Professor Keith Gildart
@ProfGildart
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Labour and Social Historian; coal miner; writing mostly about histories of youth, class, coal, pop music. Remember in the end nobody wins unless everybody wins.
Manchester, England
Joined February 2017
RT @redrumlisa: When diversity is all the rage but working class people are still kept out this isnt ideal but it is a start. The middle cl….
bbc.co.uk
Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.
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RT @nic_jim_ed: Call for participants 📢 if you or someone you know fits the bill and is interested please send over an email #oralhistory #….
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Couldn’t make it to the event in Manchester this week but spending the evening reading the book.
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What a day in Manchester with PP Arnold. One of the true Queens of Soul.
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Yes Kirsty!.
As Oasis kick off their reunion shows, in what promises to be an electric weekend for Manchester, Prof Kirsty Fairclough (@ProfKFairclough) discusses the impact on the city, nostalgia and new fans! 🤩 . #OasisManchester #OasisLive25 #Oasis25
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Was a great experience to be in pit for this one.
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Bruce tour now over. 35 shows since 2023 (94 in total) including first in Tampa and last in Milan. Hopefully not the end of the road. Icing on the cake was poster signed by Bruce and rest of E Street.
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Yes Kirsty!.
“Manchester really is the perfect city…. it’s got everything, culture, creativity, nightlife, innovation. Manchester is the Greatest city in the world.” Very well said by our TIMA judge @profkirstyfairclough . We look forward to celebrating the best of it all on 6th November.
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I have a chapter on soul music in Wigan and Wolverhampton in this new book published by OUP out soon.
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With the Kid waiting for the Coconuts in Manchester.
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Statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK
durhamminers.org
Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
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RT @ProfKFairclough: I’m very proud to be a judge for the @thisismcrawards where we celebrate the brilliance of the people in our city regi….
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RT @wlv_uni: ICYMI: Professor Keith Gildart @ProfGildart from the University was a key contributor to the new @BBCTwo documentary, 'When Sp….
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Berlin for Bruce. What a great show! Number 90 for me.
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