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Live link with Ghada Dimashk, archivist & librarian Fighting Erasure Project in Japhet Library, American Uni of Beirut, on The Renaissance in the Upside-Down “Archives” World. With Barney Cullum #Palestine (#BRHG2026 Bristol Radical History Festival, M Shed 25 April): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Dorothy Byrne (former head of Channel 4 News) & Nicholas Jones (former BBC correspondent) give insiders’ views on “How the news is made Propaganda & self-censorship in the media”. Propaganda theme in Bristol Radical History Festival (M Shed 25 Apr #BRHF2026): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Our 1926 General Strike theme will culminate in a panel discussion with reflections from Chris Bowkett, Henry Fowler, Sheila Caffrey, Steve Mills. Bristol Radical History Festival (M Shed 25 Apr #BRHF2026): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Alternative plan for Clifton Suspension bridge

“Utopian Bristol: Visions of Our City from the Middle Ages to the Far Future” Nate Taylor-Grey’s talk promises to be a fascinating account of Bristol reimagined past, present & future. 8th Bristol Radical History Festival (Day 2, 26 Apr Cube #BRHF2026): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Bristol Radical History Festival (#BRHF2026) has walks too. Festival favourite Mark Steeds will lead “Copper, Coal and Colonizers: The Welsh in the West Country and their impact on Bristol’s past” Meet outside M Shed (11am onwards) 25 Apr: www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

We're pleased to announce another Bristol Radical History Festival exhibition. Amy Rushton has curated “Striking Women: from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet”, telling the story of South Asian women workers’ struggles in two industrial disputes (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 April): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Steve Hunt, author of Bristol Radical History Group book, Yesterday’s To-morrow: Bristol’s Garden Suburbs, will discuss the principles & practical impact of garden-city movement at North Bristol History Society mtg, Horfield Quaker mtg house BS7 8PD (21 Apr 7.30pm): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Next weekend 😊

Yet another exhibition at the Bristol Radical History Festival which will be popular. Richard Jones of Tangent will curate the following: A brief history of Bristol street art and graffiti (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

The only ticketed parts of the Sunday #BRHF2026 events are the general strike walk and the Ireland: Silent Voices film. However, there are 100 seats in Cube so if it should get v busy they would do first come arrangements and limit at that number for safety reasons. Thanks for your interest

Sorry our Gafael Tir event in Bristol has now SOLD OUT. However, there may be stil tickets to get to the show in Newport on 16th April: www.newportrising.co.uk/events/gafae...

Front cover of Radical Abundance: How to win a green democratic future featuring a strawberry plant

The finale of our Bristol Radical History Festival Utopias theme will see Keir Milburn discuss “Radical Abundance & How We Get it” on a capitalist system where “we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do” (#BRHF2026 Day 2 Cube Cinema 26 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

June Hannam will be making a great contribution to the 1926 General Strike theme at the Bristol Radical History Festival ‘An industrial Red Cross’: Labour women’s support for the miners’ lockout in the south west.’ (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 Apr / Cube Cinema 26 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

“Bread or blood?” We look forward to welcoming Viv Pugh to discuss the explosive social, economic & political reasons behind the 1831 Merthyr Rising. Part of the Welsh history theme, 8th Bristol Radical History Festival (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 Apr / Cube Cinema 26 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

#BLM OTD 1853 Harriet Tubman made her first of 19 courageous trips back to the South, leading enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad. She personally guided 70 people (family & friends) out of Maryland & provided instructions to 50–60 more.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory

Another excellent exhibition in the 8th Bristol Radical History Festival: Wendy Hurley’s “Aspirations of Women Reflections from those who were schoolgirls in the South West in the early 1980s” (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Wednesday 15th April 2026

Publicity image for Counterculture event showing protesters including a woman holding out a flower to row of military police

Counter Culture – Boundary Transgressions that change history. This launch of a series of Cube events exploring counterculture will take a deep dive into the concept of the counterculture & its relevance today. With Richard Jones, Pete Webb, Jude Hutchen & Gen. FFI & tickets: hdfst.uk/e151169

Vampires of Avonmouth Tim Kindberg's history of the West of England in the late twenty-first century. New book review on the Bristol Radical History Group website. Catch novelist Tim King’s talk at the Bristol Radical History Festival (#BRHF2026 Cube Cinema 26 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/book-re...

Cover of Tim Kindberg's novel Vampires of Avonmouth featuring hand clutching beads.

“Future Song...near-future Bristol” Sunday's Bristol Radical History Festival programme will look at the history of utopias/dystopias past & future. Thrilled to host novelist Tim Kindberg author of Vampires of Avonmouth & Future Song. (#BRHF2026 Cube Cinema 26 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

We are delighted that Kirsten Harris will be launching our Utopias’ programme with this talk: Imagining Otherwise: Utopia and the Work of Hope. 8th Bristol Radical History Festival (Day 2, Cube Cinema 26 April #BRHF2026): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

“False Narratives: When dubious images set the political agenda” The examples in this exhibition reflect some of the topics Bristol-based journalism ethics charity MediaWise Trust took on over 30-year period. Bristol Radical History Festival (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 Apr): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Steve Hunt, author of Bristol Radical History Group book, Yesterday’s To-morrow: Bristol’s Garden Suburbs, will discuss the principles & practical impact of garden-city movement at North Bristol History Society mtg, Horfield Quaker mtg house BS7 8PD (21 Apr 7.30pm): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

1982 Woman magic poster designed by Anne Berg

We v much look forward to “Woman Magic 2026: Ecofeminist posters from women artists weaving between Bristol, Wales & Sweden (1968-1983)” Su Fahy’s exhibition at the 8th Bristol Radical History Festival (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 April): www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

New BRHG blog: “Bristol men & women who were involved in the General Strike”: trade union leaders, miners, dockers, railway workers, printers: www.brh.org.uk/site/2026/04...

There will be several fascinating temporary exhibitions at the Bristol Radical History Festival. Photographer Carrie Hitchcock’s work documents Bristol communities in the 1980s. (#BRHF2026 M Shed 25 April). All events free with no booking req: www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

BRHG book review: “Beyond the Darkness: Crimes from Another Era”, translated by Mike Jempson. Memoir of French resistance fighter & Armenian communist Mihran Mavian's confrontation with Nazi terror. Reviewer Sean Hosney warns the spectre of fascism looms closer again. www.brh.org.uk/site/book-re...

Coming soon!: Author Isabella Lorusso on Fighting Women: Interviews with veterans of the Spanish Civil War, Newport Rising Hub, NP20 1JN Donations (Wed 8th April, 7-8.30pm) Details: www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...

Bristol Radical History Festival (#BRHF2026) has walks too. Festival favourite Mark Steeds will lead “Copper, Coal and Colonizers: The Welsh in the West Country and their impact on Bristol’s past” Meet outside M Shed (11am onwards) 25 Apr: www.brh.org.uk/site/events/...