The midland revolt erupts into bloody violence at newton

LONG MARSTON, YORKSHIRE 2 JULY 1644

ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROADWATER FARM RIOTS, WE LOOK AT THE DARK HISTORY OF PUBLIC DISORDER IN THE UK

Two views of the same country

Essex: A county bounded by water, flat, marshy and called by some the “graveyard of witches”. Between 1500 and 1800 over 1,000 men, women and children were executed for the crime of witchcraft in the

Many farmers are battling for their future in the face of financial crises and the climate emergency. We ask: who are the pioneers leading the charge for change and what is at stake for the rest of us?

The Swing Riots were the biggest rural uprising Britain has ever seen – and the first hammer blow was struck in a beautiful Kentish valley.