Sex Bombs: anticipating a free society
2009. Anarchism, homosexuality and sexual politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Review article from Anarchist Studies, 17:1.
Category Archives: Current projects
Desire, delight, regret: discovering Elizabeth Gibson
2008. Researching an unknown relative, poet and feminist Elizabeth Gibson, raised tricky questions of methodology as well as the challenges of combining family history and academic research. Article from Qualitative Research, 2008:8.
Shoulder to Shoulder: Wilfrid and Elizabeth Gibson
2004. Discusses the close relationship between the sibling poets, and the influences on their artistic and political development. Article from Dymock Poets and Friends, No.3.
‘Together we will make a new world’: Sexual and Political Utopianism
2003. How did ideas about free love and sexual liberation change among anarchists and libertarians between the 1880s and the 1970s? Paper given at Past and Present of Radical Sexual Politics, Amsterdam.
Ongoing projects
My current research focusses primarily on the life of poet, socialist and feminist, Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne. Other work relates to the history of anarchism, gender and sexual politics in Britain from the 1880s. Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne Through the window of the archives I glimpse the past of my family, and see new ways to connect … Continue reading Ongoing projects