Enjoying a lovely view of the Galloway Hills from the bay

Finally found a Chartist from my home town of Doncaster (v rural and and dominated by agricultural interest at that time): William Thorold Wood, son of the ornithologist Charles Thorold Wood of Campsall Hall.

Call for papers. Historians of 18C politics, political participation and electoral culture, do come and join us in person in Newcastle 8-9 July 2022. #twitterstorians 18thC Political Participation & Electoral Culture

New article on Open Access: Matthew Roberts Matthew Roberts on 'Women and Late Chartism: Women’s Rights in Mid-Victorian England' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-ar… #chartists

New on Royal Historical Society's blog: 'Goldsmiths, Aston, Kingston, LSBU .... Confronting History Cuts and Closures in 2021', by RHS President Emma Griffin blog.royalhistsoc.org/2021/11/02/gol… #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters

I think that I shall keep retweeting this- brilliant.

My new book, Democratic Passions, is out! Thanks to all at MUP, fellow historians of radicalism and historians of emotion for all your help

At the age of 44 I’ve finally achieved what I should have been doing in my 20s: festival yesterday, sitting in the archives today in muddy smelly clothes, slightly hungover🤪

In Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games. One thing hasn’t changed since Chartist days - London police have been drafted in to keep order.

At Edgbaston watching India v Barbados women.

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Looking forward to commemorating the Chartists in Halifax today. Here are some rousing banner inscriptions by Halifax Chartists dropbox.com/s/32f2oqpk0w30…

#GreatStrike

Petition · End "Prince of Wales" title out of respect for Wales · Change.org change.org/p/end-prince-o…

An increasingly rare but welcome spot at Sheffield station today - an intercity 125(class 43 HST for fellow train enthusiasts!)

I was reading a letter from Sir Robert Peel yesterday in the British Library after his resignation in 1846 when he said, words to the effect, at least we can leave office with honour. When was the last Tory PM who could say that

As our nation faces yet another unelected leader, how about we return to the other great avenues of enacting our democratic will, writes KEITH FLETT ow.ly/r7mZ50Ln15l

Manchester University Press - Democratic passions manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526137043/… 50% off as part of MUP’s summer sale - grab them while you can. Use code SUN50

Calling historians of prisons, disability and medicine, can someone recommend any scholarship which looks at the experiences of the impaired and Chronically ill in prison(?)

Radicals – The Chartist Women of Sheffield Exhibition & Film Friday 18th - Saturday 19th October, The Samuel Worth Chapel, 10am - 4pm. FREE Did you know that the first ever petition for women’s suffrage was sent by a group of women from Sheffield?