DOCTOR WHO THE PHILIP MORRIS INTERVIEW Live At 8pm Tonight youtube.com/live/hFDbP34... Brendan will ask Philip about the missing episodes speculation, season 2, RTD's legacy, the attitude of the BBC to Dr Who. This is Box Office. Get your seats early!

Book Review: "That Librarian-The Fight Against Book Banning in America " by Amanda Jones thebookselfblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/b...

16th October, 6pm, at Home Manchester, a screening of the Iron ladies documentary on women in the Miners' Strike. homemcr.org/whats-on/iro...

My friend Tricia Romano wrote an acclaimed oral history about the Village Voice — The Freaks Came Out to Write — and now she's teaching a class on the art of writing an oral history. Take it, wannabe oral historians! More info here: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

The Men Who Stand and Wait, Wigan, 1939, photo by Kurt Hutton for Picture Post. They are outside a labour exchange.

Petition: Inquiry into sexual violence in NHS hospitals I want the Government to have an inquiry into sexual violence being reported in NHS hospitals, to come up with a plan to reduce incidents. Only 17,000 signatures so far, 100,000 needed,. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

The National Council for Civil Liberties (for whom future Labour Party MPs Harriet Harman and Patricia Hewitt worked) opposed the Prevention Of Terrorism Act issuing briefings eg www.leftarchive.ie/workspace/do... It seems this would now be considered supporting terrorism by Labour

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 31% (-1) LAB: 21% (-1) CON: 19% (+1) LDM: 13% (+1) GRN: 9% (+2) Via JLPartnersPolls, 26 Sep - 3 Oct. Changes w/ 19 Aug - 1 Sep.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

VISION ON SOUND with Michael Herbert on DOCTOR WHO AND THE SILURIANS Sunday Oct 12th 2025, 7:00pm (UK time) @FabRadioInt Channel 1 fabradiointernational.com Podcast version also available after 7:00pm via podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vis... VoS Show 256 - Yr 6, Ep 02

Iron Ladies,a feature documentary about women and the Miners’ Strike, comes to Manchester later this month on 📆 16th Oct 🎙️Q&A with Lorraine Stansbie (Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures) & Bernadette Hyland (@lippysocialist) Info & tickets: homemcr.org/whats-on/iron-

Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK · Aggregate Result of the 115 Council By-Elections (for 118 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections: RFM: 44 (+38) LDM: 29 (+9) CON: 13 (-12) LAB: 12 (-29) GRN: 11 (+3) Ind: 5 (-4) Local: 2 (-4) SNP: 1 (-1) PLC: 1 (=)

Secret filming by Panorama shows Metropolitan Police officers making sexualised comments to colleagues, revelling in the use of force, and sharing racist views about immigrants and Muslims. Watch on BBC One at 9pm, or on iPlayer now bbc.in/46OGCNQ

Labour fights Reform by adopting their policies

Starting this Sunday I will be teaching an online course "Radical Women ; 1918 to 1978" including equality campaigns, the General Strike, women marching v unemployment, anti-fascism, WW2 and Women's Liberation. redflagwalks.wordpress.com

Mary Quaile Club event in Manchester on 18 October, 2pm. Socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham will speak about her memoir of the 1980s "Reasons to Rebel": Rose Hunter will speak about the North Staffs Miners' Wives Action Group. Free. More details maryquaileclub.wordpress.com

Just published by the Mary Quaile Club : "All help possible will be given"- The complete Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Women's Trades Union Council, 1895 - 1919... an invaluable resource on the history of women and trade unions www.lulu.com/shop/bernade...

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. We need to stop it becoming a reality. sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re... via @38degrees

Mary Quaile Club event: Sat 18th October, 2pm, in Manchester. Socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham will discuss her memoir of the 1980s " Reason to Rebel", also speaking Rose Hunter from North Staff Miners' Wives Action Group. Advance booking advised maryquaileclub.wordpress.com

Starting on 5 October I will be teaching an 8 week online course via Zoom on "Radical Women, 1918-1978" including topics such as the General Strike, anti-fascism, NUWM, Spanish Civil War, equal pay and Women's Liberation. Full details here: redflagwalks.wordpress.com

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Mary Quaile Club event: Sat 18th October, 2pm, in Manchester. Socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham will discuss her memoir of the 1980s " Reason to Rebel", Rose Hunter from North Staff Miners' Wives Action Group will also speak. Advance booking advised maryquaileclub.wordpress.com

Queen's Park (Brighton and Hove) by-election result: GRN: 48.4% (+24.4) LAB: 31.1% (-19.9) REF: 10.1% (+10.1) LDEM: 4.2% (-0.4) CON: 3.5% (-3.9) IND: 2.7% (+2.7) No IndGrp (-13.1) as prev. Green Gain from Labour.

