A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition

Thursday 3rd April 2025
Speaker: James Crossley
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance
 
This talk will provide an overview of Morton’s life and work based on recent archival research. It will cover the formative influences on Morton’s political and intellectual development and contextualise his work in light of his membership of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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REWILDING WILLIAM MORRIS

A Socialist History Society on-line meeting
17 June 2025 at 7pm
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/A_O6dDWaTbWttfpqmAM87A

Speaker Dr Phillippa Bennett

In William Morris’s News from Nowhere, Old Hammond describes England as ‘a garden, where nothing is wasted and nothing is spoilt’. His companion Guest, a time traveller from the nineteenth century who has already been entertained with a brief tour of twenty-second-century London, questions this description. Read on ...

A new look at the Webbs

An on-line talk for the Socialist History Society by  Michael Ward, author of Unceasing War on Poverty : Beatrice & Sidney Webb and their World 

First broadcast on Wednesday 16 October 2024

This engaging biography of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, ‘Unceasing War on Poverty’, takes the reader into the world of the Webbs, the remarkable couple who changed Britain, inspiring a generation to fight for a better society. Read on ...

Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

On-line Socialist History Society meeting held on Tuesday 19 November


Author Margaret Renn introduces her new book.

A portrait of a brilliant journalist and tireless campaigner for justice

Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the underdog. Read on ...