North East Labour History
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 […]
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 […]
Tony Fox, a member of the International Brigades Memorial Trust who lives in Billingham will give a talk on ‘A complete history of the memorial plaque to the Teesside International […]
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82172314164?pwd=YVd1SVlSdnFXaUdFY3Q1bFBsL2d2dz09 Meeting ID: 821 7231 4164 Passcode: 025456 Margaret Llewelyn Davies was General Secretary of the Women’s Co-operative Guild between 1889 and 1921, a tumultuous period of social […]
William Parker was a leading advocate of the 'The People's Charter' in the 1830s and later championed the rights of pensioners and the poor in general. The commemorative plaque will […]
This talk will consider why and how women went on strike during the First World War. It will also explore the longer-term legacies of wartime industrial action, considering in particular […]
From Independent Labour Publications With tensions rising between the Westminster government and the devolved governments in Cardiff and Edinburgh it’s an opportune time to consider The future of the union […]
Book at http://berwickea.org/event/history-through-a-northumbrian-lens-part-two/ This is a series of three one-hour lectures by Mike Fraser, organised in association with Berwick Literary Festival. Patrons of the Festival are entitled to a 50% discount […]
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88917964686?pwd=QkJPMDl3Z3IyUnJneTlaQTl5bkZIZz09 Meeting ID: 889 1796 4686 Passcode: 611389 The rise and fall of Britain’s most important industry. No one personified the age of industry more than the […]
Thomas Spence has been recognised as the most important socialist thinker of the 1790s. He was also a strong satirist of aristocracy and of land-holders generally. This talk will consider […]