A huge thank-you to Eliza Bichard for writing this awesome piece on the Tichborne Claimant, a piece of hidden history associated with Upton Country Park in Poole. Check it out, and learn about Andrew Bogle who travelled from Jamaica to Dorset in 19C houseboundhistories.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/upt…

Watch Co-founder Saadia Gardezi talk about our upcoming films with Puffball Pakistan and Spitting Image India #Partition #1947

It was so inspiring to be part of the #Partition event at City Hall tonight. It was an absolute joy chairing this panel with Sarah Ansari & Layla Uddin: reflecting on the joy, hope & strength we stand to gain by learning & moving through histories of empire & partition.

The 75th anniversary of the moment when India, Pakistan and what later became Bangladesh were created out of the former colony is being celebrated in South Asia this weekend trib.al/g3vnKRU

75 years ago, India was declared an independent nation after nearly 200 years of British colonial subjugation. Read Professor Sarah Ansari’s views on how the partition of India happened and its effects today – ow.ly/GK3v50KlVB9 Royal Holloway Royal Holloway History Department The Conversation

Great article ⁦SA⁩ Know Sungeeta ⁦The 1947 Partition Archive⁩, ⁦Sarah Ansari⁩ and Fariha well. All support ⁦Partition Education Group⁩ ⁦Hardeep Matharu⁩ ⁦Binita Kane⁩ The Fight to Teach Partition in the West | The Juggernaut thejuggernaut.com/partition-educ…

We are so proud of everyone for getting involved with #SouthAsianHeritageMonth 2022 and we can't wait for more exciting events and plans for 2023.

⭐ Slough, StoryTrails is now open! ⭐ Experience new realities, learn about the hidden history of your town, and hear local stories in the UK's largest immersive project this weekend! Find out more: bit.ly/3JVgDI7 #StoryTrails #Free #Slough #Event #Immersive

See 👁️‍🗨️, hear 👂 & feel 🖐🏿 stories from the past ⌚ come to life through virtual reality & local voices 👄 StoryTrails Free at Brixton Library 11-12 September Immersive 🌊 storytelling to animate public spaces & start national conversation orlo.uk/9mH50

Guterres: “I have never seen climate carnage on this scale … I simply have no words to describe what I have seen today”. theguardian.com/world/2022/sep…

Remembering Partition @ City Hall - launch of the Remembering Partition walking trail (Westminster edition)!

Heart's aflutter as I share that IDEAS has received a grant from the Royal Historical Society Royal Historical Society to hold a workshop later this year on Pakistan's women constitution-makers. This will be a collective reflection among oral history narrators on these 6 amazing women🩷

A fantastic website - Rethinking Asia: Tea and Tigers - created in just one month this summer by Royal Holloway History Department MA students, in collaboration with students (other ‘curatorial fellows’) based in Taiwan, Japan, Pakistan and India. theheritagelab.in/tea-tigers-nat…

‘Paper Boats’ exhibition opening in November at Rich Mix, and including film ‘Bhashaili’ (Adrift) that tells the story of Pakistani Bengalis living in Karachi richmix.org.uk/events/paper-b…

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