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Food

School Meals Stories

Whether loved or loathed, school meals have been a fixture of British childhood for generations. Heather Ellis and Isabelle Carter discuss what the history of school meals can tell us about broader social and cultural change.

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Cover of Issue 97 of History Workshop Journal. The hand drawn image shows men, women and children unloading fish from a boat into baskets.

HWJ 97

Read the latest issue – a special feature on Sri Lanka + articles on food markets & the adventure playground movement.

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Refugees

This Virtual Special Issue curates History Workshop’s contribution to refugee studies - with a new introduction and 20 articles, free access for six months.

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Reimagining Disability

How can we reimagine disability as more than just a medical identity? This series explores disabled people’s history in relation to social, political, cultural, and economic agency.

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Radical Objects

Whether letters, food or ephemera, material objects have acted as radical agents in history. Here, historians, archivists and activists unpack stories of solidarity and everyday lives.