Hometown Boring?
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<p>Unearthing hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK, Anouska’s on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring and sprinkles some history-hun-facts along the way!! x</p>
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February 15, 2024
6. MILTON KEYNES: Worth Raving About
<p>This episode contains references to drug use.</p><p>Raves, drugs, and a youth culture revolution. In Milton Keynes? </p><p>Anouska’s hometown of Milton Keynes (or MK to the locals x) isn’t known for being particularly cool… But in the nineties and the noughties it was home to a warehouse venue at the centre of UK club culture. From 1992-2004 the Sanctuary Music Arena hosted events that welcomed thousands of ravers every week.</p><p>What happened when house music and MDMA collided to create UK rave culture in this era? And as someone who has constantly been told that the only exciting thing about Milton Keynes is its roundabouts, will this piece of rave history make Anouska more proud of her hometown?</p><p>For the last episode in this series, join History Hun (Anouska Lewis) on her homecoming trip to Milton Keynes as she speaks to locals at the site of The Sanctuary Music Arena (now a blue and yellow furniture shop), chats to Happy Hardcore DJ Billy Daniel Bunter about his memories there, and visits a local Drum and Bass venue that hosts Sanctuary reunion raves.</p><p>History Hun is on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring. Because everywhere has a history and history’s never boring!!</p><p>She’s spotlighting hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK and supplying you with a few history-hun-facts along the way x</p><p>Hometown Boring? is a Mags Creative production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab Written, produced and presented by Anouska Lewis Senior Producer – Ryan Nile Editors – Kit Milsom and Sarah Myles Executive Producers – James Norman Fyfe and Kit Milsom Theme Music and Sound Design – Kit Milsom Artwork – Ellie Walmsley Additional support – Amanda Birbara Commissioning Editor – Khaliq Meer</p>
February 15, 2024
5. PLYMOUTH: Life of “The Devonshire Wonder”
<p>LGBTQIA+ history doesn’t just exist in London, Manchester and Brighton. It’s everywhere! Including Plymouth!</p><p>The I in LGBTQIA+ stands for intersex – those born with variations in their sex characteristics. And unfortunately, their history has often focused on their medical records rather than their lives. But this episode celebrates the ordinary everyday moments within Intersex History through one person’s story.</p><p>Mark Weston was born in Plymouth in 1905. Raised as a girl, he discovered he had variations in his sex characteristics in the 1930s and decided to undergo surgery and change his name to Mark. His small local community consistently supported him, and he settled down with his wife a few streets away from his childhood home. </p><p>As already somewhat of a local sporting celebrity known as “the Devonshire Wonder”, how did the newspapers react to his change of identity? And what’s the wider context of twentieth-century Intersex History in Britain? </p><p>Join History Hun (Anouska Lewis) on her trip to Plymouth as she delves into the local archives to explore Mark Weston’s story, is taken on a LGBTQIA+ heritage walking tour of the city, and discusses Mark’s life with intersex people today.</p><p>History Hun is on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring. Because everywhere has a history and history’s never boring!!</p><p>She’s spotlighting hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK and supplying you with a few history-hun-facts along the way x</p><p>Hometown Boring? is a Mags Creative production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab Written, produced and presented by Anouska Lewis Senior Producer – Ryan Nile Editors – Kit Milsom, Ryan Nile and Sarah Myles Executive Producers – James Norman Fyfe and Kit Milsom Script Consultant – Anick Soni Theme Music and Sound Design – Kit Milsom Artwork – Ellie Walmsley Additional support – Amanda Birbara Commissioning Editor – Khaliq Meer</p>
February 15, 2024
4. SLOUGH: South Asian Women on Strike
<p>Standing up for yourself is difficult. It’s even more difficult if people assume that you ‘won’t make a fuss’. From 1979 to 1980, the mostly South Asian and female workforce of a bubble gum factory in Slough stood up for themselves in the face of unfairness. The strike at the Chix Confectionery Company confronted stereotypes at the time that viewed South Asian women as passive. </p><p>But this wasn’t the first time the British public was surprised to see strikers in saris. How is Chix connected to other resistance movements led by South Asian women in this era? </p><p>Not only does this episode highlight how women confronted the stereotypes they faced, but it questions another stereotype… Is Slough as “boring” as we’ve all been told?</p><p>Join History Hun (Anouska Lewis) on her trip to Slough as she searches for the site of the Chix strike with a young historian, discusses the importance of intersectionality with an activist and academic, and has tea with a community worker in her eighties who shares her first-hand experiences of discrimination at work in the 1970s.</p><p>History Hun is on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring. Because everywhere has a history and history’s never boring!!</p><p>She’s spotlighting hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK and supplying you with a few history-hun-facts along the way x</p><p>Hometown Boring? is a Mags Creative production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab Written, produced and presented by Anouska Lewis Senior Producer – Ryan Nile Editor – Kit Milsom Executive Producers – James Norman Fyfe and Kit Milsom Theme Music and Sound Design – Kit Milsom Artwork – Ellie Walmsley Additional support – Amanda Birbara Commissioning Editor – Khaliq Meer</p>
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