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Between 1783 and 1865, authorities in Charleston, South Carolina released license tags, at a fee, to enslavers to hire out people they had enslaved for profit. While slave-hiring had existed prior to ...

Blackburne House, as a long standing women’s organisation, chose to contribute to the Windrush events in Liverpool 2019 with a documentary film, ‘Daughters Of the Windrush: The Descendants’ Stories’, ...

Dr Kate O'Donoghue explains Queen Anne's relationships with women and how they suggest things were more than just platonic.

To celebrate the Gender Stories exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, we invited DJ, drag artist, and all-around creative Dan Chan to put together a mix for us. Their selection is a celebration of Queer ...

The Lady Lever Art Gallery holds a unique group of key paintings by some of the greatest Victorian painters. As well as works by both the early and later Pre-Raphaelites, there is also a varied ...

Do you consider yourself to be a Scouser or Liverpudlian? I am known as ‘The Scouse Scientist’ so I think that answers your question! What does being Scouse mean to you? I love being a Scouser and ...

Taken from the Maritime Archives & Library information sheet number 50 (please see attached documents for more details and full catalogue or contact The Archives Centre for a copy of the catalogue.): ...

Liverpool studio Psygnosis was behind some of the Sony PlayStation’s most iconic early games. Damon Fairclough was there for their rise - from Wavertree to world domination! A name that no one quite ...

Of the many losses suffered by the Royal and Merchant Navies in the Second World War there is one which stands out for the sheer scale of the loss of life involved. The sinking of the HMT Lancastria ...

We look at how St Sebastian came to be known as a Gay icon from as far back as the late 19th century. Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Bartolomeo di Giovanni, 1496 - 1500 about On the 20th January 287 AD, ...