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History Hun (Anouska Lewis) is on a mission to prove that no hometown is boring!! Because everywhere has a history and history’s never boring x
She’s spotlighting hidden histories from misjudged places across the UK and supplying you with a few history-hun-facts along the way…
Anouska explores the links between the British Empire and a local recipe in Ormskirk, unpacks the story of a soon-to-be-demolished Brutalist shopping centre in Cumbernauld, visits the birthplace of the first Black footballer to represent Wales in Chepstow, discovers a little-known strike led by South Asian women in Slough, highlights the I in LGBTQIA+ History in Plymouth, all before returning to her hometown of Milton Keynes to reveal its connections to 1990s rave culture.
So whether you’re already history-obsessed or you hated history in school, come along and hear how the past relates to your life wherever you live x
Hometown Boring? is a Mags Creative production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Published on Friday, 9th February 2024.
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