Mike Leigh: Peterloo protesters would be ‘horrified’ by voter abstention
At the Mediterrane film festival in Malta, the film-maker spoke out against UK citizens ‘seeing justification in not voting’ in the general election
July 2022
A look under the bonnet: why are we still so obsessed with the Regency era?
Whether it’s the new Persuasion adaptation or the counterfactuals of Bridgerton and, er, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, we just can’t seem to shake Jane Austen’s world of dances and drawing rooms
July 2021
Notebook
It’s a pity not everyone can access the memorial to a struggle for equality
Rowan Moore
The stone mound to the Peterloo massacre invites people to step up to say their piece, but overlooks wheelchair users
March 2020
Malcolm Chase obituary
Social historian who was a leading authority on the Chartists
September 2019
Rise like lions: Guardian commissions short film to celebrate the spirit of activism – video
The Guardian has marked 200 years since the Peterloo massacre with a special commission: a visual celebration of the rallying cries from a history of unrest
