Posts by Vicky Iglikowski-Broad Records and researchDancing With Love: A dance project inspired by letters of love, loss and longingMonday 27 July 2020It is striking how most of the themes and emotions, from heartache to love...Records and researchArchives and agency: Sex work and the stateWednesday 22 July 2020Within the records of government, sex workers lack agency. As with most of our...Records and researchReclaiming the records: Sex work and the stateThursday 16 July 2020The state has had a long, complex and largely negative relationship with sex workers...Records and researchThe birds and the bees: Sex education in the early 20th centuryThursday 11 June 2020In 1914 a very concerned father sent a letter to the school teaching his...Records and researchFifty years since the 1970 Equal Pay ActFriday 29 May 2020Today marks 50 years since the 1970 Equal Pay Act received royal assent –...Archives and archivistsFighting a great fight: Women workers at Ford DagenhamWednesday 22 April 2020The action began on 7 June 1968, when 187 women walked out of Ford’s...Records and research‘No vote, no census’: The 1911 suffrage census protestsThursday 2 April 2020On the night of 2 April 1911 census enumerators were collecting the details of...Records and researchBillie’s Club: Queer club culture in 1930s LondonTuesday 25 February 2020Billie’s Club, run by club proprietor Billie Joyce, was located on 6 Little Denmark...Records and researchOut of the Archives: Classified adverts at the Royal Vauxhall TavernWednesday 12 February 2020On the 23rd November 2019, The National Archives and Bishopsgate Institute took over the Royal...Records and researchThe Shim Sham Club: ‘London’s miniature Harlem’Wednesday 5 February 2020Queer club culture in the 1930s was vibrant and varied, especially in the growing...Records and researchReform: Violence and the struggle for suffrageThursday 23 January 2020The campaign for women’s suffrage is often characterised by its militant factions and leaders...Records and researchErnie and Geof: Love between menWednesday 20 November 2019In November 1920 the youthful Ernest [Ernie] Smyth was arrested. At 22 years old... « 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 »