Society for the Study of Labour History

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Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk

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Did you know that Lord Neil Kinnock, former leader of the Labour Party, used to give world leaders he met a copy of Idris Davies’s collected poems? Through Davies’s poetry, Kinnock wanted them “to learn about resilience and hope . . . in the way that the man from Rhymney taught of these things."

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Did you know that Lord Neil Kinnock, former leader of the Labour Party, used to give world leaders he met a copy of Idris Davies’s collected poems? Through Davies’s poetry, Kinnock wanted them “to learn about resilience and hope . . . in the way that the man from Rhymney taught of these things."

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An exciting new drama from Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, focusing on Labour Party figures Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey, and Tony Crosland is now available for booking. Historians of the Labour Party, are you looking forward to seeing 'The Gang of Three'?

Read more: sslh.org.uk/2026/09/25/j...

Roy Jenkins (Hywel Morgan), Denis Healey (Colin Tierney), and Tony Crosland (Alan Cox) discuss the 1976 Labour leadership election following Harold Wilson’s unexpected resignation. Photo credit: Manuel Harlan.
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What was post-war Labour's vision for the land? How did governments and people struggle to realise this vision?

Join us next Friday for: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act’, with Glen O’Hara bit.ly/4i0YEDS

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