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)