Jessica Field - Eviction : A Social History of Rent
Jessica Field is an academic historian (PhD) and a prize-winning writer (winning the Dawn Foster Memorial Essay Prize in 2022). She received a Society of Authors K Blundell Trust grant award to support the writing of "Eviction" in 2024.
Previously a lecturer, she also has more than a decade of experience in public speaking.
Jessica will be in conversation with Adam Hollier, former journalist and now a professional photographer.
Both Jessica and Adam live locally.
Previously a lecturer, she also has more than a decade of experience in public speaking.
Jessica will be in conversation with Adam Hollier, former journalist and now a professional photographer.
Both Jessica and Adam live locally.
| Date | Wednesday 17th September 2025 | |
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| Time | 7:30 PM | |
| Doors Open | 7:00 PM | |
| Venue | Our Bookshop | |
Eviction: A Social History of Rent (Verso 2025).
Inspired by her own family's eviction fight, "Eviction" presents an alternative history of post-war British housing. In it, she challenges the myth that affordable, secure homes were ever intended for Britain's working class through tracing the neglected history of National Coal Board housing and exposing the grip private interests have held over housing since 1945. It's a story of tenant exploitation, cycles of eviction, and community destruction. She also spotlights the countless ways that tenants, especially women, have fought back.