History and Today

My new article, 'What happened to class? New histories of labour and collective action in Britain', is now published in the new issue of Social History : link here I am also discussing the Luddites on Night Waves on Radio 3 tonight from 9.15pm.

I'm now on a mission to find as many surviving loyalist sculptures, memorials, and other material objects as I can find for the period 1780-1832. http://www.flickr.com/photos/43394061@N02/sets/72157626577249748/ The first are from Manchester Cathedral - the memorial to the Grand Orange Lodge Grand Master Samuel Taylor, and the statue of Thomas Fleming, a Tory who weeded out radicals and Whig-liberals from Manchester local government. Any information on more like these is most appreciated.

Link to the essay by Doreen Massey, 'Landscape/space/politics: an essay' - here: http://thefutureoflandscape.wordpress.com/landscapespacepolitics-an-essay/

'New approaches to the history of popular protest and resistance in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1900,' University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. Contact me to book a place. For more details, see the website protesthistory2011.org.uk/ The twitter feed is at @prohist2011 and the tag is #prohist