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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you miss LJMU's @ljmu-sca.bsky.social exciting new exhibition on the history of the left-wing theatre movement on Merseyside, 1937-1987? Don't worry, it's now available to view digitally here: www.ljmuexhibitions.online

LJMU, 'A Radical Re-Imagining: The History of Merseyside Unity Theatre, 1937-1987' now available online [credit: LJMU]

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An exciting new drama from Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, focusing on Labour Party figures Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey, and Tony Crosland is now available for booking. Historians of the Labour Party, are you looking forward to seeing 'The Gang of Three'? Read more: sslh.org.uk/2026/09/25/j...

Roy Jenkins (Hywel Morgan), Denis Healey (Colin Tierney), and Tony Crosland (Alan Cox) discuss the 1976 Labour leadership election following Harold Wilson’s unexpected resignation.

Photo credit: Manuel Harlan.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new issue of Labour History Review @livunipress.bsky.social is out now featuring articles by Kevin Morgan, Lewis James Willcox and Ad Knotter. Members of our Society receive three copies of Labour History Review per year. Read the latest issue here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/lhr

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chartism Day 2026 is just ten days away. This year's event is held at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick on the 19 September. All are welcome, but numbers are limited. A must for all interested in the Chartist movement! Book here now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Chartism Day 2026 is fast approaching. Find out more and register for a ticket today at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On this day thirty-three years ago, the renowned historian and activist E.P. Thompson died (1924-1993). What are some of your favourite passages, works, and insights?

E. P. Thompson addresses an anti-nuclear weapons rally, Oxford, England, 1980.

E.P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Come and join us for the fifth annual John Halstead Lecture at the John Rylands Library in Manchester on the 13 June. Find out more and book your tickets here: sslh.org.uk/2026/01/05/j...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A reminder that Labour History Review Volume 88, Issue 1 (2023) @livunipress.bsky.social is available to read online for free. The issue includes articles from João Lázaro, Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh, and @gregorybillam.bsky.social Read the issue here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/lhr/88/1

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

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

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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...

Cartoon shows the scene of the Chartist 'riot' in Birmingham 1839, with giant large London policemen attacking the crowd. Text: Chartism Day 2026. 19 September, Warwick.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Reading by Glow Worm: The Struggles of Labouring-Class Poets 🕯️ Join us for the fifth annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor John Goodridge All welcome, and its free, but please register sslh.org.uk/2026/01/05/j...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

We are looking for a new editor for our website and social media. Interested? DM us or email sslhwebeditor @ gmail . com for more info.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

All Chartists Great and Small: three recent books offer insights into the lives of local and national Chartist leaders sslh.org.uk/2026/01/08/a...

Book covers for ‘Feargus O’Connor’, Samuel Holberry’ and ‘Chartist Lives’.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Reading by Glow Worm: The Struggles of Labouring-Class Poets 🕯️ Join us for the fifth annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor John Goodridge sslh.org.uk/2026/01/05/j...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Twelve places in labour history sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The first three posts in our Places in Labour History series are now on our website. Duncan Hamilton on the County Hotel and Durham Miners’ Gala. Jane Donaldson on the 1938 co-operative movement pageant. Mark Crail on the burial place of Chartist writer Helen Macfarlane sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Are you studying for a BA or taught Masters and need financial help to research a dissertation with a labour history theme? Check out our #bursary scheme… sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Great book launch at the Marx Memorial Library yesterday for Henry Dee’s ‘Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa’. Dee pictured right; beside him is Dr Wayne Dooling of SOAS, who kindly acted as discussant sslh.org.uk/2025/11/04/m...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Join us Membership includes the next three issues of Labour History Review and access to the full back catalogue, discounts on books and the chance to support others studying labour history sslh.org.uk/join/

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership. Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Membership of the Society for the Study of Labour History costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes three issues of Labour History Review. If labour history matters to you, come and join us sslh.org.uk/join/

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Join us for the launch of Henry Dee’s ‘Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951’. Published with @livunipress.bsky.social. Marx Memorial Library, 29 November sslh.org.uk/2025/10/27/b...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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/

Image of historian E.P.Thompson, founder member of the Society for the Study of Labour History.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Chartism Day in Huddersfield was excellent: great papers, friendly people and really well attended. Good to see you all. Aiming to have a report on our website during the next week.

