It was 60 years ago in July 1965 that the Region's trade unions planned and put on an Exhibition and Arts Festival. This talk will review just what was on […]
From Kath Connolly Education 4 Action are a group of volunteers working to celebrate our mining and union heritage. Amongst other things, we have provided tours of the Miners' Hall […]
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Our AGM speaker will be Dr. Sally Watson on Protest and participation in the redevelopment of Byker, 1968-1982. Byker has long divided opinion. It has been celebrated for its achievements, […]
From Daniel Laqua | Professor of Modern and Contemporary History | Department of Humanities | Northumbria University On 8 October, we're running a workshop at Northumbria University, entitled 'Change-making between the […]
Runciman’s mission to Czechoslovakia was a key part of Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement. Mike has not delivered this talk in about 12 years so why revisit it now? It initially […]
In December 1988 Sunderland’s shipyards closed despite a long and passionate campaign to save them, and 800 years of shipbuilding on the Wear came to an end. Yet this closure […]
The South Pelaw Miners Banner needed a new home- where better than the local school where the children would grow up knowing of their proud mining heritage? A grant from […]
Whatever happened to Community Education or Life Long Learning? Who controls Learning now? How can adult education strengthen democracy?
Lewis is Associate Professor of Political Theory at Durham University and author of The Great Political Unrest: rank-and file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield