Registration is now open for The Radical North, 1779–1914: A Symposium in Memory of Malcolm Chase. The event takes place on Friday 29 November at the University of Leeds, and is free of charge.

Details of the programme and a booking form can be found here: The Radical North, 1779–1914: A Symposium in Memory of Malcolm Chase Tickets, Fri 29 Nov 2024 at 09:30 | Eventbrite.

After the event, a blue plaque will be unveiled on Briggate to mark the place where the Chartist Northern Star newspaper was printed and published from 1837 to 1843. Funds are being raised for this at: A Blue Plaque for the Northern Star Chartist Paper – a Community crowdfunding project in Leeds by Stephen johnston (crowdfunder.co.uk) [crowdfunder.co.uk]

A connected event titled Radical Politics/Radical Painting: Emma Novello’s portrait of Richard Cobden takes place on the morning of Saturday 30 November at the Brotherton Institute.

Presented to the Brotherton Library in 1953 as part of the Novello Cowden Clarke Collection, the portrait of the nineteenth century radical appears not to have been displayed in public since it was painted. New research has revealed its history and significance for the first time and established the existence of a yet untraced second portrait, exhibited at the South Kensington Museum and the Crystal Palace in 1869.

Details of the event and a booking form can be found here: Radical Politics/Radical Painting: Emma Novello’s portrait of Richard Cobden | Galleries | University of Leeds