Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.

WOMEN RECLAIM THE NIGHT There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977. #ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets

Monday! Same as it ever was

Shhh... A copy of Leeds Other Paper/Northern Star with #Chumbawamba on the front page, spotted in the fab @leedsmuseums.bsky.social exhibition on the music scene in Leeds now on at Leeds City Museum.

An Autumn Lane, 1886, painting by Leeds-born John Atkinson Grimshaw (private collection). #NorthernArt

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This looks an interesting talk - here's Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the Chapeltown bonfire night events from 50 years ago. #BlackHistoryMonth #LeedsHistory

John Atkinson Grimshaw was a master of moonlit streets and mist-draped docks, a painter who captured the very texture of the Victorian dream. His cityscapes, illuminated by the soft glow of gaslight, startled viewers with their precision and poetry, scenes where realism met reverie. Though

‘The number of Cafe Royal titles has passed seven hundred; together they constitute a singular record of British and Irish vernacular photography between about 1960 and 2010.’ Ben Campbell on a collection of his father Peter’s photographs of London in the early sixties www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

'These children are being poisoned' - they used to put lead in petrol, you know? Leeds Other Paper was on the case for years...

'Prospect of Whitby' (wood engraving) by John Bryce thewappinggroupofartists.co.uk/members-pages/john-bryce.php

If “All the President’s Men“ were made today, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward would be sacked by the Washington Post to stop them investigating crimes committed by the President of the United States.

It's a dream I always have.

Street Talk, Hull, 1951, photo by Bert Hardy.

"Bright stalls, bursting with colour and carnival light, defy the smoggy shadows of Sheffield. Laughter and music cut through the gloom, a vibrant, temporary spark in the town's dark expanse." Sheffield Fair: John Simmons (1871–1944) Museums Sheffield

Still the only acceptable use of the phrase to 'reach out'.

Still the only acceptable use of the phrase to 'reach out'.

Jarrow ladies fire brigade, 1916 (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum).

Sad that Dame Jilly Cooper has died. She was - among her many achievements - a great @nujofficial.bsky.social member

Look after each other.

Did you miss our online webinar earlier this week? You can now watch the recording of the event via @wcmlibrary.bsky.social's Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UT...

Calling all London-based 1970s activist/community newspaper enthusiasts! We'll be at Mayday Rooms on Oct 15th for an archival workshop on the topic and joined by some great folks sharing their own experiences and insights from that time. RSVP here: maydayrooms.org/event/archiv...

#NationalPoetryDay #BrianPatten When the schools inspector turned up to find my old schoolteacher Chris Searle teaching the Mersey poets...

#NationalPoetryDay #BrianPatten When the schools inspector turned up to find my old schoolteacher Chris Searle teaching the Mersey poets...

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

Scarborough c.1913 (Hulton Archive).

When Leeds Other Paper switched from fortnightly to weekly, the back page comic strip alternated between John Quail's traditional Big Doylem and the new Our Lily by Terry Wragg. Here is her first one from Oct 1980, introducing Our Lily.

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Today's the day! Join us on Zoom at 3pm: peoplespapers.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social @writerlytone.bsky.social

Some sound advice here ⬇️

Some sound advice here ⬇️

Boys playing marbles, Leeds, 1962, photo by Paul Berriff.

New research spotlight now up on the People's Papers instagram! Featuring @rememberlop.bsky.social 🤩 www.instagram.com/p/DPByPPpjGG...

Israel has killed more than 200 Palestinian journalists since October 2023. Per #UNSCR 222, journalists are civilians and must be protected during conflict. CPJ calls on the international community to hold Israel to account. Learn more about journalists killed by Israel: cpj.org/full-coverag...

Palestinian statehood is a major topic of discussion at this week’s #UNGA80. We know the reality of what is happening in #Gaza despite a ban on international coverage, because Palestinian journalists are doing this work. cpj.org/full-coverag...

Look what we have here then.

Join us for an online People's Papers research project workshop to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today. All welcome! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Next week it will be 45 years since Leeds Other Paper went weekly, which it remained for the following 14 years. What a remarkable achievement for an independent and alternative local paper run on a shoestring.

This looks like a great online event if you have an interest in 1970s alternative and community newspapers… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Want to hear more about some of the many alternative local newspapers (such as LOP) that sprang up around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s? If so, this online event might just be for you. Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.

Journalists in peril the world over, warns NUJ - report on @nujofficial.bsky.social motion at the @tuc.org.uk from today's @mstaronline.bsky.social ⬇️

Palestine: At least 221 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the conflict. Latest figure follows death of photojournalist Rasmi Jihad Salem www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...

Journalists in peril the world over, warns NUJ - report on @nujofficial.bsky.social motion at the @tuc.org.uk from today's @mstaronline.bsky.social ⬇️

The NUJ being in the news recently seems reason enough to dig out some Leeds Other Paper coverage of a @nujofficial.bsky.social protest outside the old Yorkshire Post building back in the eighties - there's even a rare sighting of LOP's own banner.

Top Withens, near Haworth, photo by Fay Godwin, 1931-2005 (British Museum).

2/ ... and for modernists (Bourne Hall, Fulwell Cross, Portsmouth and Peckham):