From Liam Liburd On Thursday 6 June 2024 between 3-5pm, Dr Alex Barber, one of my colleagues in the Department of History at Durham University, has organised an event to […]
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 […]