⁦⁦Politics at Sussex⁩ research seminar ends year with wonderful double book launch for 2 books using Mass Observation Archive data on Brexit Britain and COVID-19 pandemic with Ben Jones, Mass Observation⁩ ⁦Emily Robinson⁩ Jonathan Moss ⁦Ian Clarke⁩

📕👉Join us TOMORROW at 2pm (Ashdown AH101) for the launch of 2 books that use evidence from Mass Observation: The politics of feeling in Brexit Britain by Emily Robinson, Jonathan Moss and Jake Watts and Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Pandemic by Nick Clarke.

“Compassionate people up and down the country will be sickened by this performative cruelty designed to generate headlines and stoke fear among people fleeing torture and persecution. This is not who we are as a country.”

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Really pleased to be sharing a book launch with Nick Clarke. What can Mass Observation tell us about living through These Times?

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Come and discuss politics, feeling, Brexit, Covid-19, and Mass Observation with me, Kirsty Pattrick, Jonathan Moss, Emily Robinson, Ben Jones, and Stephen Coleman

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IMPORTANT: as last month's talk was so popular, we're introducing ticketing for this event. It's still free, but please register: tinyurl.com/37nwyc49

The talk will also be repeated Hull History Centre 12.30pm, 21 May. Call 01482 317500 to book.

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Online talk tomorrow evening. I'll be thinking about how we tell local histories of lost places like Ravenser Odd. Thanks to BALH & HistoricTownsTrust for the invitation! Booking & details here: balh.org.uk/event-balh-loc…

Artist announcement! We'll be screening 'From Ravenser Odd' a 2006 video piece by international artist, Stella Capes, as part of 'Imagining Ravenser Odd: art/music/poetry' Humber Street Gallery on 21 May. More announcements to follow.

Free entry: 1st come/1st admitted.

Modernism, gemstones, drowned landscapes, local government reorganisation.… it’s got it all!!

Thanks to all who attended yesterday's talk on Ravenser Odd by Emily Robinson and Kathryn Maude and apologies to those who we couldn't accommodate. The talk will be repeated on Tuesday 21 May at 12.30pm. Please phone 01482 317500 Tues-Thurs to book seats. Hull Maritime Hull Libraries

Today's lunchtime talk is 'Ravenser Odd: Revisiting Hull's Sunken Twin' with Emily Robinson of University of Sussex and Kathryn Maude of The National Archives - 12.30pm, admission free, first come first seated.
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This looks amazing!

Today's ARA Scotland #Archive30 theme is #SoundandVision and our Hull/Ravenser Odd: Twin Cities, Sunken Pasts exhibition highlights contemporary music inspired by the story of Ravenser Odd Hull Maritime Hull Libraries