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Andrew Whitehead looks at Victorian firebrand Dan Chatterton's unorthodox political career
Of all the Victorian-era critics who commented on what they saw as a corrupt political system, Dan Chatterton was among the most outspoken. Andrew Whitehead looks at Chattertonâs unorthodox political career stretching from the Chartist movement of the 1840s to the anarchist milieus of the 1890s. A fierce and uncompromising orator and pamphleteer, he was also the publisher of the remarkable Chatterton's Commune: The Atheistic Communistic Scorcher which included a regular feature on the âshams and swindlesâ of the age. His writings are notable not simply for their anger and militancy - railing against kingcraft and priestcraft and many other perceived ills - but also for their championing of women's rights and of contraception.
Andrew Whitehead is an editor of History Workshop Journal in which he has published an article about Dan Chatterton. He has researched and written on popular radicalism in late Victorian Clerkenwell and is currently working on a project about representations of London in fiction.
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Andrew Whitehead | talks |
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Date and Time: |
7 December 2010 at 7:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
Bishopsgate Institute |
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Tickets: |
£8, concs £6 |
Available from: |
Call 020 7392 9220 between 9.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday or search for Bishopsgate Institute on www.WeGotTickets.com |
Additional Information: |
Bishopsgate Institute is two minutes walk from Liverpool Street station. |
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