Interviewed by Kesia Wills and Nathan Ilett

A brief overview of the Peterloo massacre

How do the protests at Peterloo link to the wider political concerns of the period?

What do the sources say of the popular culture surrounding the Peterloo protests?

What do objects and prints and cartoons add to our knowledge of the Peterloo protests?

What was the role of young people in the Peterloo protest?

What new questions are historians asking about the Peterloo protests?