In my biography of the television scriptwriter Malcolm "Mac" Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work for the ATV series Armchair Theatre www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

Mary Quaile Club event: Sat 18th October, 2pm, in Manchester. Socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham will discuss her memoir of the 1980s " Reason to Rebel", also speaking Rose Hunter from North Staff Miners' Wives Action Group. Advance booking advised maryquaileclub.wordpress.com

from 2012, Bernadette Hyland reviews a book on the Communist Party of Great Britain. "After the Party, reflections on life after the CPGB" edited by Andy Croft lipsticksocialist.com/2012/08/09/b...

"M.A.L" is an anthology I have compiled of the journalism of Madeline Alberta Linford (1895-1975) , the first woman on the Editorial Board of the Manchester Guardian, who wrote film, theatre and book reviews and much else www.lulu.com/shop/madelin...

In my biography of the scriptwriter Malcolm "Mac" Hulke (1924-1979) "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his first tv play "This Day in Fear", co-written with Eric Paice, starring Patrick McGoohan and Billie Whitelaw www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

Today, lesbian gay and bisexual people have a new global organisation... Learn more at lgbinternational.org

Currently working on "I must take on all comers" a biography of the Manchester boxer and Communist , Len Johnson (1902 to 1974)

Aggregate Result of the 100 Council By-Elections (for 101 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections: RFM: 36 (+31) LDM: 28 (+8) CON: 13 (-11) LAB: 10 (-24) GRN: 7 (+3) Ind: 4 (-2) SNP: 1 (=) PLC: 1 (=) Local: 1 (-5) Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...

my biography of the writer Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" discusses his work on classic tv series such as The Avengers, Doctor Who and Danger Man as well as his novels and other writing. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

Mary Quaile Club event: 18 October 2pm, Manchester. Sheila Rowbotham will discuss her memoir of the 1980s "Reasons To Rebel", Rose Hunter will discuss 40 years of the North Staffs Miners' Wives Action Group. Early booking advised. More information: maryquaileclub.wordpress.com

“Word had spread through social media that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had reportedly checked into both hotels. Within the hour, a small contingent of local residents had arrived at both establishments. They were there to make sure ICE agents didn’t sleep.”

Just published by the Mary Quaile Club: "All help possible will be given" The complete Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Women's Trades Union Council, 1895 - 1919. www.lulu.com/shop/bernade...

This autumn I will be teaching an online course, using Zoom, on "Radical women, 1918 to 1978." More information here: redflagwalks.wordpress.com

from Mosley's blackshirts to Farage's Reform ...little difference...

This autumn I will be teaching an online course using Zoom on Radical Women, 1918 to 1978. The course will last 8 weeks and will be held in the afternoons, starting on Sunday 5 October 2025. More information on the course here: redflagwalks.wordpress.com

Now available - “All help possible will be given" The complete Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Women's Trades Union Council £17.99 The Manchester and Salford Women’s Trades Union Council was established in 1895 to organise women into trade unions, and lasted until 1919.

tv drama as it used to be.. from 1959 Patrick McGoohan in Henrik Ibsen's play "Brand"... a breakthrough for McGoohan as an actor of strength and stature, portraying the uncompromising and tortured priest in a groundbreaking role. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjcb...

In October I will begin teaching an 8 week online course on "Radical Women, 1918 to 1978". More information on the course content here: redflagwalks.wordpress.com

This autumn I will be teaching an 8 week online course using Zoom on "Radical Women 1918 to 1978" . More information here redflagwalks.wordpress.com

wrong kind of gays... www.crowdjustice.com/case/humanga...

Currently working on a biography of Manchester boxer and Communist , Len Johnson (1902-1974)

just ordered the CD of The Who live at the Oval, 18/9/ 1971 which, aged 16, I was at with my brother and friends. 📷

Sex Matters has filed its claim to the High Court seeking permission for a judicial review of the decision to continue to operate the men’s and women’s swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath on the basis of gender self-identification. sex-matters.org/posts/single...

in my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke "things are not always what they seem" I discuss his Doctor Who novels for Target. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

Currently working on a biography of Len Johnson , the Manchester boxer and communist , denied a chance of fighting for British titles because he was not white

delighted to discus the life politics and writing of Malcolm Hulke on The Sirens of Audio. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax5F...

On the Sense Sphere Doctor Who show: DOCTOR WHO DEEP DIVE: SEASON 17 BLU RAY: DALEKS, MONSTERS, THE NIMON, PARIS, SPACESHIPS, SKARO. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__c...