The Woman Who Sold Fascism | East London vs The Fascists: A Family History of... Cable Street (Part 3)

Not everyone wanted the march to be stopped.

As one of the British Union of Fascists' most prominent female organisers, Anne Brock-Griggs spent the 1930s campaigning, writing and recruiting in support of the movement.

In this episode, host Jen Baldwin and the British Library’s Beth Gaskell examine Cable Street from a seldom-heard perspective, following Anne's story through family records, newspapers and political archives. What drew people towards fascism in Britain, and what happened when those beliefs collided with a community determined to resist them?

Advisory note: This episode features themes that listeners may find offensive. These are treated according to the standards of the time and in their historical context.

Host: Jen Baldwin

Researcher: Jen Baldwin and Sidra Baldwin

Guest: Beth Gaskell, Lead Curator of News and Moving Image, British Library

Editor: Guy Bettison

Script editors: Madeleine Gilbert, Niall Cullen, and Daisy Goddard

Producers: Madeleine Gilbert, Ellie Ayton, and James Plumb

Designer: Michael McCosh

Social media: Sarah Cornes, Ellie Ayton, and Thomas Davis

Executive Producers: Helen Kaye and Steve James

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