So long as Helen of Tadcaster doesn’t show up, you should be ok!

Online Talk: South and North rather than North and South: The ‘Big Strike’ Novel To mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Professor Michael Sanders (University of Manchester) will deliver an online talk on Wednesday 20 May at 7pm covering two Mancunian female trailblaz…

To mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Professor Michael Sanders @bronterre1.bsky.social will deliver an online talk on 20 May on the ‘Big Strike’ novels, exploring the works of Ellen Wilkinson and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Find out more here: sslh.org.uk/2026/04/20/o...

ZUMMERZET!

Community ownership is key to a sustainable future for live music.

Kirsteen Sullivan MP champions the co-operative models that keep local venues open and creative talent thriving.

LOP 31 (29 May 1976) The General Strike in Leeds - no. 1 of a series

LOP 32 (12 June 1976) The General Strike in Leeds - no. 2 of a series

LOP 33 (26 June 1976) The General Strike in Leeds - no. 3 of a series

Lots of #GeneralStrike100 stuff around at the moment as we approach its centenary. Fifty years ago, Leeds Other Paper looked back at events of 50 years earlier with a series on how the 1926 General Strike unfolded in and around Leeds.

View of an exhibition case with archival documents in. It's about to be closed with what looks suspiciously like a cat-burgling tool.

New exhibition incoming...

#GeneralStrike100

I'm also going to be giving an online talk on the 'big strike novel' - comparing Elizabeth Gaskell's 'North & South' with Ellen Wilkinson's 'Clash' for Elizabeth Gaskell House as part of the #GeneralStrike100 commemorations. Details below:

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

Meanwhile, on the moon...

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Richard Roach, writing in 1725 about the great female authors and spiritual leaders of his era. He assumed that when the history books were written they would all be put on the public stage “with applause and admiration”. 300 yrs later and we’re only just learning their names #earlymodern

Never mind about the first cuckoo - it’s the first sighting of the @thecricketer.com fixtures wallchart, that tells you Spring is finally here. #CountyCricket

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It's a few weeks away yet, but on Weds 20th May I will be giving a talk for the good people of Elizabeth Gaskell House on the strike novels of Ellen Wilkinson and Elizabeth Gaskell. Details below:

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In Cambridge later this month? Exciting Critical-Creative work showcase from EACW's @jamespaz.bsky.social 🎉🔽

Manifestly worth making time to visit the Glass Corridor Gallery on UoM campus for this exhibition over the next few weeks ✨ Really excellent!

Thank you @katherineharvey.bsky.social for this brilliant review of Voices of Thunder!

It’s the end of the week and we’ve now reached No. 25 of my recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary @strikemap.org @sslh.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @nwlh.bsky.social @iassc.bsky.social @redhen90.bsky.social

Just 5 mins away from the desk each hour can reset body and mind. Visit Sam Alex for an immersion in 'Mossworlds' - emerging from research by Dr Aurora Fredriksen (@uomseed.bsky.social), EACW's Dr Anke Bernau & Dr Ingrid Hanson, with their wider team and collaborators.

Looking forward to hearing ‪@naoisemurphy.bsky.social‬ reading from this newly published gem! 25th March, 4pm, Sam Alex A115 - join us!

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

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This Valentine’s Day…

None of the greatest love stories ever told…

But don’t let that deter you…

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If only the position were democratically elected…you’d walk it!
Although my inner Chartist wants to know what your other 5 points are!

Lots of great EACW events happening this week - here's another date for the diary! ✍️ Visiting Fulbright Scholar @amylmontz.bsky.social sharing research on Elizabeth Gaskell and the Female Gothic - Weds 11 Feb, 4–5pm, Sam Alex A1.01 📚

Katrina that’s really kind of you - but you’re not obliged to do my research! I came across the reference to ‘shuttle-gathering’ in a history of Accrington Co-op where it’s presented as an alternative to plug-drawing so I wondered if it had been used in 1842 & whether it was an Accrington specialty!

Many thanks Katrina, I’ll check out the Hammonds’ volumes.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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!

Bradford student receives full scholarship to study at Harvard University Tina Chawira from New College Bradford wins a full Harvard scholarship to study government and East Asian studies, inspiring Bradford students’…

An alumni of the Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme has secured a full scholarship to study at Harvard! 🥳

Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.

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