Peter Hoey came into radical politics during the agitation for the 1832 Reform Act. Born

Peter Hoey came into radical politics during the agitation for the 1832 Reform Act. Born

Philip Salmon examines who could vote following the changes made by the ‘Great’ Reform Act of 1832. This article covers the system which was in operation until the next major Reform Act in 1867.

I have often wondered about the author of The Chartist Challenge. Published in 1958 and still an indispensible biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney, the book reveals n…

I have often wondered about the author of The Chartist Challenge. Published in 1958 and still an indispensible biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney, the book reveals n…

Alexander Sharp was imprisoned in 1848 after speaking at a series of meetings at Clerkenwell

Some fifty delegates crowded into the seventeenth-century Friends Meeting House at Warwick on Saturday 19 September for Chartism Day 2026 to hear speakers range across the history and historiograph…

James Watson was one of the quartet of radical London publishers who were at the heart of the battle of the unstamped press and later went on to form the London Working Men's Association. Influenced b...

Joseph Williams was imprisoned in 1848 after speaking at a series of meetings at Clerkenwell

Joseph Williams was imprisoned in 1848 after speaking at a series of meetings at Clerkenwell

Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.

Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.

Dr Janette Martin (John Rylands Library) has announced the rediscovery, cataloguing and digitisation of a large bound of newspapers, pamphlets and other materials related to the Peterloo Massacre. …

Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.

We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’

As Easter weekend - late this year - approaches, Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section, discusses the timing of