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As well as summaries and reviews of books and publications about North East radical history, we have prepared a general reading list, intended to help users to become acquainted with material on North East radical history (labour, socialist, radical, feminist).

Books and Publications about North East history

  • Edited by Keith Armstrong: The Hive of Liberty: The Life and Work of Thomas Spence (1750-1814)
  • John Charlton: Don’t you hear the H-Bomb’s thunder
  • Lewis Mates: The Great Labour Unrest: Rank-and-file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield

Other Books and Publications

  • John Charlton: Making Middle England
  • Dave Harker: Cat-Gut Jim. Ned Corvan’s Life & Times
  • Dave Harker: The Gallowgate Lad. Joe Wilson’s life & Songs
  • Jack Lawson: A Man’s Life
  • Roy Parker: Hoddlesden and its satellite villages
  • Don Watson: Squatting in Britain, 1945-1955. Housing, Politics and Direct Action

Recent Posts

  • Hannah Kent wins the 2020 Sid Chaplin Prize
  • New Issue of North East History, Number 51: 2020
  • Podcasts: Lives on the Left: A Labour History Project hosted by Paul Simpson, Academic Tutor in History at the University of Sunderland
  • New Articles and Reports on This Site
  • History For Change Network

Upcoming Events

  1. First Tuesday: Paul Gailiunas on John Marshall: Printer, Librarian and Radical

    February 2 @ 19:00
  2. British Association for Local History Digital Workshop : (Postgrad students only) How to get your local history research out there!

    February 13 @ 10:00
  3. Professor John Bradshaw: Child poverty in the North East region. Event celebrating the life and contribution of Professor John Veit-Wilson

    March 2 @ 17:30
  4. British Association for Local History Digital Webinar: How to grow your local history social media presence

    March 10 @ 18:00
  5. First Tuesday: Hannah Kent, “One Aim, One God, One Destiny”? An Investigation of Black Lives on Tyneside, 1939 – 1952

    April 6 @ 19:00

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Recent Posts

  • Hannah Kent wins the 2020 Sid Chaplin Prize 08/12/2020
  • New Issue of North East History, Number 51: 2020 22/10/2020
  • Podcasts: Lives on the Left: A Labour History Project hosted by Paul Simpson, Academic Tutor in History at the University of Sunderland 06/08/2020
  • New Articles and Reports on This Site 09/05/2020
  • History For Change Network 13/12/2019
  • The Unite Oral History Project 28/10/2019
  • New Book: Professor Kenneth Warren, A Victorian Powerhouse 27/07/2019
  • The NHS at 70: The Story of Our Lives – Peter Mitchell 02/01/2019
  • Fifteen Past Issues of the Society’s Journal Now Available on this Website 17/11/2018
  • Grants to Support the Creation of Catalogues for Archives 23/08/2018

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