Author: EditorMC

I am a former journalist by trade, turned labour and family historian with a special interest in Chartism. I launched the Chartist Ancestors website since 2003, and am currently a member of the Society for the Study of Labour History executive committee, managing its website and social media in my free time.
Advice & reference, Annual guides

Additions to labour history archive collections 2025

The annual guide for 2025 to new labour history material in UK archives is now available here on the Society for the Study of Labour History website. Compiled by the SSLH Archives and Resources Committee (SSLH-ARC), the guide records new accessions and where they might be found for the benefit of researchers. Significant additions to the archives in 2025 included: Download the 2025 New Archival … Continue reading Additions to labour history archive collections 2025

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Labour history news

Public inquiry into ‘Battle of Orgreave’ begins work

An independent statutory Orgreave Inquiry promised by the Labour Party in its 2024 general election manifesto has formally begun work following publication by the government of its terms of reference. The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, which has long campaigned for justice for those caught up in the events at the Orgreave coking plant at the height of the miners’ strike, said that while it … Continue reading Public inquiry into ‘Battle of Orgreave’ begins work

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Events, Labour history news

Call for 2026 SHCG Journal and Conference Submissions 

The organisers are pleased to announce an open call for submissions to the 2026 editions of the Social History Curators Group journal and conference, under the theme of ‘The Long March – Strikes, Protests and Riots Through History’.   Inspired by the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, this year’s theme invites papers that examine how museums and heritage sites engage with stories of strike, protest, rebellion, and resistance. The organisers … Continue reading Call for 2026 SHCG Journal and Conference Submissions 

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Books etc

Book: A History of the Scottish Labour Party

A History of the Scottish Labour Party by Dr David Torrance, Edinburgh University Press, 2024. 320pp. The Scottish Labour Party – or rather the Labour Party in Scotland – was the dominant political party in Scotland from the 1950s until the early twenty-first century. It won the largest share of the vote at every UK general election between 1964 and 2010. While its electoral fortunes … Continue reading Book: A History of the Scottish Labour Party

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Labour History Review

Labour History Review essay prize 2026

Entries are invited for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize for 2026. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2026, and details are set out below. Download the entry form (Word document). The editors of Labour History Review established this essay prize with the purpose of encouraging a high standard of scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in the United Kingdom and abroad. The winner’s … Continue reading Labour History Review essay prize 2026

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Labour history news

On the Line: PHM explores the 1926 General Strike

A major new People’s History Museum exhibition titled On the Line explores the General Strike, bringing together powerful images and objects from the past one hundred years and taking visitors to the ‘front line’, shining a light on how communities provided ‘lifelines’ and retracing ‘battle lines’ while asking the question, ‘Where is the line?’ Marking the centenary of the 1926 strike, the exhibition opens at … Continue reading On the Line: PHM explores the 1926 General Strike

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Labour History Review, SSLH news

Labour History Review index 2025

An index for Labour History Review vol 90 (2025) has now been added to the website. Indexes for every year since the Society was founded in 1960 are free to download. There is also a consolidated index in Excel format enabling easy access to the thirty-five years’ worth of articles published since the former Society for the Study of Labour History Bulletin was relaunched in … Continue reading Labour History Review index 2025

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Events

Chartism Day 2026: venue, date and call for papers

Chartism Day 2026 will take place at Friends Meeting House, Warwick on Saturday 19 September. Please add the date to your diary. Further details including information on how to register will be published here nearer the date. Call for papers The Chartism Day Conferences were launched at the University of Birmingham in September 1995 by the renowned Chartist historian Dorothy Thompson (1923–2011). Apart from the … Continue reading Chartism Day 2026: venue, date and call for papers

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Labour History Review

Labour History Review Volume 90 (2025), issue 3

Labour History Review Volume 90 (2025), Issue 3 has now been published. The journal appears both in hard copy and online formats. In this issue… This special issue of Labour History Review focusing on Anti-Imperialism and the Global Left: New Appraisals is guest-edited by Lorenzo Costaguta, Justine Cousin, Camille Fauroux, and Thomas van Gaalen. Articles include: Thomas van Gaalen and Thijs te Braake on Selling Solidarity: Interwar Dutch … Continue reading Labour History Review Volume 90 (2025), issue 3

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