At Liverpool Makefest we’re holding at cozy conference where speakers are invited to submit talks that help us to understand land ownership and rights in the UK.
From medieval feudalism and royal charters to enclosure, empire, and today’s concentrated ownership, the story of land in the UK is one of power, law, and inequality.
Ignite Talks plus Q&A
1pm – 3pm
Speaker: Dr Kirsty Styles Talk Title: A 300 second round up of the history of land ownership in the UK
Speaker: Julian Tait Talk Title: TBC
Speaker: Cath Holland Talk Title: ‘Elan’ by The Gentle Good is a protest album focused on the Elan valley in Wales, flooded in the early 1900s to supply water for the city of Birmingham. I will look at the notion of such land grabbing, its effects and how the record itself reflects the valley’s past and present.
Speaker: Eamonn Lavery Talk Title: Lough Neagh, colonialism, land ownership and land connectedness
Speaker: Terry Smith Talk Title: The Green Belt, value it or lose it.
Speaker: Ed Gommon Talk Title: Who owns the (some of the) land in L8 and how did they get it? The secret ingredient is crime (allegedly)
Speaker: Lucy Charnock Talk Title: Navigating the housing market as a first time buyer
Speaker: Kaya Herstad Talk Title: How the leaseholder system is essentially feudalism and rigged for the freeholder/landlord
Timetable for the days activities
ACCC History tour: ? Time: 9.30 AM – 12.00PM (from Aigburth)Free Range Liverpool: ? Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Central Library)Socialist Singers: ? Time: 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM (Central Library)Ignite Talks: ? Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Central Library)