The John Clare Society’s President, Professor John Goodridge, delivered the Society for the Study of Labour History’s (SSLH) annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture at the John Rylands Library, Manchester on Saturday 13 June 2026. Titled ‘Reading by glow worm: the struggles of labouring-class poets’, it ranged from the 7th century Northumbrian cowherd-poet Caedmon to the Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison who died in 2025. Professor Goodridge was … Continue reading Video: Reading by glow worm: the struggles of labouring-class poets