North East Labour History
My name is Liam Liburd and I'm the Assistant Professor of Black British History at Durham University. I'm also the Department of History's Public History Officer and am responsible for […]
What do Pythagoras, Shelley, Keir Hardie, Gandhi, Einstein and Hitler have in common? Was the 19th century vegetarian movement inherently radical, challenging established political and cultural structures, or simply a […]
A special film showing and performance commemorating mining history as part of the Washington 60 celebrations (and of course timed to tie in with the Miners' Gala). Tickets £5 Join […]
Sir Charles Trevelyan of Wallington in Northumberland was a highly successful British Civil Servant who is best remembered in Britain for his involvement in the modernization of the Civil Service. […]
Annual General Meeting. There will be refreshments. Presentation of the Sid Chaplin prize This year’s prize is awarded to Abbie Urquhart-Arnold, a student at Newcastle University for her dissertation, “Hark […]
Between Blaydon and Ryton, on the south bank of the Tyne, is a square mile which is astonishingly packed with rich, varied and significant social and industrial history. The area’s […]
From Sue Ward An exhibition at the Baltic, Gateshead, until 16 March, Franki Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works. About a brilliant woman photographer who, among many other things, provided the […]
Minnie Pallister – The Voice Of A Rebel Pioneering South Wales ILPer Minnie Pallister was one of the most important feminists, pacifists, socialists and journalists of the 20th century. But […]