Lambing Flat: Miners Gone Proper Mad
In 1861 Australian diggers turned on Chinese workmates and the goldfield became an ugly theatre of fists and fear.Read More 
The Orange Parade That Tore Manhattan
July 12 1871, an Orange Order march exploded into street warfare and New York learned how thin civility could be.Read More 
They Turned Trafalgar Into A Punch-Up
A demonstration in 1887 that started like a mooch and ended with policemen swinging sticks everywhere - absolute scenes, me.Read More 
Michael Barrett and the Clerkenwell Blast
A bad idea, a huge hole in a prison wall and a mob that fancied itself judge, jury and sock-washer.Read More 
Broadhead's Blasts: Sheffield's Union Men Who Meant Business
They smashed, burned and planted bombs to frighten scabs and employers, and a bloke called William Broadhead ended up at the sharp end of the law.Read More 
Rebecca's Nightly Raid: Tollgates and Temper
Masked men calling themselves Rebecca's daughters tore up tollgates across rural Wales and made magistrates behave like startled butlers.Read More 
How Six Farmhands Turned The Law Upside Down
They swore an oath, the state lost its nerve, and a ragged lot of villagers made Westminster look mardy.Read More 