by Talking Humanities | Dec 19, 2017 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Video: Stray Voices homeless project walk As Christmas approaches and the nights get colder modern Londoners often express sympathy for the city’s homeless population through events like ‘Sleep out London’, and winter coat collections. However, contemporary attitudes...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 31, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
Image: Mihály Munkácsy – Un Vagabond de Nuit , c.1872, (left); Etching by T. Smith, 1816 (right) Peter T A Jones, early career lecturer in urban history at the Institute of Historical Research’s Centre for Metropolitan History, sets out the agenda for the ‘Stray...