Hackney events of interest

 

Hackney Museum has some free talks of interesting coming up, including:

• Samplers and Schoolgirls: Hackney’s Female Academies in the 17th Century
  Thursday 27 March, 2025 6.30-7.45pm
  
  
• Summer of protest: Bengali anti-racist movement in 1978
  Thursday 24 April, 2025 6.30-7.45pm
  
  
• Battlefield Hackney: The 43 Group & Their Fight Against Britain’s Fascists 1946-1950
  Thursday 8 May, 2025 6.30-7.45pm

More information and booking details here. 

Hackney History Festival returns after its 2024 debut:

Lots of events over several venues and dates, but mainly the weekend of 10th-11th May.

It features wide range of talks (and some walks) stretching from the French revolution, the Angry Brigade, bent coppers in Stoke Newington, radical women and a couple of sessions on gentrification – and a lot more.

At the time of writing the https://hackneyhistoryfestival.org/ website is down, but the ticket site is up at - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hackneyhistoryfestival?

Radical Abney Park 

If you prefer to experience radical history amongst the dead, Abney Park’s Radical Writers festival might be more up your street.

This is a less condensed affair, with dates beginning March 2025 and stretching throughout the year.

There is an understandable focus on radicals buried in Abney Park Cemetery including Isaac Watts, Margaret Graham and James ‘Bronterre’ O’Brien. But also appearances from Iain Sinclair and Diane Abbott and events themed around living through the apocalypse and gentrification once again.

Info here https://abneypark.org/radicalwriters