Katrina Navickas - Podcast Details

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Bureau of Lost Culture Who Owns The Ground Beneath Our Feet? We walk the streets every day — and through parks, across squares and pavements and along beaches, and mountains, over 'The Commons' — without much thought for who really owns them. These apparently public spaces have often been battlegrounds over public rights. From the rural enclosures that fenced off England’s open fields, through the city squares where protesters have clashed with police, to the gated plazas and shopping malls of today — the story of The Commons is the story of who belongs, who is excluded, who can gather, and who makes the rules. In this episode, we’re di...

2025-10-1459 min

Absolute Units Rural Riots, Raves, and Robin Hood (with Katrina Navickas)Throughout modern English history, people have protested against the movements to enclose and limit access to green spaces.Their reasons have varied dramatically – from deadly agricultural protests like the Swing Riots, to 90s raves, and druids campaigning for access to Stonehenge. Yet each moment of resistance gives us new insight into the complex and contested relationships we have with the world around us.In this episode, we continue our conversation with Katrina Navickas (Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire) to explore the modern history of contesting the commons, ahead of the release of Ka...

2025-10-0244 min

Absolute Units A Radical History of the Commons (with Katrina Navickas)"The law locks up the man or woman who steals the goose from off the common / But leaves the greater villain loose: who steals the common from the goose."In this episode, Joe and Ollie speak with Professor Katrina Navickas (University of Hertfordshire) about the history of the commons: the shared resources that communities depended upon for their livelihoods. Learn about the historical processes that encroached upon the commons, and the public resistance to get those resources back.Katrina's next book, Contested Commons: A History of Protest and Public Space in England, is published by...

2025-09-1841 min

Great Lives Ned Ludd mythical leader of the LudditesWe don't even know if Ned Ludd was real, but perhaps that was the point. "You could say he was everyone and no one - and that's what made him so terrifying for the authorities." Leader of the Luddites, who often signed letters and proclamations Ned Ludd, he is shown in one engraving wearing mismatched shoes and a blue polka dot dress, suggesting a world turned upside down. He's been picked by the popular historian Alex von Tunzelmann, and joining her in studio to discuss Ned and the Luddites (and the neo-Luddites too) is Katrina Navickas, historian of protest...

2025-05-2627 min

Absolute Units Schedule Update: Big Sheep, Big DreamsEpisode 4 marked the end of our pilot series, produced by a group of extremely talented students from the University of Reading. Now, we're at the wheel planning future episodes. The tractor wheel of our mind and our dreams.In the meantime: for a shorter bonus adventure, join hosts Dr Ollie Douglas (curator) and Joe Vaughan (social media manager) as they reflect on the podcast to date. We talk about what we've learned, what we've loved, and what we're looking forward to for the future. Plus, follow us down some random tangents like the US-UK trade deal, our...

2025-05-2221 min

History Extra podcast The Luddites: everything you wanted to knowThe Luddites are best remembered for smashing up machinery during the Industrial Revolution. But what did these 19th-century activists actually want from their destructive actions? How did the government use undercover spies to undermine their attempts at civil unrest? And why was the Luddites’ folkloric founder, Nedd Ludd, most memorably depicted wearing a polka-dot dress? Speaking to Emily Briffett, Professor Katrina Navickas answers listener questions on the rise and fall of the movement made up by textile workers whose livelihoods faced increasing threat from the innovations of the Industrial Revolution. Learn more about your ad ch...

2023-06-2548 min $Dan Snow\'s History Hit$

Dan Snow's History Hit The EnclosuresThe enclosure of the commons was a centuries-long process. Gradually, through a combination of legal degrees and private acts, the land across Britain moved from a system of open field system to larger, enclosed farms. This was a transformative political, social and agricultural shift – that is still the source of much debate by historians. Joining Dan for this episode of the podcast is Dr Katrina Navickas who has studied protest and collective action, especially in relation to contested spaces and places in Britain from the 18th century through to today. They discuss how and why enclosure too...

2022-04-0129 min

Architectural History Architecture and ProtestIn this episode we discussed the role played by architecture and the built environment in relation to political protest movements. Whether at the Battle of Cable Street, Chartist demonstrations in the 19th century, protests against racist police violence in the 1980s or Extinction Rebellion, protests always take place in specific architectural environments that shape and determine the course of political action, however, we often underestimate the agency of these protest movements in shaping the built environment through their actions. Contributors: Adam Elliott-Cooper is a researcher based at the University of Greenwich, who works on histories o...

2021-11-101h 01

Start Your Day With A Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook.The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain by Melvyn BraggPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/543957to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain Author: Melvyn Bragg Narrator: Joan Bakewell, Maxine Peake, Simon Armitage, Full Cast, Judi Dench, Melvyn Bragg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 7, 2021 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Melvyn Bragg explores the pivotal role of England's north in defining modern Britain, and its enduring effect on every part of the globe 'It's impossible not to admire the thrust and sweep of this series' The Telegraph In this captivating 10-part series, Melvyn Bragg brings all his...

2021-10-075h 54 $A People\'s History with John McDonnell$

A People's History with John McDonnell Episode 3 - The ChartistsThe Chartist movement of the 1830s and 1840s was the first mass movement driven by Britain’s working classes. But how and why did the movement arise? What was society really like for working people at the time? And what were the lasting impacts and implications of the Chartists’ struggle?Explore this fascinating area of our history with John McDonnell and three expert historians: Emma Griffin, Katrina Navickas and Rob Sewell.Emma Griffin is a Professor of Modern British History at the UEA. She is the author of several books, editor of the Historical Journal, President of th...

2021-09-191h 04

Get Lost In A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Ground-Breaking.The Grand Tour: A Journey Through British Politics: 300 Years of British Socialism, Conservatism and Liberalism by Anne McelvoyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447049to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grand Tour: A Journey Through British Politics: 300 Years of British Socialism, Conservatism and Liberalism Author: Anne Mcelvoy Narrator: Anne Mcelvoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 14, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Anne McElvoy presents this epic history of Britain's three biggest political movements, from their beginnings to the present day In these absorbing series, veteran journalist and current affairs commentator Anne McElvoy examines the origins and evolution of the three pre-eminent political movements in British history. Using interviews, readings and fascinating anecdotes, she guides us through 300...

2021-01-146h 52

Access Essential Full Audiobooks in History, World The Grand Tour: A Journey Through British Politics: 300 Years of British Socialism, Conservatism and Liberalism by Anne McelvoyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447049to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grand Tour: A Journey Through British Politics: 300 Years of British Socialism, Conservatism and Liberalism Author: Anne Mcelvoy Narrator: Anne Mcelvoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 14, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Anne McElvoy presents this epic history of Britain's three biggest political movements, from their beginnings to the present day In these absorbing series, veteran journalist and current affairs commentator Anne McElvoy examines the origins and evolution of the three pre-eminent political movements in British history. Using interviews, readings and fascinating anecdotes, she guides us through 300...

2021-01-146h 52

The Matter of the North The Radical NorthMelvyn explores the radical movements that sprang from the North - Chartism, the campaign for women's votes, anti-slavery protests, the birth of the Labour Party. The programme begins outside Manchester's Midland Hotel where Mr Rolls met Mr Royce. It's also near the site of the Peterloo Massacre - one of the defining moments in British social history. People had gathered here in their thousands from the city and surrounding towns and villages - protesting for parliamentary reform. fifteen were slain and hundreds wounded by charging cavalry troops. Melvyn visits what one contributor Dr Robert Poole describes as Democracy Wall...

2016-09-0727 min