25 January 1893 the Blyth Poets and Pipers Club met at the Mason’s Arms Blyth to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns. Nip on over to our FaceBook page to find out more. Happy #BurnsNight!

Superb new collection of labour movement banners now on display at the People’s History Museum @PHMMcr

It's only 50 days until this exhibition opens John Rylands Research Institute and Library In some ways it's a continuation of the work of Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚 and it's been great working with Dr Janette Martin and others to put it all together. Hoping to do some events during the exhibition's run too - so watch this feed!

#WorkersPlaytime celebrates the richness & diversity of working-class life in industrial Lancashire.

Keep meaning to say that the #WorkersPlaytime exhibition builds on work done with Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚 project, so very pleased that the good people of John Rylands Research Institute and Library have popped a QR code with a link to the Piston, Pen & Press project on the acknowledgements board.

Workers’ Playtime: community and culture in industrial Lancashire culturematters.org.uk/index.php/cult…

As we head towards the weekend - a reminder that #WorkersPlaytime exhibition is still on John Rylands Research Institute and Library details here: library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/… Also, there's a lovely review of the exhibition here: culturematters.org.uk/index.php/cult…

Also a reminder that there's a great exhibition celebrating the work of Sam Fitton GalleryOldham and Michael Sanders will be talking about Sam's plays at GalleryOldham on Weds 19 April at 2pm. galleryoldham.org.uk/sam-fitton-fin…

The PPT for tomorrow's talk on the great Sam Fitton GalleryOldham now done, I can look forward to the opportunity to sing the praises of an under-appreciated writer. "Give me the power to turn up the corners of the nation's mouth, then I care not who pinches its false teeth."

One of our creative partners - coming to your screens soon!

Another chance to hear Michael Sanders of this parish talking about work which has emerged out of this project.

Still time to apply for a fully funded PhD with the National Mining Museum, Scotland, and the University of Stirling on how 'coal famine' was represented in the press: jobs.ac.uk/job/CZZ739/phd… Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)

Pleased to say that the Introduction to our special issue of Jnl.VictorianCulture has now been published - details at the link below. academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-ar…

Verdant Works Museum .Jennifer Reid is quite a coup. I heard her sing in a pub in Manchester to Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚 & Press project people.

CLOGGIN IN SHEFFIELD WITH ME ON 25 JULY 💕 👞 🍬

Thanks to Co-operative News for such a lovely review of the #WorkersPlaytime exhibition currently on display John Rylands Research Institute and Library The exhibition runs until 9th September, so there's still time to view it. thenews.coop/170215/topic/h…

Lovely review of the Workers' Playtime exhibition currently on display John Rylands Research Institute and Library by Co-operative News The exhibition draws, in part, on research undertaken as part of this project and it runs until September 9th so you still have time to see it. thenews.coop/170215/topic/h…

Further details of the Workers Playtime exhibition here: library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/… Michael Sanders will be offering a curator's tour on August 3rd.

Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚 Michael Sanders John Rylands Research Institute and Library Co-operative News A wonderful exhibition and Co-operative Heritage Trust will be there on Saturday August 12th showing some items from the archives.

A masterful sail across the currents of Victorian periodical poetry with Dr. Alison Chapman at the wheel 🌊⚓️ 🛳️ (see Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry) — very enthused by the argument to “unknow Victorian poetry” in order to make anew #RSVP23 #WolffLecture