Into the Cold: Exhibition Launch
About this Event
The launch will begin with warming refreshments and an introduction to the exhibition from the curators. A panel discussion and Q&A will follow, exploring the history of fuel poverty and how responses to cold homes have changed over time.
Together, the discussion will address one of the exhibition’s central questions: Who is Responsible for Keeping Britain Warm?
Event Programme
5pm – Warming refreshments
5.30pm – Introduction to the exhibition
Kathy Davies and Rebecca Wright
Co-Curators, Northumbria University
5:45pm – Panel discussion and Q&A
David Green – Co-founder of National Energy Action and Executive Chairman, International Council for Sustainable Energy
Brenda Boardman – Author of Fuel Poverty: From Cold Homes to Affordable Warmth (1991) and Emeritus Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Danielle Butler – Head of Development at National Energy Action
Rebecca Wright – Associate Professor in History and Principal Investigator of the 'Carbon Bodies' project, Northumbria University.
Visitors are encouraged to explore the exhibition at their own pace before the event.
About the Exhibition
Into the Cold: Britain’s Long Fight for Warmth explores the history of cold homes in Britain and how people and organisations have fought to keep warm. From the national hypothermia crisis in the 1960s to the pioneering work of Neighbourhood Energy Action in the North East, the exhibition traces the long struggle against fuel poverty and the enduring challenge of heating British homes.
The exhibition has been curated by Rebecca Wright, Kathy Davies, and Nick Stromberg as part of Carbon Bodies: Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain, 1918–2022, a Wellcome-funded research project at Northumbria University.
Into the Cold: Britain’s Long Fight for Warmth will be on display from Monday 5 October to Wednesday 24 February.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00
