Emily P Webber

Historian & author. Knows more about coal mining than most mums on the playground. Rep'd by the lovely @KayPeddle. MINING MEN out Feb 2025 @ChattoBooks

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

As this week marked the end of coal power in Britain it feels timely to announce that my book MINING MEN, will be out on 13 Feb '25 @ChattoBooks You can preorder it at: https://t.co/BcJMoA6uoQ It has been a labour of love, and I hope it does the miners & their communities justice

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

@simongarrard2 Thank you so much - I am so pleased to hear that.

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

#OnThisDay 1984. @LGSMpride Pits and Perverts gig takes place.

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

The Clash played a benefit concert in support of striking miners 40 years ago today.


The gig - billed as ’Scargill’s Christmas Party’ was held at the Brixton Academy, London, on 7 December 1984.

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

Happy St Barbara’s day - patron saint of miners (as well as artillery men and others!)

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

Very excited about this event @PortyBooks in Edinburgh..!Tickets at: https://t.co/pqQ3Cukj8O

[Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP]

From today, women effectively work for free until the rest of the year due to the gender pay gap.

It’s two days earlier than last year because the gap has grown for the first time since 2013.

We must end the undervaluation of women’s work for good.

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

The Durham Miners' Association was founded #OnThisDay in 1869. Pictured is the first generation of the union’s leaders. Within three years of its founding, the DMA had secured the abolition of the detested system of bonded labour and had created the
@DurhamGala. 🧵 (1/4)

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

@CaroSanderson What a life, to have endured so much.

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

@CaroSanderson Oh wow - what a great piece of family history to have. I have the greatest respect for men who were able to endure decades labouring in the heat and darkness underground, quite an achievement.

[Caroline Sanderson @CaroSanderson]

My March #nonfiction Editor's Choices in this week's @thebookseller are by @Moudhy @omarelakkad @LissaKEvans @AdamJFarrer @helen__jukes Sophy Roberts @junesarpong & Jennifer Obidike @mrmarksteel @adellestripe @EPWebber

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

Last week it was the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of the Ashington Group. Check out a wonderful new exhibition celebrating these fantastic Pitmen Painters below 👇🏻 (a nice distraction from politics over the pond).

[Woodhorn Museum @Woodhorn]

Coalface Drawers is a new exhibition celebrating the early years of the Pitmen Painters.

Watch this short film to see behind the scenes of the exhibition.

https://t.co/5QdZY1j1lW

[Ian Lavery @IanLaveryMP]

Great to have the excellent @orgreavejustice campaign in Parliament today.

The wait for justice has been far too long.

#fullinquirynow

[Grahame Morris MP @grahamemorris]

Justice for Retired Miners in today's budget. After years of campaigning the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Investment Reserve Fund will be transferred giving retired miners & widows the pension justice they deserve. This is a huge win for our coalfield communities.#PensionJustice ⚖️

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

Wonderful to see @durhamcathedral adorned with miners banners from across the coalfield.
The ‘Solidarity Forever’ exhibition opened today, marking 40 years since the Miners' Strike. It runs until November 7.

Here's a selection of the banners on display…

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[Nathan Wyburn Artist @NathanWyburnArt]

Remembering #Aberfan 58 years on. ⏰

21.10.1966 144 9.13AM, is made from concrete and corten steel. It contains 144 clocks – the same number of adults and children who died when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and Pantglas Junior School.

Thread ⬇️

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

Very excited to dip into the debut poetry collection by @leahlarwood, which I picked up from @bookhive today. Perfect reading for darkening autumnal evenings 🌙 🍂

[Orgreave Justice @orgreavejustice]

Please read our latest report about the urgent need for an #OrgreaveInquiry https://t.co/3PEZY9zD8o Email the Home Secretary:
[email protected]
[email protected]
& your MP. Find your MP here: https://t.co/AmMk6eweIT
Draft email here:
https://t.co/EW83prFPeV

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

Today I am remembering David Thomas, my children’s 3 x great grandfather, who died alongside 438 other miners & a rescuer in the Senghenydd explosion on 14 Oct 1913. David left behind a widow, Mary Ann, and 5 children, who had to walk forward into an uncertain future without him.

[Emily P Webber @EPWebber]

Absolutely love the idea of this, and the fact these sounds will be captured and archived for posterity.

Music project captures ‘sound of carbon’ by recording in Durham coalmine https://t.co/ZdjQHPvB4o