Gill Cookson
@gillint.bsky.social
Historian of 18th/19th-c. industrialisation. Northerner, lefty, deluded optimist. No racists, genocide apologists etc.
Book now out:
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837651412/making-an-industrial-revolution
and here's the blog post: buff.ly/3W1JJgH
Book now out:
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837651412/making-an-industrial-revolution
and here's the blog post: buff.ly/3W1JJgH
Age of Machinery blurb by (as of yesterday) a Nobel economics laureate. How about that!
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October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Age of Machinery blurb by (as of yesterday) a Nobel economics laureate. How about that!
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Just out: produced by Spen Valley Civic Society, my own new research, and never-before seen illustrations. Tell your Clecky friends!
A glossy booklet tours the town and points to Cleckheaton's medieval past.
£4 from Spen Stationers, Albion St., or email oldcleck@gmail.com to order, £4.50 inc. P&P.
A glossy booklet tours the town and points to Cleckheaton's medieval past.
£4 from Spen Stationers, Albion St., or email oldcleck@gmail.com to order, £4.50 inc. P&P.
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just out: produced by Spen Valley Civic Society, my own new research, and never-before seen illustrations. Tell your Clecky friends!
A glossy booklet tours the town and points to Cleckheaton's medieval past.
£4 from Spen Stationers, Albion St., or email oldcleck@gmail.com to order, £4.50 inc. P&P.
A glossy booklet tours the town and points to Cleckheaton's medieval past.
£4 from Spen Stationers, Albion St., or email oldcleck@gmail.com to order, £4.50 inc. P&P.
#History, maybe, is the circle of light. But the key we are looking for is likely to be in a place un-illuminated by the street-lamps.
From Erich Heller, The Disinherited Mind.
From Erich Heller, The Disinherited Mind.
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#History, maybe, is the circle of light. But the key we are looking for is likely to be in a place un-illuminated by the street-lamps.
From Erich Heller, The Disinherited Mind.
From Erich Heller, The Disinherited Mind.
Look what just landed!
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December 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Look what just landed!
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And the Tin Ear of the Year award....
December 12, 2024 at 11:25 AM
And the Tin Ear of the Year award....
My book's out in a month!
Preorder for a discount - use code BB135 for 35% off.
Preorder for a discount - use code BB135 for 35% off.
December 3, 2024 at 9:10 AM
My book's out in a month!
Preorder for a discount - use code BB135 for 35% off.
Preorder for a discount - use code BB135 for 35% off.