North East Labour History

Attendance details here Professor John Veit-Wilson Celebrating the life and contribution of Professor John Veit-Wilson and the move of the North East Child Poverty Commission to Newcastle University, this lecture will consider the evidence on the most recent trends and spatial distribution of child poverty in the North East, reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses […]

A one-hour webinar with BALH’s Social Media Fellow, Daniella Gonzalez. Daniella will provide an introduction to the various social media platforms available and how local history societies can best use them to promote their work and engage with the wider history community. Details and booking

History through a Northumbrian Lens: Part One; Individual Lectures Tickets, Sat 13 Mar 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite Mike will examine the public and turbulent private lives of these three men in the context of key historical events: 13 March - Sir William Beveridge was the hugely popular architect of the welfare state who became Liberal […]

Ralph is giving this talk on behalf of the Working Class Movement Library: https://www.wcml.org.uk/whats-on/events/online-talk-british-labour-movement-solidarity-in-the-191314-dublin-lockout/ Joining details to follow on the above link.

History through a Northumbrian Lens: Part One; Individual Lectures Tickets, Sat 13 Mar 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite Mike will examine the public and turbulent private lives of these three men in the context of key historical events: 20 March - Sir Edward Grey was Liberal MP for Berwick for over 30 years. He remains […]

History through a Northumbrian Lens: Part One; Individual Lectures Tickets, Sat 13 Mar 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite Mike will examine the public and turbulent private lives of these three men in the context of key historical events: 27 March - Sir Charles Trevelyan was a Liberal MP from a similar aristocratic background to Sir […]

This meeting replaces Hannah Kent's planned talk: “One Aim, One God, One Destiny”? which has been cancelled. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir William Beveridge was the hugely popular architect of the welfare state who became Liberal MP for Berwick in 1944 only to be swept away in the Labour landslide of 1945. Mike will discuss his early life, […]

Tyne & Wear May Day Committee are organising a big online event tomorrow, the outline programme is below and this is the Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/265356238636325/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%7D As many of you will know, the Covid restrictions mean that we cannot hold the normal Tyne & Wear May Day march and rally this year, but instead we are […]

Radical Histories, an online panel discussion as part of the History Now! series of public talks organised between the Durham University History Department and the Gala Theatre, Durham, takes place on Tuesday 4 May between 5.30 and 6.30pm. Register here – all welcome! Here’s the link on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1051430605260613 Radical political movements today are often articulated via […]

Topic: Middlesbrough's Steel Magnates, Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88010819818?pwd=WnBEeitRVXgrQnN3MTNyTkp0d3lMZz09 Meeting ID: 880 1081 9818 Passcode: 474174 The history of modern Teesside has been inextricably linked to the industrialists that led the businesses, shaped the communities and established new charitable and philanthropic initiatives at the heart of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century manufacturing district. In […]