Glimpse the watery but never wet film “Flush it”
150 years after London’s great stink comes Flush it, a film which investigates toilet history and proposes serious development in water provision for the developing world. Last year’s anniversary of...
View ArticleLondon Behind the Scenes
Transporting you through time from the creation of the docks to the present day, the Docks and Dockers tour tells the truth about trade and the changing nature of production. This is a preview of the...
View ArticleLondon Behind the Scenes: Brick Lane
This alternative tour of Brick Lane and the Whitechapel area transports you through time and examines the changing attitudes and ideas about race and the impact of immigration over the centuries. This...
View ArticleMaking History: Thomas Paine
On the 200th anniversary of his death, this programme examines the role and legacy of Thomas Paine, founding father of the American Revolution. Born in Norfolk, the son of a Quaker corset maker, Paine...
View ArticleAusterity: Don’t re-invent the Blitz
Austerity now trips off the lips of every politician. They tell us cut backs and tightening our belts are the order of the day. The Imperial War Museum even provides ten top tips from the Blitz for...
View ArticleHidden London: The Real Battle of Cable Street
The magnificent mural in Cable Street in East London, depicts the 1936 battle of Cable Street, when East end residents stopped Oswald Mosley and his fascist followers marching through their streets. In...
View ArticleThe Suffragettes: Where is Sylvia?
Sylvia Pankhurst fought for the right to vote with a capital “V”. She believed in social transformation and supported the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Statues of her mother Emmeline Pankhurst and a...
View ArticleMade by Migrants: Brunel
Rows over immigration which blame migrants for everything from lack of services to housing shortages fail to consider the role that migrants have played in fighting for more for everyone and creating...
View ArticleIlluminating the Middle Ages
Historically, our understanding of the Middle Ages has tended to be coloured by the ‘Dark Age’ label, which casts this as a time of cultural famine and stagnation in contrast to the Renaissance and our...
View ArticleMaking History: John Wilkes Forgotten Hero
John Wilkes maybe little known today but the battles he fought in the 18th century laid the basis for press freedom in Britain and beyond. In this intriguing report we learn of his debauched antics in...
View ArticleMost inspiring contributor
WORLDbytes programmes have benefited from numerous inspirational contributors with an acute understanding of the world. We are very grateful for their highly informed contributions. The winner of the...
View ArticleAlternative lectures: What is Humanism? (Part 1)
Professor of Sociology Frank Furedi answers the question ‘What is Humanism?’ in this short lecture filmed in the WORLDbytes studio. Whilst humanist ideas have been around for a long time, he observes,...
View ArticleCLR James Interview –‘You never know when it’s going to explode’
To mark the launch of WORLDwrite and WORLDbytes multi-media project on the life and works of CLR James at the Kia Oval on 23rd November, an article based on an interview of CLR James by John...
View ArticleConference-The Life & Legacy of CLR James Session 1
This first session of the CLR James Legacy project conference introduced by Andrea Enisuoh sees CLR James’ former partner, author and activist Selma James provide fascinating insights into one of CLR...
View ArticleAfrican-Americans & Guns: An Illustrated lecture
In this fascinating illustrated short, we learn from Dr Kevin Yuill, lecturer in American history that gun controls evolved in America to ‘keep the black finger off the trigger’. Dr Yuill brings us...
View ArticleCLR James: A film to be made
During his first six years in London, Trinidad born revolutionary, CLR James accomplished more than most could conceive of in a life-time. In this short introduction to a film to be made, we get a...
View ArticleDo you know who CLR James is?
Hackney council in East London honoured CLR James by naming a Library after him. We headed to Dalston, outside the CLR James Library to find out if local people in fact knew anything about him. “Have...
View ArticleTruth, the Whole Truth & Revolution-making in the Black Jacobins
In this fascinating opening session of The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference in Liverpool, Robert Hill takes us through the changes James makes to editions of his celebrated...
View ArticleEvery Cook Can Govern: The life, works & impact of C.L.R. James
This is the short trailer for the new film, Every Cook Can Govern: The life works & impact of C.L.R. James. The full film interweaves never-before-seen footage of C.L.R. James himself with personal...
View ArticleHistory Matters: The Easter Rising 1916 to 2016
History Matters is a new series interrogating current perspectives on the past. Our first episode is an Easter special. WORLDbytes volunteers are joined by Kevin Rooney and James Heartfield,...
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