The jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum.

"The corrupt order will come crashing down!!" Amazon Studios has debuted the first official teaser trailer for Peterloo, the latest film from acclaimed, Oscar-winning English filmmaker Mike Leigh ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: You’ve likely heard of the Battle of Waterloo, and perhaps you’ve even seen the 1970 film, Waterloo, which starred Rod Steiger as the infamous French emperor, Napoleon ...

The Peterloo Massacre is a defining moment in British history and one which shaped irrevocably the future of the working class, print journalism, and government. But Mike Leigh's Peterloo movie falls ...

Mike Leigh delivers an uncharacteristic flop. It’s difficult to suppress a chuckle when you learn that an angry historical film about exploited workers is being distributed in the U.S. by Amazon, but ...

An archaic law which came about as a direct reaction to the Peterloo Massacre is set to be repealed as part of a clean-up of obsolete legislation. The 1819 Unlawful Drilling Act is one of 328 set to ...

Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about cinema and TV series in Europe. Mike Leigh’s latest film recounts a forgotten historical event in the United Kingdom ...

PETERLOO featuring David Moorst as Joseph (Simon Mein/Courtesy of Amazon Studios) "Peterloo" tells the story of a tragic encounter between British troops and working-class citizens at a rally in 1819.

Commemorations are taking place across England this week to mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, one of the most controversial events in British political history. Peterloo: a solid ...

The brutal attack on peaceful Manchester protesters 200 years ago generated a backlash that helped extend the franchise Two hundred years ago, on 16 August 1819, the event we’ve come to know as the ...