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On this day 16th August 1819 the Peterloo Massacre: cavalry charge on protesters calling for parliamentary reform.

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2022-08-16

We also have an upcoming couple of episodes about historical settings in & - with a lot of love for The Time Meddler and The Peterloo Massacre by

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2022-07-27

Enlightenment
Son of the Dragon
The Peterloo Massacre
Iterations of I https://t.co/17ySlLdnwx

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2022-05-31

If we're talking pure historicals:
Sanctuary
The Peterloo Massacre
The Romans
Farewell Great Macedon https://t.co/JjLtfrETsA

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2022-05-31

Are you free on Tuesday evening? Prof Robert Poole, co-author of the New Internationalist, a graphic novel about the Peterloo massacre (see picture), will discuss the life and writings of Samuel Bamford, a working-class writer.
Details and tickets here https://t.co/TxfMS9g8qq

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2022-04-03

This weekend 27/28 Nov is via during which a regiment of brill history/art history and historical-fiction authors will be promoting their fab books. I may tweet about & Billy 😉 pics 📚🎄🎁🍾

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2021-11-26

Remembering Peterloo and my exhibition Towards an Impossible Painting in 2019 at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to mark the 200th anniversary . Looking forward to reinstalling some of these again at the Chamber in September.

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2021-08-17

Brand new concept album from Napier’s Bones available now ! “The Fields” free to stream or yours to keep for £4


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2021-04-23

Today's Reviews is also a first: we're reviewing our first graphic historical novel https://t.co/zAiWgBA3Id

Alongside OUP's 'Peterloo. The English Uprising', we've 'Peterloo. Witnesses to a Massacre' (). Reviewed by , with v. good response on graphic genre.

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2020-06-12

Government solicitors at the Peterloo conspiracy trial are said to be concerned that Henry Hunt may be acquitted. One is reported to have said that the judge seems to have formed 'a decisive opinion in favour of the Orator'. Cartoon by Polyp https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7

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2020-03-27

Peterloo trial: Henry Hunt has said the jury must have thought they were about to try 'some monster in human form' who'd been violating every principle of honour, honesty & integrity & attempting to overturn sacred institutions. Image: Polyp https://t.co/hoR6rTH5tF

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2020-03-21

Just thought, I've not ever published any of my regular cartoon work here before! This is what I do when I'm not Peterlooing or grahic noveling. More at https://t.co/nuIZQ1SCtX

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2020-03-18

Our live tweeting of the big news from 200 years ago will resume on Saturday (21 March) with Henry Hunt's defence in the Peterloo conspiracy trial, and the latest results from Election 1820. Hunt cartoon by Polyp https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7 https://t.co/gbfApC1mFp

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2020-03-17

Seven months to the day after the Peterloo massacre, the ten defendants on trial have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges. Henry Hunt will mount his own defence, but two have their own legal representation. Hunt image by Polyp. https://t.co/hoR6rTH5tF

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2020-03-16

In the Lords debate on the seditious meetings bill, Earl Grosvenor (Whig) said the emergency legislation was likely to cause discontent and indignation. He's been a critic of ministers over Peterloo and refused to contribute towards increased volunteer forces in his home county.

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2019-12-18

Samuel Bamford, who was arrested in August on treason charges, said reformers had been 'basely traduced' in a dossier of information sent to Whitehall before and after Peterloo. He said the documents grossly misrepresented them. Picture: https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7

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2019-12-01

This week 'From Peterloo to the Pankhursts' launches. There is still time to sign up, so head to https://t.co/ZlRJjbXW5w to find out more and get started.

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2019-11-06

Earl Grosvenor, a one-time Tory MP, says he's at a loss to understand why the government is said to be planning new laws to crack down on disaffection & increasing army numbers, when there hasn't even been an inquiry into the Peterloo events. An impartial investigation is needed.

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2019-10-31

Then to the Curtain Theatre for historiographic metafiction (!) in Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre with Polyp (Paul Fitzgerald) & plus research by Robert Poole @ thanks &

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2019-10-19

Encomiable costumbre la del británico de recordar a sus clásicos: la "Masacre de Peterloo" de George Cruikshank (1819) reinterpretada por

más detalles https://t.co/OQl0FkXMEz

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2019-10-08