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Monthly Archives: June 2021

Windrush 3: Home in a Hostile Environment

By Christer Petley |

The third in a series of three illustrated podcasts about the history of the Windrush migrants – about how Britain became home, and about how it has often also been a hostile environment in which to live and bring up kids.

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Windrush 2: Arrival and Work

By Christer Petley |

The second in a series of three illustrated podcasts about the history of the Windrush migrants – arriving in the imperial ‘mother country’ from British colonies in the Caribbean and looking for work.

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Windrush 1: British Islands

By Christer Petley |

The first in a series of three illustrated podcasts about Caribbean migration to Britain after the Windrush – looking at the deep historic connection between the British Isles and the Caribbean, a connection older than Britain itself.

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Why Humanity Needs Humanities…

By Christer Petley |

A short (2min) video about why Humanities research and education are important: It is a cut-down version of the longer talk that featured in this post and a sort of rough draft of a more polished video that I’m currently working on with colleagues from Digital Learning at the University of Southampton.

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