Gambling, landowners, the French Revolution, Victorian gender roles, the 'Scramble for Africa', suffragettes burning down pavilions, fascist cricketers, colonialism, Marxist cricketers, West Indian independence, the boycott of South Africa, and the all-rounder who helped bring racial discrimination law to the UK. Tom Williams (of the New Socialist) and Hazel Potter join us to look at the significant part cricket has played in shaping England, its myths, and the class system; in the establishment and maintenance of British colonies; and in struggles for liberation.
Plus, the TUC's furlough proposals.
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1909 Conservative "Demon Bowler" election poster
The tree that grew inside the cricket field at Kent's Canterbury ground
Adams and Eves at the Eden Gardens: Women Cricket Spectators and the Conflict of Feminine Subjectivity in Calcutta, 1920–1970 - Souvik Naha (2012)
History of Cricket | 1957 - 58 - England women in the Antipodes - Gotta have Faith
Faith Thomas is the Aussie legend you haven't heard of - Sidharth Monga (2019)
Australia, Explained | Crikey! Cricket & Colonialism
Cricket, caste, community, colonialism: the politics of a great game - Ramachandra Guha (1997)
Fast but black: the Krom Hendricks story - Martin Williamson (2011)
England bowler Ollie Robinson suspended for eight matches for past racist and sexist tweets
The latest on the Azeem Rafiq affair
Beyond A Boundary - CLR James (1960)
Fire In Babylon (2010) dir. Stevan Riley
Michael Holding on Racism (1)
Michael Holding on Racism (2)
Why We Kneel, How We Rise - Michael Holding (2021)
Scorecard for Gloucestershire v Australians 1930
Footage of Learie Constantine in action
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963
TUC - Daughter of Furlough
The TUC’s short-time working scheme has the potential to deliver bold, necessary change - Adam Peggs (2021)
Englishness and Blackness: Cricket as Discourse on Colonialism - Manthia Diawara (2010)
Oborne & Heller on Cricket podcast
Anyone But England - Mike Marqusee (2016)
War Minus The Shooting - Mike Marqusee (1997)
