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GLUE: Book Fair and Creative Programme
Join Verso authors Holly Smith and Jessica Field as they discuss the rich history of working-class resistance within Britain's social housing. From the battle to defend estates from demolition to the political legacies of tenant activism, this discussion sheds light on the landlords and investors that have shaped our cities — and the communities fighting back.
Discover the full programme here.
Join Verso authors Holly Smith and Jessica Field as they discuss the rich history of working-class resistance within Britain's social housing. From the battle to defend estates from demolition to the political legacies of tenant activism, this discussion sheds light on the landlords and investors that have shaped our cities — and the communities fighting back.
Discover the full programme here.
Bios
Holly Smith is a historian of architecture and protest. She is a Fellow at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. Her research has been awarded the Duncan Tanner Prize by Oxford University Press and the Hawksmoor Medal by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. She has a PhD from University College London.
Jessica Field has a Humanities PhD and is a Research Affiliate at the University of Manchester. Following her parents’ eviction threat in 2017 and the community formation of #SaveOurHomesLS26, she ran the saveourhomesLS26.org campaign website and wrote for the Guardian and Red Pepper. In 2022, she won the Dawn Foster Memorial Essay Prize. Eviction is her first book.
Book tickets
01:00 pm
Sat, 13 Sep 2025
Nash and Brandon Rooms
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Holly Smith
Jessica Field
no. 236848.