The Levellers

@BoWSociety @DanielDanielsPR @worcestermuseum @WorcesterTIC @LynnDenham1 @17thCenturyLady @1642Author @JamesConnell8 @RestorationHat @Cromwellorg LISTEN to stories of children in the civil wars with @IsminiPells worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/growin…

Out in June but you can pre-order! versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

Nice account of the Levellers here with Ted Vallance and others. The historical consensus has certainly moved since revisionism! @Source: BBC share.google/xOZoWzCACIgeOZ…

LISTEN Making the Protectorate the strongest naval power of the age: Robert Blake (1598-1657) - who was central to the creation of the navy which gave Britain maritime supremacy for centuries to come. To find out more, we talked with Dr Richard Blakemore. worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/making…

THAT STATEMENT FROM HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES IN FULL I have learned with the deepest concern the news about the Earl of Strafford and Archbishop Laud and suspicion of misconduct in public office. Meanwhile, my family and I will flee London.

William Rainsborough’s battle standard. Just saying Salus Populi Suprema Lex…

Very grateful to Jonathan Healey @SocialHistoryOx for his thoughtful and insightful review of The Fiery Spirits in the @TheTLS Times Literary Supplement…

He garrisoned it for the King and ended up a parliamentarian prisoner in the Tower, alongside John Lilburne. Thanks to Micheal Bailey for the invite. You can support Wortley Hall by becoming a shareholder for £10. wortleyhall.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Had a great time giving the annual Christmas dinner lecture at Wortley Hall, the workers stately home in Yorkshire. Previously owned by the Wortley family, it’s now a trade union run co-operative. I spoke about Sir Francis Wortley, who owned the place in the English Revolution.🧵

Looking forward to introducing a rare showing of Don Taylor’s TV drama Last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peters at the ⁦@MuseumCromwell⁩ next month. share.google/IeymAbduTbyuyG…

This is a fantastic book and will make a great Xmas present, as well as an amazing educational tool @HistoricalAssoc, and not just because I am a contributor - others include @IsminiPells Richard Cust, Andy Hopper, Ann Hughes, Mark Stoyle, Imogen Peck, Ian Atherton & Lloyd Bowen

This Thursday sees the first of our autumn online lecture series; 4 top historians on aspects of the 1600s, the first being Dr David Smith on how Cromwell and the Civil Wars have been depicted in films and TV drama. Book now at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromwel…

LISTEN "Fiery spirits": On the edge of civil war Leading up to the civil war, few would have thought that England would become a Republic.  In his new book @JohnWRees explains how radical MPs overcame their opponents to establish the republican government. worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/fiery-…

Great to have done this podcast on the Fiery Spirits for the really excellent World Turned Upside Down site which provides first class material on the English Revolution…. Fiery spirits - Protestors on the edge of civil war - The World Turned Upside Down worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/fiery-…

"This wonderful book is an essential reminder of the vitally important role popular protest has played in securing our parliamentary democracy" 📚 @johnmcdonnellMP reviews @JohnWRees 'The Fiery Spirits' | @VersoBooks bit.ly/470LbGe

Very grateful to @johnmcdonnellMP for this insightful and generous review of The Fiery Spirits, particularly the appreciation of how important the committee system was to the radicals.

My review of John Rees’ book “The Fiery Spirits. Popular Protest, Parliament and the English Reformation.”

Very grateful to @johnmcdonnellMP for this very thoughtful and generous review of The Fiery Spirits in the House of Commons magazine…@VersoBooks @counterfireorg

The #ChristopherHill and the English Revolution: 50 yrs after #TheWorldTurnedUpsideDown conference playlist can be accessed via You Tube (link below) or the @Levellers1649 Facebook page Levellers Association. This is ongoing, updating through the week. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

The Muggletonians, 1652–1979? Part two - by ⁦@ArielHessayon⁩ Great bit of detective work here by Ariel on the recovery of the Muggletonians by E P Thompson… arielhessayon.substack.com/p/the-muggleto…