Callum Cant and Matthew Lee will talk about their new book The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026 published by Verso.
Richard Devereux will read poems from his newly published collection Coal and Fire (Culture Matters).
Authors of two of the new BRHG General Strike Centenary Series will launch their new pamphlets:
Mike Richardson’s Class or Company Loyalty? The printing industry and events of May 1926 in Bristol.
And Chris Bowkett’s Conflicts of Interest: Co-operators, trade unionists and the events of May 1926 in Bristol.
Finally, we’ll be opening the ‘Bristol and the 1926 General Strike’ exhibition in the Window on Bristol Gallery. The exhibition is on until Saturday 27 June.
Event details
Date: , 2026
Time:
Venue: M Shed, BS1 4RN
Price: Free
With: Callum Cant, Richard Devereux, Matthew Lee, Mike Richardson, Chris Bowkett
Series: 1926 General Strike Centenary
