Some peasants felt that such a young king could be pressurised into making changes that would improve their lives. The trigger for the revolt came in May 1381. A tax collector arrived in Fobbing ...

The Peasants’ Revolt, which engulfed eastern England in June 1381, was far from unique. The French Jacquerie of 1358, the Parisian revolution of the same year, the rising of the Ciompi in industrial ...

In 1381, peasants rebelled against King Richard II. They were angry about a range of issues, such as low wages, and demanded change.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said grooming gang perpetrators are "peasants" from "sub-communities" in other countries. She has now met survivors after revealing last week she had not met ...

Referring to grooming gang perpetrators, who are overwhelmingly of Pakistani heritage in prosecution data, Badenoch said: “Here is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one country, ...

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of Islamophobia after blaming “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis. The Conservative leader made the comments ...

Norman Gregory is an institution within an institution. He’s been working at the historic Smithfield wholesale meat market in ...

Happy as Lazzaro is a Marxist allegory that lays bare mechanisms of exploitation, highlighting the dehumanising effects of capitalism through its innocent protagonist. The EPW produces independent and ...

Mrs Badenoch said cultural issues surrounding the problem also needed to be examined. “One is on the perpetrators’ side: where do these abusers come from? There’s a lot of misinformation ...

Kemi Badenoch has defended her comments blaming “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis. The Conservative leader faced criticism for her words ...