Radical Tea Towel UK Blog

It's November 15th, so we just wanted to say 'happy birthday' to this Welshman named Aneurin Bevan. 'Nye', as he was often known, was a big-time socialist back in the middle of the last century. … read more

99 years ago today, an armistice was signed between Britain and Germany. Here's the war poet, Wilfred Owen: "If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupt … read more

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it." - Karl Marx It’s the late 1870s. Imagine Karl Marx sitting by his fireplace on a winter' … read more

It's the 4th of November, 1839. The last serious armed rebellion against authority in Britain is about to take place... A year earlier, a movement called the Chartists had come forward demanding … read more

61 years ago today, Britain (in alliance with France and Israel) illegally invaded Egypt. It was all just a big misunderstanding of course... A misunderstanding that Labour heroes Attle … read more