Modern Mosaics: Traversing the 20th Century Saga
Embark on a riveting journey through the tumultuous currents of the 20th century with The Time Traveller’s Guild in our dedicated blog category, “20th Century.” Navigate the sweeping landscapes of modernity, where wars and revolutions, cultural upheavals, and technological leaps shaped the course of British history and the world at large. Join us as we unravel the multifaceted stories, pivotal events, and societal transformations that characterise this epoch.
Date: June 3rdCategory: Cultural History | Radical Childhoods | Fiction Meets Reality Wave a petticoat at a passing train and you might just save a life — or spark a resistance. Today, we’re taking a fresh look at The Railway…
Date: May 29thCategory: Everyday Resistance | Practical Action | Living History Resistance isn’t just for the battlefield, the ballot box, or the barricade.It’s in your shopping list.Your bookshelf.Your embroidery hoop.Your inbox. Today, as The Time Traveller’s Guild approaches the final…
Date: May 28thCategory: Hidden Histories | Resistance Networks | Wartime Communication Think all great rebels carried swords or shouted in squares? Some rode bicycles.Some hid leaflets in loaves of bread.Some simply knocked on a door and said, “A letter for…
Date: May 27thCategory: Hidden Histories | Cultural Resistance | Bookish Revolution Whispers in the stacks. Smuggled leaflets between the covers of Dickens. Underground newspapers tucked beside the encyclopaedias. Throughout history, libraries have been far more than places to borrow books…
Date: May 22ndCategory: Hidden Histories | Craft as Protest | Resistance & Espionage Forget digital encryption — the original resistance tech was needle and thread. For centuries, especially in times of war and oppression, textiles became a secret language. Quilts,…
Date: May 20thCategory: Visual Culture | Historical Resistance | Art & Activism Before social media, before newsprint, before TikToks and Threads, there were walls.And people with glue. For centuries, protest posters have spoken truth to power — sometimes in type,…
Date: May 19thCategory: Hidden Histories | DEI Spotlight | Resistance & Identity History doesn’t always tell the whole story — especially when it comes to the rebels who loved differently, lived defiantly, and often fought from the shadows. This May,…
Date: May 16thCategory: Entertainment | Resistance on Screen | Watchlist Sometimes the revolution doesn’t need barricades or banners — just popcorn and a projector. This Friday, The Time Traveller’s Guild invites you to sink into your comfiest armchair and press…
Date: May 15thCategory: Hidden Histories | Resistance & Subversion | Travel Beneath the cobbled lanes and grand facades of London lies another city — darker, quieter, and once brimming with secrets. A city of hidden tunnels, forgotten meeting places, illicit…
Date: May 13thCategory: Hidden Histories | Resistance & Espionage | WWII War has its soldiers, its generals, and its heroes. But some of the greatest acts of resistance happen in silk stockings, second-hand coats, and under aliases. Today, The Time…
