On November 24th at 7 pm at the Holborn Union, Melissa will be talking at the LSE’s Holborn Union about Politics, Education and the Media.
The event will take place at Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE. Details to follow.
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Feminism For A World on Fire
November 21st, 12-1pm, at the Cambridge Union: Melissa will be talking to Natasha Walter about Walter’s new book Feminism For A World on Fire. Continue Reading
Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture
On November 17th at 6-8 pm Melissa will be chairing the Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture to be held in the Betty Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, London SW1A 2LW Continue Reading
Labour’s attacks on civil liberties
On November 3rd, 2026, Melissa will be chairing a Kensal and Kilburn 2026 event, How do we stop Labour’s attacks on civil liberties? at St Luke’s Church, Fernhead Road, West Kilburn London W9 3EH. Further details to follow…. Continue Reading
Alex Bloom
On Thursday October 8th at 6-8 pm Melissa will be one of the speakers at How Alex Bloom Built Radical Democratic Secondary Education in Post-war London to be held at University College London/ Institute of Education Event at 20 Bedford Way London WC1H OAL. Continue Reading
A Cold War Tragedy
Melissa will be in conversation with Anne Sebba about her new book, ‘Ethel Rosenberg – A Cold War Tragedy.’ Weds 15th September 2021, 5-6pm, in the Robert Graves Tent at the Wimbledon Book Festival. More information here. Continue Reading
In conversation with Ed Miliband
Inspired and informed by his hugely popular podcast, Reasons to be Cheerful, Ed Miliband’s new book, Go Big: How To Fix Our World, shows us that whilst the challenges we face as a society are daunting, solutions to them already exist. This empowering, uplifting set of practical and transformative solutions – from a citizens’ assembly… Continue Reading
Levelling up: Histories, Cultures, Challenges
Melissa Benn will be taking part in this discussion on May 17th 17:30 pm – 19:00 pm Online-via Zoom: book via this link https://www.history.ac.uk/events/levelling-histories-cultures-challenges The government’s ‘Levelling Up’ agenda comes at a time when Covid has revealed, and often increased, existing structural inequalities in the UK. These range from employment to housing, and education to… Continue Reading
Melissa Benn in zoom-free conversation with John Bercow
Saturday 24 April 2021 | 11:15am Order! Order! Former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, talks candidly about his no-holds barred memoir Unspeakable with Melissa Benn. This event will be filmed in London in the days before it is shown on-line – so no zoomy-ness involved, just real people in real conversation. But… Continue Reading
Melissa makes guest appearance on Thelma & Tom Look Left…
Listen to Thelma & Tom Look Left – episode Five, with Melissa Benn, in which is discussed all manner of subjects and people – including Clement Attlee, Frank Ocean, Marvin Gaye, Keir Starmer…… oh, and why the left so often get wooden under media scrutiny. Continue Reading
Latest writing
THE CRISIS OF THE MERITOCRACY
The crisis of the meritocracy: Britain’s transition to mass education since the Second World War PETER MANDLER, 2020 Oxford: Oxford University Press 361pp, hardback, £25, ISBN 9780198840145 Cambridge historian Peter Mandler has a fundamentally optimistic story to tell about the growth of universal education in Britain over the last seventy years and one can sense… Continue reading…
Latest news & events
Politics, Education and the Media
On November 24th at 7 pm at the Holborn Union, Melissa will be talking at the LSE’s Holborn Union about Politics, Education and the Media. The event will take place at Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE. Details to follow. Continue reading…
