Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'These Isles', 'Northerners: A History' and 'Made in Manchester'.
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OUT NOW: 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' (@HarperNorthUK). Previous books 'Northerners: A History' (2022), 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' (2024).
Geokaun mountain and cliffs, County Kerry, south-west Ireland, photo by Belinda Shi, travel photographer.
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I'll be talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' at Hazel Grove Local History Group, Stockport, Friday Nov 13th 10am. St Peter's Parish Centre, Green Lane SK7 4EA. Visitors £4.
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Offer ends at the end of the month.
Price drop: the audiobook of 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City that Shaped the Modern World' is currently available for £4.99, one-third of the usual price. A bargain. amazon.co.uk/Made-Manchester…
Wee house, Maraig, North Harris, Outer Hebrides, painting by Sarah Anderson, Scottish landscape artist.
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THESE ISLES: James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), a Lanarkshire-born miners’ leader, was a crucial figure in the foundation of the Labour Party and also represented a seat in south Wales. ‘Labour's greatest pioneer and its greatest hero,’ wrote one historian. 1/7
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Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, painting by Arthur Delaney (1927-87). #NorthernArt
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Youngsters play cricket in Rothwell St, Mumps, Oldham, 1963, by Dennis Hussey. He was from Delph, Saddleworth, and worked at the Oldham Evening Chronicle before spending the rest of his career at the Daily Mirror.
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Snow on The Old Wellington Inn, Manchester, February 1954, long before the building was relocated decades later (Mirrorpix/Getty).
Thursday. I started work on the Goole Times and Howdenshire Gazette, 1976.
I'll be talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' at Howden & District u3a, east Yorkshire, on Thurs Oct 29th, 10.30am. The Shire Hall, Market Place. howden.u3asite.uk/home/
Fishermen With Currachs, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, painting by Séan Keating, Irish artist (1889-1977).
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THESE ISLES: Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) was an Anglo-Irish countess, a key figure in the 1916 Easter Rising and the first woman elected to the British parliament, but declined to take her seat in 1918 because of Sinn Féin’s abstentionist policy. 1/7
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