In January 2021 the UK Government made an unprecedented offer for Hong Kongers to migrate to the UK: the Hong Kong BNO visa. Michaela Benson unpacks how the BNO visa has contributed to redrawing humanitarian migration policy after Brexit. historyworkshop.org.uk/migration/brit…

"Looking up close at the visa, locating it in longer histories of race & migration in Britain, reveals what lies beneath the veneer of ‘generosity’." Michaela Benson on the political impulse behind the granting of the 2021 Hong Kong BN(O) visa. historyworkshop.org.uk/migration/brit…

Pleased to share my latest piece on the Hong Kong BN(O) visa, published by History Workshop. It is part of the Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit research exploring of coloniality, racial capitalism and the post-Brexit migration and asylum regime 1/ historyworkshop.org.uk/migration/brit…

August 30th is the most popular day to get married in the UK. Rebecca Mason (Rebecca Mason) discusses the history of female name changing on marriage in Britain, arguing that reference to tradition is not necessarily rooted in history. From the archive: historyworkshop.org.uk/womens-history…

OTD in 1961, the First Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement began. Swapna Kona Nayudu (Swapna Kona Nayudu) on the shifting meanings of non-alignment - and the need for a radical re-engagement with its manifesto. historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decolon…

OTD in 1894 J. Lyons & Co. opened its first famous teashop in Piccadilly. Read Grace Whorrall-Campbell's (Grace Wh-C) discussion of the iconic Lyon's waitress known as 'the Nippy'. historyworkshop.org.uk/womens-history…

The first week of September sees children across the world returning to school for a new term 🍎📝 From the HW archive Sneha Krishnan (@Snehak20) discusses the radical history of a colonial schoolboy's report card. historyworkshop.org.uk/education/radi…

When and how do sports boycotts work? As this summer of Olympic and Paralympic Games draws to a close, Malcolm MacLean (Malcolm MacLean) reflects on the international history of boycotting these sporting mega-events. historyworkshop.org.uk/sport/boycotti…

“The anti-apartheid campaign suggests that sports boycotts gain legitimacy and therefore solidarity & support when they align with an indigenous, liberation movement-linked, call.” Read Malcolm MacLean on the role & impact of the boycott in Olympic history🏅 historyworkshop.org.uk/sport/boycotti…

all too often we hear - sports (and other cultural boycotts) don't work... but it's not that simple; thanks History Workshop for the space

Olympic boycotts: Malcolm MacLean explores sporting boycotts as acts of statecraft and boycotts as statements of solidarity History Workshop historyworkshop.org.uk/sport/boycotti…

OTD 1797, British writer, philosopher and women's rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft died following complications from childbirth. A throwback to Dr Vic Clarke article on the questionable sculpture 'for' Mary Wollstonecroft in Newington Green historyworkshop.org.uk/feminism/of-or…