Don't forget that the 1926 General Strike centenary open day is fast approaching. Book your tickets here: phm.org.uk/events_new/1...

Don't forget that the 1926 General Strike centenary open day is fast approaching. Book your tickets here: phm.org.uk/events_new/1...

Are you a historian of the 1926 General Strike? If so, we need your help updating the strike's bibliography to mark its centenary. sslh.org.uk/2026/04/02/h...

Really pleased to be part of this upcoming event marking the centenary of the #GeneralStrike100 at the People History's Museum

The People's History Museum is hosting a special open day on the 9 May to commemorate the centenary of the 1926 General Strike. We are delighted to support this event! sslh.org.uk/2026/04/13/1...

We provided a research bursary to help John Russell research the Labour Party's Middle Eastern policy following the 1956 Suez Crisis. Here’s what he found. sslh.org.uk/2026/03/17/j...

Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain 18 June 2026 at Uni of Warwick Hosted by @mrcwarwick.bsky.social & Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology supported by @sslh.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social Booking now open #histmed #histSTM

Left on the Shelf remains a key resource for anyone interested in labour history. Find out more about new owner Mark Thwaite's plans for the store. sslh.org.uk/2026/04/07/l...

Thanks to @sslh.bsky.social for publishing an article on the progress of the Vale Rawlings project to revive the forgotten story of a Midlands trade unionist & do good in his name. sslh.org.uk/2026/04/09/v... #WW1 #tradeunion #labourhistory @unitetheunion.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

I mentioned this on Twitter back during Covid days. I am happy to share my collection of archival photos/primary sources with other researchers. If you’re working on the history of political or social movements in Britain, Australia or South Africa, I might have stuff in my collection. Hit me up!

We provided a research bursary to help Theo Christodoulidis research industrial Dundee's female migrant millworkers c.1841-1891. Here's what he found: sslh.org.uk/2026/03/24/t... Find out more about our postgraduate research bursaries: sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

🚨 Conference booking open 🚨 Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain from the 19th century to the present 18 June 2026, University of Warwick Booking form and additional information about the programme available at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

A new issue of Labour History Review @livunipress.bsky.social is out now, available online and in print, including an open access article by Peter Gurney on Chartism. sslh.org.uk/2026/04/01/l...

What’s new in the archives: our free guide to labour history accessions in 2025 #labourhistory #archives sslh.org.uk/2026/04/01/a...

What’s new in the archives: our free guide to labour history accessions in 2025 #labourhistory #archives sslh.org.uk/2026/04/01/a...

New 1926 General Strike map online! Using early 20th century Ordnance Survey maps, the online resource shows strike events (through archive sources) in their contemporary landscape. Explore the map, digitised sources and more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

@newcastleuni.bsky.social will be hosting the British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research conference on 7-8 May. Tickets (no charge) for the event go live today at 9am. We have an excellent programme of speakers. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ialhi.bsky.social

We provided a research bursary to help @loadaigh99.bsky.social research Scotland’s rural labour movement for his PhD. Here’s what he found. sslh.org.uk/2026/03/10/l...

Thanks to @sslh.bsky.social for supporting my research sslh.org.uk/2026/03/10/l...

Chartism Day 2026 This year's event will take place in Warwick on 19 September 2026. For more info and to see the call for papers, click the link. #Chartism #ChartismDay #CfP sslh.org.uk/2026/02/12/c...

An index for Labour History Review vol 90 (2025) is now on our website. There are indexes for every issue of the Society's publications since it was founded in 1960, with a consolidated index in Excel from 1990 when LHR was launched. All indexes are free to download. sslh.org.uk/publications...

Entries are invited for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2026 (Please share widely) sslh.org.uk/2026/02/19/l...

📣We are delighted to announce the 2026 recipients of the Joint BME Small Grants! This scheme is supported by @histedsocuk.bsky.social; EHS; History UK; @historyworkshop.org.uk; @royalhistsoc.org; @sslh.bsky.social and @womenshistnet.bsky.social!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2026/02/17/b...

If labour history matters to you, join us. Annual membership costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes a subscription to Labour History Review sslh.org.uk/join/

I’m finishing today my posting of recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain - in this 100th anniversary year - with Nos. 27-35. Hope you’ve liked the overall series over recent weeks?!! @strikemap.org @keithbeard.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social

Entries are invited for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2026 (Please share widely) sslh.org.uk/2026/02/19/l...

Out today, my new book about Margaret Bondfield, all-round ground-breaker and political pioneer is published by @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social and is available in both book and audio form. I am, obviously, very pleased about it!

We are sorry to hear of the death of former Labour Party archivist Stephen Bird, who has died aged 79. sslh.org.uk/2026/02/17/s...

Match-box makers, c.1906 In 1906 'sweated' (poorly paid) homeworkers were put on public display as part of a 6 week exhibition organised by the Daily News The exhibition handbook included photos of workers (mostly women) in their usual domestic working conditions warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

It’s the start of the week, so here’s Number 21 of my recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fri @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social

So good to see this in print @sslh.bsky.social

We'll be there! Looking forward to sharing some of our work with the National Union of Mineworkers archives at #HAP26 and catching up with other projects which have communities at the core!

An index for Labour History Review vol 90 (2025) is now on our website. There are indexes for every issue of the Society's publications since it was founded in 1960, with a consolidated index in Excel from 1990 when LHR was launched. All indexes are free to download. sslh.org.uk/publications...

My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is now listed in Verso's trade catalogue for 2026. You can find it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/...

Chartism Day 2026 This year's event will take place in Warwick on 19 September 2026. For more info and to see the call for papers, click the link. #Chartism #ChartismDay #CfP sslh.org.uk/2026/02/12/c...

A special issue of our journal Labour History Review on ‘Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals’ is out now sslh.org.uk/2026/02/09/l...

Here we have Book No 17 of my recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fr @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social

The new issue of Labour History Review is out now, online and in print @livunipress.bsky.social sslh.org.uk/2026/02/09/l...

The new issue of Labour History Review is out now, online and in print @livunipress.bsky.social sslh.org.uk/2026/02/09/l...

For all of those left-wing bibliophiles amongst you, here is a wonderful second-hand resource @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @nwlh.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @buiraonline.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @iassc.bsky.social

Ok, so we’ve now reached No 15 of my recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fr @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @nwlh.bsky.social

Question for C19th Labour Historians have you come across references to “shuttle-gathering” as a tactic in industrial disputes? Hoping @katrinanavickas.bsky.social and @sslh.bsky.social might be able to help!

Today it’s No. 12 Recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fr @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @iassc.bsky.social @buiraonline.bsky.social

This is such an impressive and valuable collection of material. So easy to go down the rabbit hole and spend many hours engrossed in this.

Well, today we’ve reached Book No. 10 of my recommended classic texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fri @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social

Congratulations to Bowen Ran, PhD student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, on publishing ‘E. P. Thompson’s Historiographic Agency in Beyond the Frontier’ in Historia: Philosophy & Theory, 1, 72-79. We were delighted to be able to support his research with a research bursary doi.org/10.46991/hpt...

Here's me speaking about the Blair era at the University of Bristol today... Coming to York, Oxford and London for New Labour book launches soon!

On my way to London to deliver this paper. It's possible to watch online if you're interested.

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