noblemen.

The long and bitter fight for a universal healthcare system in the UKThe NHS was launched today in 1948.

“When we have undermined English misgovernment we have paved the way for Ireland to take her place amongst the nations of the earth.” - Charles Stewart Parnell The of 1916 didn’t come out of nowhere.

The story of how a tennis court became one of the most important sites in radical history... You might expect revolutions to start out in factories, shipyards, or prisons – not luxury tennis courts.

How Esmond Romilly went from being a posh Wellington schoolboy to a fierce anti-fascist... The British aristocracy has produced a number of over the years, but few so deeply committed to the cause as Esmond Romilly.

Our writer, Tom, explores the legacy of Audre Lorde's intersectional feminism... If you’ve been on our website recently, you might have noticed a bunch of . Yep, that’s right: we’ve already released eleven new designs this year alone.

The story of how Cuban revolutionaries fought off the Spanish Empire... “In what patria can a man take greater pride than in our long-suffering republics of America?” - José Martí In 1808, Napoleon invaded Spain and overthrew its king.

The story of how student protests led France to the brink of full-scale revolution... Students of radical history always end up at the same question: why is it always Paris?

“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause?” Time and again, students have led the fight against oppression and totalitarianism.