Monthly Archives: April 2015

I will be running a bookstall at this Market and Fair selling titles of my publishing imprint History & Social Action Publications, and second hand books, mainly on history and politics. I will also be promoting the Croydon Heritage Festival … Continue reading →

St Anne & All Saint’s Church I am leading a walk down South Lambeth Rd for Vauxhall Society on Wednesday 6 May starting at 12.30pm. Please meet at the Parco Café on the Fentiman Rd side of Vauxhall Park. Free. … Continue reading →

Friday 5 June. 6.30pm. The Dignity of Chartism: Essays by Dorothy Thompson. Launch of new book from Verso. Speakers will include Sheila Rowbotham.  The Marx Memorial Library, Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU. Details: email John Merrick (john@verso.co.uk) Saturday 13 June. … Continue reading →

Two of Brian Barnes’ murals have been featured in Time Out magazine on 17 March. Brian has posted the following photos on London  Mural Preservation Society. Mural at Dagnall St Brian says: ‘One mistake in the article is to show Hilda … Continue reading →

Amended 29 April with inclusion of 5 May event Contents inc: events in Newcastle on the Spanish Civil War; Working Class Movement Library events; Wandsworth Heritage Festival; Keir Hardie Conference; Labour Heritage Spring Bulletin. Wandsworth Heritage Festival 2015 programme final … Continue reading →

Events at Matthews Yard. The Matthews Yard website now has a much improved new details on events there. Council Questions not on website 3 days after meeting Because the files with the public and Councillor questions at Monday night’s Council … Continue reading →

Events Saturday 25 April. 11.30am – 12.30pm. The People’s Hustings for Croydon Central is now to be held outside Marks & Spencer in North End Four candidates will be attending: Sarah Jones (Labour), Peter Staveley (UKIP), Esther Sutton (Green) and … Continue reading →

Friends of Lambeth Libraries is asking Lambeth Council to re-consider its proposals for the future of the service in its comments on the Council’s culture consultation which closes on 24 April. FOLL states: The culture2020 proposals for archives are strongly … Continue reading →

Resist! Against a Precarious Future Third book in the Radical Future series Ray Filar (ed) The young generation aren’t apathetic. We’re disenfranchised, under or unemployed, insecure and anxious. But we’re also angry. We know there are alternatives to the political … Continue reading →

‘What medieval historian’s heart did not thrill to yesterday’s news that every primary school in England will be sent a copy of Magna Carta, together with interpretative guides which show English history (indeed apparently global history) over the last 800 years … Continue reading →