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
He wasn’t wrong. Everything else in domestic politics is a distraction.
Dennis Skinner: 'Let's Get Back To Class Politics' These are the things we need to be talking about: *Poverty *wages *Asset stripping of public assets *NHS Privatisation *Education *Unaffordable housing *Tax evasion *Govt corruption *Re-nationalisation https://t.co/X957ITbPjD
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Was at the second show. Brilliant!
The Who performed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London on 23rd December 1999 on the The Blues to the Bush Tour The Who performed two special Christmastime concerts at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on the 22nd and 23rd
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Got to meet Bruce again tonight at premier of Deliver me from Nowhere. Legend.
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Read about the English Civil Disco War in this new book from OUP.
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Following the launch of Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl, pop culture expert @ProfKFairclough asks why the star matters and what makes her music so popular. 👇 🔗 https://t.co/ckVnGIwZzX
@taylorswift13
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Today we launch an inquiry into how more people from working class backgrounds can flourish in the Arts & Cultural Research is showing that working class representation in UK creative industries is at its lowest level in decades You can contribute: https://t.co/M00FSSOar8
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This play should be supported and taken round the country.
A big thankyou to .@jeremyball3 @bbcemt who nailed exactly what we were trying to do with #SiXteen 1984 was 1 year but the devastation has been every year for the working class https://t.co/H4HxeRCVec
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AHRC funded On Behalf of the People Coal Mining history project at Uni of Wolverhampton Reseach Festival today.
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New book I’m involved in out soon with Oxford University Press. Pre-order available.
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Ha ha I'd forgot I'd done this I did radio once with .@SocialArkCIO and @ProfGildart Beans On Boogaloo TAKEOVER 020919 Dr Lisa McKenzie: Working Class Academic takes over with ANARCHY!! by Boogaloo Radio | Mixcloud
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WHAT A FANTASTIC SHOW! Dr Lisa McKenzie opens with the #Sex Pistols closely followed by Lisa's mates the #Sleaford Mods - who are also one of Mickey's favourite bands. Mickey is away playing music....
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When diversity is all the rage but working class people are still kept out this isnt ideal but it is a start. The middle class for generations have you used their father's position to reproduce their mediocrity in politics/Arts/Professions https://t.co/tePVCmrsk1
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Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.
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Call for participants 📢 if you or someone you know fits the bill and is interested please send over an email #oralhistory #workingclasshistory #womenshistory #twentiethcenturyhistory #1960s
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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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