Upcoming events
13 October 2026 – The Red Shed Players present: Radical Roots at Leeds Central Library. Book here.
21 November 2026 – ‘Feargus O’Connor “at large”: Chartist leadership behind bars at York Castle Gaol, 1841–1842’ at Fishergate, Fulford, and Heslington Local History Society. Book here.
Past events
27 April 2026 – ‘Joshua Hobson: a Radical Life in Pages’, Luddite Memorial Lecture, Huddersfield. See the report here.
28 November 2024 – ‘The Northern Star in Leeds’ with Leeds Civic Trust at The Leeds Library. See the report here.
5 November 2022 – Keynote lecture ‘The Newport Rising remembered in the Northern Star‘ at Newport Chartist Convention. See details here.
Dr Vic Clarke 