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Poetry Cafe Eastbourne @ Towner – “A Better Life For All”

POETRY CAFE EASTBOURNE @ TOWNER – 04.07.25. What a treat this event was, the second time…

Trade Union Mural Panels to be exhibited in Eastbourne

If you’ve been following the radical history of Eastbourne then you will know about the…

People

Mary Ann Gilbert (1776-1845)

Mary Ann Gilbert was born into the wealthy and prominent Gilbert family in 1776. At the age of 6 she…

Paul Robeson (1898-1976)

Paul Robeson, the legendary black American socialist, singer and film star Paul Robeson performed in…

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

Who was Friedrich Engels? Among other things, Friedrich Engels was one of the most remarkable…

Places

Engels and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Eastbourne’s Radical History Tour

If you have just alighted the train to begin this walk, then welcome to Eastbourne. This town was…

The Mackintosh Rebellion

It was a long hot summer in 1929 and there was a late heatwave. The 1920s saw the seaside opening up…

Eastbourne International Workers’ Mural

See also:- 1) an article on Engels in Eastbourne website, Brighton University: “The…
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