Lydia Hasan reviews the Manchester Histories Festival event, City Speaks.
Planes, trains and automobiles
For centuries, the ship and the stallion competed to be the dominant mode of transport. Katherine Almond look at the evolution of travel and how technological advancement helped open up new tourist trades.
Scandal! The extended history of the tabloid
A petition calling for the Daily Mail to stop sexualising children with their language has garnered massive popular support. Megan Dina Garlick explores the roots of the tabloid.
Benefits Street: the demonisation of the working class
Already one of the most talked about pieces of television in recent years, Benefits Street has been accused of demonising the working classes. Ben Beach explores the history of working class derision, from the petty punishments of the middle ages to the slums of the industrial revolution and beyond.
The rise and fall of the British coal industry
The annual price hike from energy companies has just been announced to widespread outrage. James Eatwell and Michael Cass return to the golden age of British energy and chart the rise and subsequent fall of our domestic coal industry.