Writing Lives

Online research project on Working-Class #Autobiography by final-year English students @LJMU. Visit our blog for #memoirs + resources #writinglives

[Flora @FloraSCooper]

I've just had the call. I've refused entry. This is an interesting phone call.

Doing this for everyone for our school staff everywhere!

@Ofstednews
@Headteacherchat

#ShineOn
#BurnBrighter

[Writing Lives @Writing__Lives]

@lukeoneil47 @princessjack Awful

[Writing Lives @Writing__Lives]

@AmandaISeligman Carolyn Steedman, Poetry for Historians; or, W. H. Auden and History (2018)

[Dr Paul Belford @PaulBelford]

A glimpse of some of the work by @sbriercliffe for @BCLivingMuseum ‘Forging Ahead’ project - new book out next month! ‘Never-before-seen pictures show how the Black Country looked during the post-war boom’ https://t.co/7ZGPU1Uy65

[Pete Orford @DrPeteOrford]

Also on our Dickens MA blog, you can see posts from some of our past students on their research and experience. First up is David Stockman discussing what the Dickens MA meant for him: https://t.co/a4bRKgScuY 1/

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

Did you know we hold over 10,000 diaries of everyday folk in the Great Diary Project #archives @BishopsgateInst? Volumes & stories that might not find a home elsewhere. Here’s some lovely diaries waiting for the magic touch of our in-house Diary Guru Dr Polly North!

[Cultural and Social History @CultSocHistory]

Our new issue is now published, with articles on agrarian capitalism, convict corpses, sodomite conspiracies, immoral seamen, female music students, and English radicalism!

Read all the new articles here: https://t.co/gBq1zzjUGw

[Writing Lives @Writing__Lives]

@UoYBorthwick @JBHist Gosh this is gorgeous

[Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚 @PistonPen]

22 June, 8pm: free online concert with performances of millworkers' poems and songs, come join us! https://t.co/KAvExrDuUv
@LearningHoolet @newlanarkwhs

[Brunel University of London Library @Brunel_Library]

#RT @BrunelSpecColl: RT @Writing__Lives: Frank William Bealey, Prof of Politics at LSE asked his secretary to type out his mother Nora's memoir!

Those were the days 😜
@BrunelSpecColl @emilymcuming @DrLauraKing @EmmaGriffinHist @JBHist @JuliaLaite @JMUEnglish

[Brunel University of London Library @Brunel_Library]

#RT @BrunelSpecColl: RT @Writing__Lives: Entry on Lucy Luck in the Bibliography of Working Class Autobiography edited by Burnett, Vincent and Mayall. The copy of her memoir is held by @BrunelSpecColl https://t.co/sJ8YkGTLLo

[Michael Herbert @MJHerbert]

Madleine Linford reviews the film "Sons of the Empire" in the Manchester Guardian on 25th May 1917. " I t is a curious fact that in picture-houses, commonly considered the lightest and least serious form of amusement, there is far the greatest evidence of the shadow of war.

[Charlotte Clements @CClements29]

Important statement from RHS on closures @LSBU and elsewhere. Thank you for the support.

[Writing Lives @Writing__Lives]

@thegentleauthor Ring out the bells! Fantastic news!

[Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor]

A message from our patron to all supporters of the SAVE THE BETHNAL GREEN MULBERRY campaign following Friday's joyous High Court verdict that it cannot be dug up.

"A great cause for rejoicing…..What wonderful news!
With love, Judi"

[Writing Lives @Writing__Lives]

@rjbealey @hampton1895 Thank you Ros for helping Hattie make such a rich & fascinating Author Blog on Nora Hampton & pleasure to read. Gorgeous photo of Nora here & great to discover a forgotten word for tomboy!

“It was myself who got into trouble as a tom boy and ripstitch”

https://t.co/gkCkHDr1Z7

[The British Newspaper Archive @BNArchive]

We are delighted to announce the extension of our long-term partnership with the @britishlibrary. Since 2011 we have digitised over 42 million newspaper pages together, and we look forward to publishing millions more. Read more here: https://t.co/5KBySsMV4c #BritishLibrary

[North Yorkshire Archives @nyccarchives]

It seems workplace parties have been around for a while! In 1866, Old Gang Smelt Mills hosted a tea party with brass bands and amusements for their workers and families, to celebrate improved working conditions [ZLB]. #HBAHHospitality