Marcus Belben – People's Heritage Co-operative

Boy looses cleaver cartoon

Marcus Belben 28 November, 202328 November, 2023 Bertha Ryland, Birmingham Women's Suffrage Society, Suffrage, Suffragettes

Hear Here Bertha Ryland

Birmingham suffragette Bertha Ryland inspired women taking part in Hear Here Her story. Born in Edgbaston in 1882, a stone’s

Amazing detail in the tactile cloak

Hear Here Report

Marcus Belben 27 November, 202327 November, 2023 Birmingham Women's Suffrage Society, Hear Here, Library of Birmingham, Women's History, Women's History Birmingham, Women's suffrage

16 Days uncloaking violence against women

Violence against women stops us all being free and living the lives we choose. We began 16 days of activism

Malala Yousafzai By 内閣官房内閣広報室 - kantei.go.jp – ユスフザイ女史による表敬及び共同記者発表, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104706553

Hear Here Report

Marcus Belben 22 November, 202322 November, 2023

Hear Hear Malala Yousafzai

‘Proud Brummie’ Malala Yousafzai inspires women whose stories, through Hear Here Her story, will be contributed to our Archives within

Ida B Wells portrait

Hear Here Report

Marcus Belben 21 November, 202321 November, 2023 Civil rights, Hear Here Her Story, Ida Wells, Library of Birmingham, Suffrage, Suffragist

Hear Here, Ida B Wells

For Hear Here Her Story we were inspired by Ida B Wells. At the unveiling of her blue plaque at

The Pageant of Birmingham 1938

Hear Here Report

Marcus Belben 20 November, 202320 November, 2023 Birmingham Archives, Cloak of Power, Hear Here, Library of Birmingham, Ophelia, Shakespeare

A ‘Cloak of Power’ for Ophelia

During Hear Here workshops this year we explored representations of Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in The Shakespeare Memorial Library. We

Hear Here Her Story Post 25th November event

Marcus Belben 15 November, 202319 November, 2023 Birmingham Archives, Hear Here, Library of Birmingham, Women's History

Hear Here Her Story

Come and join us to celebrate women and their stories 2 to 4pm on Saturday 25th November 2023 Hear Here

Mrs. McGhie-Belgrave MBE talks to children at Corpus Christi RC Primary School

Report Windrush

Marcus Belben 14 September, 202314 September, 2023 Corpus Christi Primary, Mrs. McGhie-Belgrave, Stechford, Stechford Primary, Windrush 75

Windrush Day and Black Birmingham History

“Black History doesn’t just happen on ‘Windrush Day’ or in ‘Black History Month’, so why’s it important we mark it?”

Chatting about Windrush in Handsworth Library

Hear Here Records at Risk Report Windrush

Marcus Belben 31 August, 20231 September, 2023 Birmingham Archives, Friction, Library of Birmingham, Shades of Black, The National Archives

Saving stories to share stories at risk

Our recent work with Friction and the Library of Birmingham has been underpinned by Archives – exploring, documenting and creating

John Russell with MP Tahir Ali at York supplies for the launch of York Supplies Community Cooperative

Marcus Belben 19 August, 202319 August, 2023 Anglers Rest, Bamford, Kings Heath, York Supplies

Investing in the future York Supplies

It’s great to be a part of a new Cooperative in Kings Heath – York Supplies Community Cooperative, and now’s

Marcus Belben 23 June, 202323 June, 2023 Handsworth, Handsworth Library, Shades of Black, Windrush 75

Meeting Windrush in Handsworth

24th June 11am Handsworth Library with Mrs. McGhie-Belgrave MBE From Paradise to Reality

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