Tony Benn had been told by Eric Heffer MP that at the end of the 1986 Blackpool conference the organist had said the Red Flag would not be played. After protests it was but Benn recounts that at th…

Guardian 23rd September 2026 Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension Labour are going after pensioners once again. Reform will protect your pension. Nigel Farage Twitter …

The reference for those under 50 is the Smith’s second single released on 31st October 1983. Andy Burnham is a Smiths fan. Beyond that The Times while making some mild criticisms is unusually…

Monday 28th September 5.30pm Gregor Gall ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. Recording of seminar: Manufacturing Marxist music…

29th September The London Socialist Historians Group, that organises the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, has said that it is backing the cur…

29th September The London Socialist Historians Group, that organises the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, has said that it is backing the cur…

Andy Burnham’s Conference Speech: history man, Unions, Co-Ops ( but Manchester also saw the birth of the world’s first working class political party) On 29th September Andy Burnham delivered his fi…

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Andy Burnham’s Conference Speech: history man, Unions, Co-Ops ( but Manchester also saw the birth of the world’s first working class political party) On 29th September Andy Burnham delivered his fi…

29th September The London Socialist Historians Group, that organises the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, has said that it is backing the cur…

Good to see Andy Burnham, who wrote the foreword to Manchester’s Best Beer Pubs and Bars, back in parliament (Report, 19 June). Separately, I hope that’s closing time for Morgan McSweeney.Keith Fle…

Blair, Starmer and Burnham & Trotskyism A post on UnHerd has argued that Andy Burnham should rekindle his youthful dalliance with Trotskyism. Rather fanciful. Burnham noted in 2010 that he had …

Blair, Starmer and Burnham & Trotskyism A post on UnHerd has argued that Andy Burnham should rekindle his youthful dalliance with Trotskyism. Rather fanciful. Burnham noted in 2010 that he had …

29th September in the traditional calendar is Michaelmas, so expect all those who go on about British history to be speaking out. It’s a quarter day, that is when rent is due but its also a f…

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This was touched on a socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research on 28th September I’m not sure Lenin used the term ‘miserabilism’ but the meaning of being …

This was touched on a socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research on 28th September I’m not sure Lenin used the term ‘miserabilism’ but the meaning of being …

Below are the (edited) original notes of a speech I gave at an event to mark the 150th anniversary of the First International at the Rivoli Ballroom Crofton Park on Sunday 28th September 2014. As u…

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Andy Twelves on social media picked this up, but the story is in The Times and elsewhere Labour Conference in Liverpool has a No.10 North lager on tap. There are numbers of decent indy brewers in t…

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Andy Twelves on social media picked this up, but the story is in The Times and elsewhere Labour Conference in Liverpool has a No.10 North lager on tap. There are numbers of decent indy brewers in t…

Below are the (edited) original notes of a speech I gave at an event to mark the 150th anniversary of the First International at the Rivoli Ballroom Crofton Park on Sunday 28th September 2014. As u…

Nairn’s London at 60: London beers in 1966 LRB The Campaign for Real Ale’s Good Beer Guide 2027 is out and it is a weighty tome, with a good number of London pubs listed. It is the 60th anniv…

Colm Tóibín, author and poet, opens up about sexuality and creativity in his 70s.

The 90th anniversary of Cable St is marked on 3rd October but a week before Mosley’s fascists were stopped from rallying on Holbeck Moor in Leeds. Richard Burgon MP, whose grandfather was the…

Discover things to do and local events in Salisbury and the surrounding areas. Find live music, theatre, car boot sales and more.

E P Thompson’s Making of the English Working Class was first published as Pelican paperback (price 90p) on 27th September 1968. It remains in print 58 years later The extract below is a good …

The Ambridge Socialist September 27 Joe Grundy is back We recently marked the 105th anniversary of Joe Grundy’s birth. On Friday a new Grundy was born thanks to a lot of hard work from Amber and th…

Nairn’s London at 60: London beers in 1966 LRB The Campaign for Real Ale’s Good Beer Guide 2027 is out and it is a weighty tome, with a good number of London pubs listed. It is the 60th anniv…

The 90th anniversary of Cable St is marked on 3rd October but a week before Mosley’s fascists were stopped from rallying on Holbeck Moor in Leeds. Richard Burgon MP, whose grandfather was the…

The Ambridge Socialist September 27 Joe Grundy is back We recently marked the 105th anniversary of Joe Grundy’s birth. On Friday a new Grundy was born thanks to a lot of hard work from Amber and th…

E P Thompson’s Making of the English Working Class was first published as Pelican paperback (price 90p) on 27th September 1968. It remains in print 58 years later The extract below is a good …

Beyond Anyone But England, Farage, Braverman & the England football team In general on sporting occasions Ive been an Anyone But England person. That’s not because I deny great sporting achieve…

30th September 1989 Caroline and I caught the train to Blackpool and unpacked at the Florida Apartments, a nice place between the Imperial Hotel and the Winter Gardens. I set up the fax machine, th…