NELH Monday Meeting. Liz O’Donnell: Radicalism Or Faddicalism? The 19th Century Vegetarian Movement In North-East England
Tyneside Irish Centre 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomWhat 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 […]
WASHINGTON AT 60: NEVER STOP LEARNING PUBLICATION LAUNCH EVENT
Washington Mind Grasmere Tce, Columbia, Washington
Washington Arts Centre. Sunderland Film Club presents… The Miners’ Hymns + Performance
Arts Centre Washington Biddick Lane, WashingtonA 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 […]
NELH First Tuesday, Tyneside Irish Centre. Mike Fraser: Sir Charles Trevelyn & The Irish Famine, ‘The Victorian Cromwell’
Tyneside Irish Centre 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomSir 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. […]
NELH Annual General Meeting, Lit and Phil, Newcastle. Joe Redmayne will talk about his research project on Women and Shipbuilding
The Lit & Phil 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomAnnual 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 […]
NELH Tuesday Meeting. Val Scully will talk about her new book The Wheel of Time: a people’s history of Stella and Blaydon Burn
Tyneside Irish Centre 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomBetween 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 […]
Baltic, Gateshead. Franki Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, GatesheadFrom 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 […]
Zoom. Minnie Pallister – The Voice Of A Rebel. Alun Burge will be speaking about his new book on Minnie’s life and work
ZoomMinnie 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 […]
Gosforth Civic Theatre. 15 November 2:30pm and 7:30pm. General Strike 1926: The Cramlington Train Wreckers, by Ed Waugh
Gosforth Civic Theatre Regent Farm Rd,, Newcastle upon TyneYou will be interested to know that performances of The Cramlington Train Wreckers, written by Ed Waugh and directed by Russell Floyd, will take place at the Gosforth Civic Theatre […]