North East Labour History

Behind every great man there’s a great woman, or so goes the old adage. Phyllis Short was the wife of George Short, the Communist Party District Secretary for Teesside, but […]

The date of our AGM has been moved from 12 September to Thursday 7 September. It will be held at the Newcastle Lit and Phil. The speakers will be Victoria […]

Tuesday 26th September at the Lit & Phil at 6.00pm Booking: Lit & Phil Members only until 4th September. In association with Yale University Press Presented by Robert Gildea A […]

This talk will reflect on the politicisation of unemployment across UK towns and cities in the early 1980s. With a particular focus on trade union and community organising, the presentation […]

From Liam Liburd: 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 […]

From Martin Levy The annual 'Volunteers for Liberty' event, to commemorate the volunteers from the North East who gave their lives fighting in the International Brigade in Spain, will be held […]

Our apologies - a fault in the Black History Conversations 365 website has made it impossible to register for this meeting. However, the link below gives an explanation of why […]

A Distant World is John Charlton’s account of growing up in the 1950s. He traces his family’s origins, birth, childhood and education in a detailed account which references aspects of […]

This event has been postponed. New details will be posted as soon as they are available. Following last year's successful event St Michael's Branch Labour Party are hosting their second […]

Gianfranco Rosolia is the author of CLEAN AIR which tells the story of the long fight against the environmental pollution caused by the Monkton Cokeworks and who spoke at the […]