03. Joseph Ritson’s Revolution, with Jon Mee
Professor Jon Mee joins me in this episode to talk about the cantankerous northern antiquarian Joseph Ritson, the man who is responsible for making Robin Hood a champion of the poor.
Podcast
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In this first episode of Biographicon, Professor Alastair Bonnett and I explore the mind of Thomas Spence – a thinker so dangerous he was made illegal. As Alastair argues Spence was “the poorest and most determined militant in English history” and Spenceanism is the only political ideology outlawed by the British parliament. We take you on a psychogeographic tour of Spence’s birthplace, Newcastle upon Tyne, in which Alastair presents his role within the Northumbrian Enlightenment.
Alastair Bonnett is Professor of Social Geography in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
With thanks to
Alastair Bonnett
Ian Hendo
The Poor Man's Revolutionary - by Alastair Bonnett & Keith Armstrong
The Thomas Spence Society
Alastair Bonnett, Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University (UK)
Radical Tyneside
The Political Thought of Thomas Spence, Beyond Poverty and Empire - by Matilde Cazzola
Against the Grain: A Project by Ruth Ewan
