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Hometown Boring?

Hometown Boring?

Introducing Hometown Boring?

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February 9, 2024

2 minutes

Available for over a year

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