Radical History Blog

On 6th April 1320, thirty-nine Scottish nobles signed the – a letter to Pope John XXII calling him to support Scotland's claim to sovereignty against King Edward II of England. If you've seen Mel Gibson's Braveheart, you know the story.

There comes a time in every tea towel company's life when it has to decide what it stands for. The truth is that, despite the range of radical designs we've produced over the years, there's always been one famous woman we've left out.

Today (31st March) is the 120th anniversary of Eleanor Marx's death in 1898. After learning that her partner, the English socialist Edward Aveling, had been having an affair, Eleanor tragically committed suicide by poison. She was just 43.

Around this time of year back in 1871, Parisians were getting ready to vote. These weren’t normal elections. They were voting in a ne w, revolutionary body: . You're going to need some background.

George Loveless, James Loveless, Thomas Standfield, John Standfield, James Brine, James Hammett. Listed like that, you probably haven't heard of these men. But they have another name you will know – the .

First things first: Happy ! Secondly: it's worth noting that I'm not a woman… Which might lead some to ask why I'm the one writing today's blog.

At the end of February, we asked our fans to nominate their favourite good causes for our 2018 giveaway. We received a huge response, and it was slightly painful to have to whittle the ideas down to a manageable five causes: 1.

On 27th February in 1900 at the Congregational Memorial Hall on Farringdon Street, not far from St Paul's Cathedral, the Labour Representation Committee was created.

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Today we're thinking about the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which gave (some, but not all) women in the UK the right to vote for the first time. It was a .