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  • March 2022

  • Sat 26

    Various locations: Wor Bella, Blyth Spartans Ladies. A play by Ed Waugh

    25 March 2022 - 2 April 2022

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  • Sat 26

    The Word, South Shields. Sylvia Topp will talk about her book Eileen: The Making of George Orwell

    26 March 2022 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    The Word 45 Market Place, South Shields

    BOOKING REQUIRED: BOOK HERE  Suitable for ages 16+ Sylvia Topp, author of the novel Eileen: The Making of George Orwell, will be joining us at The Word to discuss her […]

  • Sun 27

    NOW INVITATION ONLY: South Shields: Unveiling of a Blue Plaque for Eileen O’Shaughnessy

    27 March 2022 @ 11:00 - 12:00

    Apologies for this change of plan. This unveiling is now by invitation only as space is limited.

  • Tue 29

    Northern Stage, Newcastle: Red Ellen – The Story of Ellen Wilkinson MP

    29 March 2022 - 9 April 2022
    Northern Stage Barras BridgeNE1 7RH, Newcastle Upon Tyne

    "A working class woman inside the walls of Westminster? If that is not espionage, I do not know what is." A Northern Stage, Nottingham Playhouse & Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production […]

  • April 2022

  • Tue 5

    First Tuesday. Dr Christopher Massey, Teesside University will talk about: The Man at the Back: Lord Tom Sawyer and the modernisation of the Labour Party

    5 April 2022 @ 19:00 - 20:30
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    ‘The Man at the Back: Lord Tom Sawyer and the modernisation of the Labour Party’ with Dr. Christopher Massey This talk highlights the significant contribution of Lord Tom Sawyer to […]

  • Fri 29

    Tyne & Wear May Day Celebrations: May Day Social (Newcastle Irish Centre, Fri 29 April), March and Rally (Exhibition Park, Sat 30 April)

    29 April 2022 - 30 April 2022
    Various North East Venues

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  • May 2022

  • Sun 1

    BBC Radio 3: The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff

    1 May 2022 @ 19:30 - 20:30
    BBC Radio 3

    Award-winning North East folk band The Young'uns - Sean Cooney and David Eagle with Jack Rutter (for Michael Hughes) present their production of The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff, recorded in […]

  • Tue 3

    First Tuesday: ‘Hidden Chains: The Slavery Business and North East England’ with John Charlton

    3 May 2022 @ 19:00 - 20:30
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    North East England is rarely associated with the African slave trade, but new research has shown that the region was inextricably involved in that shocking state-sanctioned traffic in human beings. […]

  • Tue 24

    Durham Town Hall, The Miners’ Strike in County Durham: A Family and Community Conversation

    24 May 2022 @ 18:00 - 19:30
    Durham Town Hall Market Place, Durham

    Register here for tickets to attend in person or here to join online via Zoom. A free public event hosted by Durham University History Department. Although the Miners’ Strike took […]

  • June 2022

  • Sat 18

    Event commemorating Nigel Todd, Bike Garden, Nuns Moor, Newcastle

    18 June 2022 @ 12:00 - 15:00
    Bike Garden Nuns Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne

    Nigel, with his daughter Selina, on an anti-austerity march in Manchester, 4th October 2015. Photograph courtesy Peter Brabban. Music by Bethany Elen Coyle and pizzas from the pizza oven. Opportunity […]

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