Women vs the State: The Legal Legacy of Greenham Common (Elizabeth Woodcraft)
In this episode, we explore the feminist and legal legacy of the women’s peace camp at Greenham common. We speak to Elizabeth Woodcraft – a feminist lawyer who represented many of the women at the Greenham peace camp during the 1980s – about the impact of Greenham and its ongoing importance for feminist campaigning and protests today.
You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/
Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks
Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/
Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing
Artwork: Alex Ciciric
Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/
19 Aug 2026
‘Born this way’: Sexual Inversion, Obscenity and The Well of Loneliness (Prof Caroline Derry)
The Well of Loneliness tells the story of Stephen Gordon – her upbringing as a boy, her travels to Paris and relationships with women. While it was a book beloved by many, it was banned shortly after its publication for being criminally obscene.
In this episode, we speak to Professor Caroline Derry about what this says about attitudes towards lesbianism in the 1920s, and what The Well of Loneliness and its author, Radclyffe Hall, can tell us about queer politics today.
You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/
Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks
Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/
Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing
Artwork: Alex Ciciric
Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/
12 Aug 2026
'Repeal the 8th’: The Power and Fragility of Feminist and Grassroots Campaigning (Prof Fiona de Londras)
In this episode, we speak to Professor Fiona de Londras about the 'Repeal the 8th' campaign in Ireland, which led to the abolition of the constitutional ban on abortion. We’ll be asking what happened next, and its ongoing impact on reproductive autonomy and other social justice campaigns today.
You can find out more about women’s legal landmarks in the UK and Ireland in the Women’s Legal Landmarks books
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794/
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746/
Instagram: @womenslegallandmarks
Website: https://womenslegallandmarks.com/
Sponsored by Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing @hart_publishing
Artwork: Alex Ciciric
Music credit: Goldfinch: Flight to the North, Axletree, Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/erthe/goldfinch-flight-to-the-north/
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