What we’re about
Welcome to the London History cafe!
This is a group for people who love history and love talking about it with others.
The format is simple: each event will have a topic (e.g the bombing of London in ww2) and some light reading/listening/watching materials (e.g a podcast episode, a chapter from a book…)
We’ll me up in a quiet pub and participants will have a chance to express what they find interesting about the topic, leading a Freeform discussion.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- History Cafe #7 - British Union of FascistsThe White Swan, London
Hi all!
Following our last session on the Unification of Italy, we'll proceed to inspect the local fascist scene in 20s and 30s Britain.
Some questions:
- Why did the movement fail (eventually) in Britain?
- Initially, the BUF was quite popular before becoming too overtly violent. Can we imagine a milder or more subtle version of it taking off?
- Connections to our times (not pointing fingers at anyone).
Sources:
4 episodes on the topic from of The Rest Is History
Please share more sources!P.S. if people are up for it we could take a walk (15 minutes) to the Cable Street mural at the end of the event.
P.S. 2 I got some complaints from the White Swan's manager, please make sure to buy some food or drink at the event so we can keep using the private room for free.
