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politicscurator<p>Saw a lovely portrait of Tagore in our archives. He was rejected a knighthood, writing to Lord Chelmsford:</p><p>“The enormity of the measures taken by the Government in the Punjab for quelling some local disturbances has, with a rude shock, revealed to our minds the helplessness of our position as British subjects in India. The disproportionate severity of the punishments ...are without parallel in the history of civilised governments…”</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tagore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tagore</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SouthAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAsia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bengali" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bengali</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/histadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histadon</span></a></p>
politicscurator<p>We&#39;re organising a free (hybrid) event called &quot;Leave to Remain: A Snapshot of Brexit&quot;. Tickets below 👇 </p><p>Dr Noni Stacey will be talking about her latest book which explores the role of art, photography, activism and satire in disseminating debates around Britain leaving the EU. I&#39;ll also be getting some Brexit archives out to show. </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leave-to-remain-a-snapshot-of-brexit-tickets-690739740157?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/leave-to-re</span><span class="invisible">main-a-snapshot-of-brexit-tickets-690739740157?aff=ebdsoporgprofile</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brexit</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/remain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remain</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/remainer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remainer</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/leave" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>leave</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LSE</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/referendum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>referendum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/histadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histadon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archives</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>London</span></a></p>
politicscurator<p>Who is this man?</p><p>I&#39;ve recently been cataloguing the papers of Frank Wise, a Labour MP, ILP member, and civil servant who worked as Director of the Soviet Union&#39;s Trade Office Centrosoyuz in the 1920s. </p><p>Amongst his papers is this photograph of an unidentified man (it isn&#39;t Frank!)</p><p>Any ideas?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@sslh" class="u-url mention">@<span>sslh</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/histadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histadon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/labourhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labourhistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ilp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ilp</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sovietunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sovietunion</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/frankwise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>frankwise</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialistleague" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialistleague</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archives</span></a></p>
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