Michael Ward
@michael954.bsky.social
Biographer of Beatrice and Sidney Webb.
Previously Deputy Leader, Greatr London Council; Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies.
Now Chair, Arundel and South Downs Labour Party
www.michaelward.eu
Previously Deputy Leader, Greatr London Council; Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies.
Now Chair, Arundel and South Downs Labour Party
www.michaelward.eu
This was the poster for the second Jobs For A Change festival - here is the poster for the first one.
September 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This was the poster for the second Jobs For A Change festival - here is the poster for the first one.
part of my collection...
May 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
part of my collection...
Dawn over Arundel. 18 February 2025
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Dawn over Arundel. 18 February 2025
Welcome Joe Dromey
January 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Welcome Joe Dromey
Bleak but beautiful morning on the Monarch's Way in Arundel park, Sunday 19 January 2024.
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January 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Bleak but beautiful morning on the Monarch's Way in Arundel park, Sunday 19 January 2024.
#monarchsway
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'Not all who wander are lost' - seen on the South Downs, beteeen Amberley and Burpham, on a misty Boxing Day, 2024
December 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM
'Not all who wander are lost' - seen on the South Downs, beteeen Amberley and Burpham, on a misty Boxing Day, 2024
But you have not yet been to Corbusier's Cite Radieuse in Marseille. We saw it in November. Very impressive.
December 18, 2024 at 8:54 PM
But you have not yet been to Corbusier's Cite Radieuse in Marseille. We saw it in November. Very impressive.
Late afternoon, Arundel Park, 29 November 2024. Surreal clouds and silhouette trees
November 29, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Late afternoon, Arundel Park, 29 November 2024. Surreal clouds and silhouette trees
Today, I went to Feltham, West London, for memorial event for Dave Wetzel, friend and colleague for 40 years, chair of the GLC TRansport Committee 1981-1986.
Lots of friends and supporters in Hounslow and Hammersmith - Greens and Liberals as well as Labour members.
Good obit in today's Guardian.
Lots of friends and supporters in Hounslow and Hammersmith - Greens and Liberals as well as Labour members.
Good obit in today's Guardian.
November 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Today, I went to Feltham, West London, for memorial event for Dave Wetzel, friend and colleague for 40 years, chair of the GLC TRansport Committee 1981-1986.
Lots of friends and supporters in Hounslow and Hammersmith - Greens and Liberals as well as Labour members.
Good obit in today's Guardian.
Lots of friends and supporters in Hounslow and Hammersmith - Greens and Liberals as well as Labour members.
Good obit in today's Guardian.
Looking east, from Arundel Park across the Arun Valley. Patchwork quilt of grenn and brown.
October 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Looking east, from Arundel Park across the Arun Valley. Patchwork quilt of grenn and brown.
Vdeo now available on the Socialist History Society website of my talk last night, A New Look at the Webbs.
Please paste this link into your browser: www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk?p=1720
www.michaelward.eu
Please paste this link into your browser: www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk?p=1720
www.michaelward.eu
October 17, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Vdeo now available on the Socialist History Society website of my talk last night, A New Look at the Webbs.
Please paste this link into your browser: www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk?p=1720
www.michaelward.eu
Please paste this link into your browser: www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk?p=1720
www.michaelward.eu
Five cygnets and two swans, Swanbourne Lake, Arundel, 15 October 2024
October 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Five cygnets and two swans, Swanbourne Lake, Arundel, 15 October 2024
Today saw Sean O'Casey's 'Juno and the Paycock' at the Gielgud Theatre in London, starring Mark Rylance and J Smith-Cameron. A moving production of an important play.
October 9, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Today saw Sean O'Casey's 'Juno and the Paycock' at the Gielgud Theatre in London, starring Mark Rylance and J Smith-Cameron. A moving production of an important play.
mist and drizzle, Mill Road, Arundel, 5.15pm, 1 October 2024
October 1, 2024 at 5:29 PM
mist and drizzle, Mill Road, Arundel, 5.15pm, 1 October 2024
Arundel Castle, seen from Queen Strett, on a crisp, clear September morning
September 28, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Arundel Castle, seen from Queen Strett, on a crisp, clear September morning
How to meet the housing targets in Sussex without destroying the countryside?
- Increase protection for National Park;
- concentrate development in existing seaside town centres.
See my column in this week's local press:
- Increase protection for National Park;
- concentrate development in existing seaside town centres.
See my column in this week's local press:
September 28, 2024 at 9:05 AM
How to meet the housing targets in Sussex without destroying the countryside?
- Increase protection for National Park;
- concentrate development in existing seaside town centres.
See my column in this week's local press:
- Increase protection for National Park;
- concentrate development in existing seaside town centres.
See my column in this week's local press:
Just a song at twilight
At the close of day....
Arundel, 27 September 2024
At the close of day....
Arundel, 27 September 2024
September 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Just a song at twilight
At the close of day....
Arundel, 27 September 2024
At the close of day....
Arundel, 27 September 2024
New review of my book on Beatrice and Sidney Webb, by Labour peer Jim Knight, published in The House magazine:
September 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
New review of my book on Beatrice and Sidney Webb, by Labour peer Jim Knight, published in The House magazine:
Arundel Park, looking down on South Stoke, 15 September 2024.
September 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Arundel Park, looking down on South Stoke, 15 September 2024.
Arundel Park, early on a wet, grey September Sunday morning. Looing south towards the sea from the ridge.
September 8, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Arundel Park, early on a wet, grey September Sunday morning. Looing south towards the sea from the ridge.
and now with the picture....
September 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM
and now with the picture....
Arundel sunset, 28 August 2024
August 28, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Arundel sunset, 28 August 2024