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Historian of production/trade politics | Textile workers | Heritage and memory | Co-Director, MA Heritage Management, QMUL | Co-Director, CLaSP | he/him

Streatham
Joined March 2016
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DEVON IS RED 🔴
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⏱️ FULL-TIME: City 2️⃣ @NFFC 2️⃣ (2-4 Pens) Heartbreak for the Grecians on penalties. It was an incredible performance from City who played for 40+ minutes with ten men and pushed a team third in the Premier League to the limit! A performance to be proud of 👏 #ECFC #SemperFidelis
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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1981, EXETER CITY ARE IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE FA CUP AFTER A SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE! 😍 #ECFC #SemperFidelis | @EmiratesFACup
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If you are an early career scholar or a PhD student wanting to showcase your work, we - at CLaSP Blog (@clasp_qmul) - welcome essay submissions on a range of issues related to CLaSP’s research themes. More info and guidelines here: claspblog.org/contributions-…
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William Morris’s own copy of Marx’s Capital, bounded especially for him.
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⏱️ FULL-TIME | City 1️⃣ @RotherhamUnited 0️⃣ Start as we mean to go on... 😍 #ECFC #SemperFidelis
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Our new issue of The London Journal - Vol. 49, No. 2 - is now out. A thread of what you can find in this issue follows. All reposts much appreciated. tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/4… 🧵
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FUNDED PHD: Four years of AHRC funding for a project on the suppression of the underground press in Restoration England, in collaboration with the Stationers' Company. Please pass on to any interested MA students or grads. jobs.ac.uk/job/DEW494/ahrc-f…
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Ed Legon retweeted
.@clasp_qmul invites PhD applications on areas of expertise of its faculty members (see image). Internal funding options available for UK & int'l students. Deadlines in late Jan. More on CLaSP: qmul.ac.uk/busman/research/r… More info on applications: qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/rese…
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Fab event @thehacbow @QMUL #OnePlaceStudy HolyTrinityBowWest Church supported Masters; @J_J_McIntosh MC- student scholarships,multidisciplinary approach - Student @CianHodge Supervisors @Ed_Legon & @LondonCurious & @AlistairHackney - reach out for #FamilyHistory #EastEndDiaspora
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Britain in Revolution Seminar | MONDAY 24 APRIL - 17.00 Ed Legon @Ed_Legon (@QMUL): '"Rebells by their Trade"? Revisiting Clothmaking and Parliamentarianism' intellectualhistory.web.ox.a…
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Before Twitter explodes I’d like to share some news. I am starting a PhD @QMGeography in collab with @MOLArchaeology funded by #AHRC via @CDPConnect I am exploring the relationship between people, history, landscape & environment thru the lens of #mudlarking on the Thames! 🌊
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Me on the British Marxist Historians and how they transformed our understanding of history and the role of the working class in shaping it ✊️✊️
Though Britain’s Communist movement never took power, its leading lights – like E. P. Thompson and Eric Hobsbawm – sparked a revolution in understanding the role of working people in making history. tribunemag.co.uk/2022/11/his…
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Pleased to share with you all the programme for Christopher Hill and the English Revolution conference. Please share and RT. Register below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/christoph…
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Christopher Hill wrote brilliantly on the radicals of the English revolution. This excellent conference with first class speakers marks 50 years since the publication of The World Turned Upside Down. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/christoph…
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We've made The Origin of Capitalism by Ellen Meiksins Wood free to download until tomorrow! Political education should be accessible to everyone - if you can, consider donating the cost of an ebook to @btbphilly, an org that sends free books to incarcerated people!

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It's thirty years since radical East End GP and anti racist activist Dr David Widgery died. His 1992 book Other Lives, gave voice to those marginalised by the Docklands regeneration process. Friends at @CareForStAnnes have organised this free event to remember David and his work.
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We did it. Together ❤️
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