‘Keep off the grass’: subtle ways to exclude poor people from ‘public’ green spaces

A guest blog piece from Gin Warren, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge. Gin attended the Centre for Midlands History and Cultures conference, ‘Landscape and Green Spaces in the Midlands: New Directions in Garden History’ held at Winterbourne House and Gardens in July 2024. ‘Keep off the grass’: subtle ways to exclude poor people from … Continue reading “‘Keep off the grass’: subtle ways to exclude poor people from ‘public’ green spaces”

CMHC and Nineteenth-Century Centre Visiting Speaker Seminar – 27 November

The Friends of the Centre for Midlands History and Cultures in collaboration with the Nineteenth-Century Centre welcomes: Dr Victoria Mills (Birkbeck) “Orchid Jo”: Empire, Satire, and Political Self-Fashioning Narratives of nineteenth-century orchid collecting and their role in constructions of personal and national identity. Wednesday 27 November 5:00-6:30pm In person: Arts Building Room 104, University of … Continue reading “CMHC and Nineteenth-Century Centre Visiting Speaker Seminar – 27 November”