{"id":25187,"date":"2026-04-14T21:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=25187"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:03:10","slug":"the-future-in-our-past","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/the-future-in-our-past\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future in our Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Callum Cant and Matthew Lee will talk about their new book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/3483-the-future-in-our-past\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926\/2026<\/em><\/a> published by Verso.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Devereux will read poems from his newly published collection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturematters.org.uk\/cm-publications\/books\/coal-and-fire-poems-of-labour-memory-and-inheritance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Coal and Fire<\/em> (Culture Matters)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Authors of two of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pub_range\/general-strike-centenary-series\/\">BRHG General Strike Centenary Series<\/a> will launch their new pamphlets:<\/p>\n<p>Mike Richardson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pamphleteer\/class-or-company-loyalty\/\"><em>Class or Company Loyalty? The printing industry and events of May 1926 in Bristol<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Chris Bowkett\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pamphleteer\/conflicts-of-interest\/\"><em>Conflicts of Interest: Co-operators, trade unionists and the events of May 1926 in Bristol<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we\u2019ll be opening the \u2018Bristol and the 1926 General Strike\u2019 exhibition in the Window on Bristol Gallery. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/bristol-and-the-1926-general-strike\/\">The exhibition is on until Saturday 27 June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25187 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-2_or_3_across_no_crop'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/the-future-in-our-past\/getimage_3567504a-d01d-42a2-a4b4-a5fef0bfe2d6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"414\" 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Richard Devereux will read poems from his newly published collection Coal and Fire (Culture Matters). 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