Plymouth University Research Fellow Receives Plymouth Community Award

Wednesday 4th October marked Devon and Cornwall Police’s Plymouth Commander’s Annual Award Ceremony, where police officers, and members of the public, were recognised for acts of bravery and contributions to the community. One of these awards was made to Dr Alan Butler, Research Fellow with the Plymouth University History Department.  He was awarded the first… Continue reading Plymouth University Research Fellow Receives Plymouth Community Award

Feature: Union is strength: the language of union in British radicalism c.1815 – 1850

Artwork by James Gregory

BY JAMES GREGORY  The recent international conference, ‘Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century’ held at the University of Plymouth (22 – 23 June 2017) looked at union and disunion from the level of families separated by mental health or poverty, through the local history of Union Street and the union of the three towns… Continue reading Feature: Union is strength: the language of union in British radicalism c.1815 – 1850