Conference in session. Image from Northern Star newspaper on screen.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#GeneralStrike100 Next year marks 100 years since the General Strike of 1926. We are proud to be a part of a national partnership of 15 museums, libraries and groups working together to commemorate the event. Find out how you can support the partnership. bit.ly/GeneralStrik...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Round table: The Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective. Open access on Labour History Review sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...

Image of Keir Starmer. Text as in the post.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Chartism Day is two weeks today. All welcome but you need to book #Chartism #Yorkshire #C19th www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Indeed. Although time travellers are welcome

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Come and join us for Chartism Day 2025. All welcome; booking required. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Book now for Chartism Day 2025 (and please share as widely as possible) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

Text: Chartism Day 2025. Heritage Quay, Huddersfield, Saturday 6 September.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The new issue of Labour History Review is out now. Have you got your copy yet? sslh.org.uk/2025/07/16/l...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Join us for #ChartismDay 2025. All welcome; tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Book your ticket today for Chartism Day 2025 Saturday, 6 September, Huddersfield www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

Text: Chartism Day 2025. Heritage Quay, Huddersfield. Saturday 6 September. Illustration: placard advertising Chartist meeting in Huddersfield.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The new issue of Labour History Review is out now sslh.org.uk/2025/07/16/l...

Front cover with list of articles: Eric Heffer - the Marxist Years; Wortley Hall - the Workers’ Stately Home; Domestic Service and the Labour Movement in Franco-Era Spain. Plus Book Reviews.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Professor Peter Gurney delivers the John Halstead Memorial Lecture on the “Chartist Revolution” at the John Rylands Library in Manchester today.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Bookings now open for the ‘Starmer Year One’ conference organised by the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University. The event takes place on 14 June 2025. sslh.org.uk/2025/05/06/c...

Picture of Keir Starmer in the Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Have you got yours yet? sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/l...

Front cover of Labour History Review. The journal is propped up on a bookcase.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Historians of Labour and class on the Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective. Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...

Picture of Keir Starmer in the Cabinet Room. Title of article and list of contributors as in the main post.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

In Labour History Review * Keir Starmer's Labour Government in Historical Perspective * Limits to Solidarity: Trade Union Responses to European Workers in Britain, 1945–1948 * Workforce Disability and the 1949 ‘Ineffectives’ Strike in the London Docks. sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/l...

Front cover of Labour History Review, Liverpool University Press and SSLH logos.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

#LabourHistory #Archives @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Long thought to have been destroyed, the missing records of the mining trade union NACODS have been rediscovered and saved for posterity. sslh.org.uk/2025/01/17/m...

Shopfronts in a brick terrace. Over one is a sign reading National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies & Shotfirers.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

The 2024 index for Labour History Review is out now. Indexes from 1960 to date can be freely downloaded at 👇 sslh.org.uk/2024/12/29/l...

Front cover of academic journal. No images,

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

In this morning’s post. Have you got yours yet? sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/l...

Front cover of academic journal Labour History Review. No illustrations.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Édouard Dolléans: the first modern historian of Chartism? In the latest Labour History Review. sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/e...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

From Old Labour to the Third Way: how Labour’s social and welfare policies evolved between 1975 and 1997. In the latest Labour History Review… sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/f...

From cover of academic journal Labour History Review.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

How the crisis of the 1931 Labour Government led to enduring myths of betrayal and economic incompetence. In the latest issue of Labour History Review… sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/e...

Front cover of academic journal Labour History Review.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The new issue of Labour History Review is out now - online and in print. sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/l...

Text reads: In this issue
Édouard Dolléans: First Modern Historian of Chartism? Kevin Morgan
Exorcizing Dysfunctional Myths: Betrayal, Economic Incompetence, and the Memory of the 1931 Second Labour Government's Crisis
Giuseppe Telesca
From Old Labour to the Third Way: The UK Labour Party's Social and Welfare Policy Evolution between 1975 and 1997 Ben Williams
Book Reviews

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