This year’s theme is Radical Battles

2026 Tolpuddle Radical History School Programme  

Village Hall, 47 Main Road, Tolpuddle, DT2 7HF  

 Friday, 17 July  

11.45 Arrival – tea/coffee/pick up lunch/registration  

12.00 Chris Read “Russia and the West” 

13.00 Village Walk  

14.00 Les Thomas “A musical interlude from Australia” 

15.00 Pete Yeandle  “Empire and Education” 

16.00 Nadia Naser-Najjab “Political Economy of Palestine” 

17.30 Kate Osborne The Jarrow Crusade

18.30 Finish  

Saturday, 18 July  

10.00 Steven Parfitt “Great Upheaval” 

11.00 Keith Laybourn “General Strike of 1926“ 

12.00 Hamish Maxwell-Stewart “Conviction Politics” 

13.00 Wind up and review with Steven Parfitt