Mark Crail
@markcrail.bsky.social
Chartism and other #C19th stuff, chartistancestors.co.uk. Author of Tracing Your Labour Movement Ancestors and Chartist Lives, EC member @sslh.bsky.social. Science fiction reader.
Look forward to giving my paper on Rev. Arthur Wade
Mark Crail@markcrail.bsky.social · 4d agoTickets are now available for Chartism Day 2026. The £12 ticket price includes refreshments and a light buffet lunch (plus all the Chartism you can eat). All are welcome. #C19th #History #Chartism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
The programme for Chartism Day 2026 is now live: sslh.org.uk/2026/08/04/c...
Chartism Day 2026 Programme
The programme for Chartism Day 2026 is now live. What is Chartism Day? The Chartism Day Conferences were launched at the University of Birmingham in September 1995 by the renowned Chartist historia…
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BBC News clearly running a coordinated campaign against the prison early release scheme, and exploiting vulnerable relatives to do so.
The Chartism Day 2026 programme is online, including a full list of speakers and topics. Tickets now available. All welcome #Chartism #19thCentury #History www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Chartism Day 2026
Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.
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Tickets are now available for Chartism Day 2026! All are welcome. The £12 ticket price includes refreshments and a light buffet lunch. The full programme will be available in due course. Book your tickets and find out more here: sslh.org.uk/2026/08/02/c...
Chartism Day 2026 Registration
Tickets for Chartism Day 2026 are now available. This year’s event takes place on Saturday 19 September at Friends Meeting House, Warwick, and is open to all. Chartism Day 2026, 19 September,…
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Tickets are now available for Chartism Day 2026. The £12 ticket price includes refreshments and a light buffet lunch (plus all the Chartism you can eat). All are welcome. #C19th #History #Chartism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Chartism Day 2026
Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.
eventbrite.co.uk
Using this to remind folk that I am available for freelance and part-time projects! I am very qualified and competent; please hire me to teach, research, edit, or administrate so that I can afford my wedding.
will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 6d agoyouve heard of failing upwards. well academic careers in 2026 encapsulate the reverse: succeeding downwards. so many talented, highly qualified people, being punished for their achievements
Tickets are now available for Chartism Day 2026. The £12 ticket price includes refreshments and a light buffet lunch (plus all the Chartism you can eat). All are welcome. #C19th #History #Chartism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Chartism Day 2026
Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.
eventbrite.co.uk
Interesting questions and answers here. Could happily have read more. Fascinating that the Guardian picture desk gets c30-40,000 images every day.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.What makes the perfect news image? Fiona Shields is answering your questions live now! Drop you questions in the comments on the article
A new Peterloo jug is news, because all known examples are printed over a leftover batch commemorating an admiral. This one is part of a new batch on a purpose-made jug, indicating sustained demand. On display soon at the People’s History Museum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jug
The jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum.
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For @bylinetimes.bsky.social, @nafeez.bsky.social investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell aka 'Posh George' – and how his former boss in the City became Reform UK's treasurer vetting donations. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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G W M Reynolds, journalist, author of penny dreadful fiction and Chartist, born #OnThisDay 23 July 1814.
It’s no wonder I couldn’t get the hang of all this when I did the 1832 Reform Act at school (soon after it became law). @histparl.bsky.social stuff is always such a good read.
History of Parliament@histparl.bsky.social · 2w agoFollowing the changes made by the 'Great' Reform Act of 1832, who was able to vote? From potwalloper to scot and lot voters, Dr Philip Salmon explores each type of post-1832 voting qualification. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
Good old BBC news vox pop. They’ve just found someone in Derby to complain that so far “nothing’s changed massively”. That would be since lunchtime.
Andy Burnham is currently being given the access codes for the national computer. It was designed by Charles Babbage inn 1867, is made out of zinc, crystal, and the heart of Lord Nelson, and is located seven miles below the crypt of Westminster Abbey.
Without Feargus O’Connor, there would almost certainly have been no great radical Chartist movement. Born #OnThisDay 18 July 1794, his is one of 42 stories told in Chartist Lives www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
I’ve just finished reading this and enjoyed it immensely. A fascinating and intriguing tale, and I genuinely could not put it down until I got to the end. Looking forward to others in the series.
Dr Angela Buckley@drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 4w ago150 years ago today (it was also hot!), the second inquest into Charles Bravo's death opened at the Bedford Hotel, Balham. It lasted for 23 days. There were lots of quirky events inc viewing Charles's exhumed body and the jurors tasting the poison that killed him. 🔗 www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-P...
Have any of the reputable polling companies done a voting intentions survey for the #Clacton byelection?
Not to mention the fact that he wasn’t even born until 1964. So his earliest memories of how the world worked are from the 1970s.
Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social · 3w agoThe hypocrisy of Farage pretending nostalgia for a time when state-ownership of public utilities was the norm and the very rich faced personal tax of 90%, corporation tax of over 45% all of which he abhors
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
I see BBC News has given up bothering about prejudicing trials, contempt of court etc.
At last - Routledge have set a publication date for my book on their website:
Sounds fascinating - and now on my kindle. I used to live in Balham, and drink at the Bedford. Though as far as i recall, I didn’t poison Charles Bravo 🧪
Dr Angela Buckley@drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 4w ago150 years ago today (it was also hot!), the second inquest into Charles Bravo's death opened at the Bedford Hotel, Balham. It lasted for 23 days. There were lots of quirky events inc viewing Charles's exhumed body and the jurors tasting the poison that killed him. 🔗 www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-P...
If Fuckface applies for the Chiltern Hundreds (or whatever the other one is), can his application be rejected so he’s stuck being anMP? Genuine constitutional question.
Sure Al, and I’m thinking of throwing my hat into the ring for the papacy next time round. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birmingham MP Al Carns not ruling out Labour leadership yet
Carns says he is waiting to hear the contents of an economics speech by Andy Burnham.
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Surely Shabana Mahmood now has no option but to resign. Can’t remain in office if she’s lost control of her ministers and Number Ten won’t back her.
‘The Dynamics of Death: Peterborough Coroner's Court, 1856-1905’ Very much looking forward to reading this.
Dr Sophie Michell@sophiemhistory.bsky.social · last mo.My thesis is now available open access because they wouldn't let me embargo it (oro.open.ac.uk/110434/) Or you can just come to my paper at BCH in September and I'll give you the 15 minute version.
