The Black Country flag and the uses of history (again)

16 Jul 201717 Jul 2017

In 1897, Robert Sherard published a collection of his Pearson's Magazine articles documenting the exploitation and suffering of the working men and women of Britain in some of the 'sweated' trades -…

Walkies

21 Mar 201628 May 2018

Just a quick one to say a massive thank you to everyone that came out on a bright - but chilly - Saturday to have a walk around one of the…

“Broke… alone… in love with a pigeon”

29 Feb 2016

No Black Country history this week I'm afraid, more like a sideline that I've been exploring... #storypast I'm currently making notes for my first ever paper at an academic conference, in…

On unexpected events

24 Aug 201524 Aug 2015

Over the summer, my time has mostly been taken up preparing for a talk I was asked to give at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on my research. (I say most of…