# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: The Future in Our Past tells the remarkable story of Britain’s General Strike on its centenary. It is an account of how workers brought the country to a standstill for nine extraordinary days. Callum Cant and Matthew Lee take us on a journey through a Britain living on its nerves, from the London docklands to the South Wales coalfields and the railways and warehouses of middle England. They compare the struggles of 1926 with those of workers in these same communities today. We meet a Bangladeshi courier involved in wildcat strikes on the Isle of Dogs. The great grandson of a Welsh miner facing redundancy at the blast furnaces of Port Talbot. This is social history at its most immediate and relevant.

Churchill feared that labour militancy presaged a Bolshevik-style revolution. But for socialists, dreams of a brighter future would have to wait. Cant and Matthew Lee ask why this monumental standoff ended in defeat for the unions despite their huge mobilisation. They set out why the General Strike still matters and the lessons it has for us.

Callum Cant is the author of Riding for Deliveroo and co-author of Feeding the Machine. He writes for the Guardian on strikes, the future of work and workers’ rights. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex and co-editor of Notes from Below, a journal of worker writing.

Matthew Lee is a librarian and independent researcher and co-editor of Notes from Below. He is a contributing author to the upcoming book Higher Education’s Labour Upsurge.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nottingham/the-future-in-our-past-the-general-strike-one-hundreds-years-on-with-callum-cant-and-matthew-lee/200029937207832
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, trips-adventures, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Nottingham
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 52.95377
- **long**: -1.15103
- **full address**: 14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom, 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee being held?
  - **A:** The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee takes place on Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom, 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee?
  - **A:** The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee is organized by Five Leaves Bookshop.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Nottingham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Future In Our Past, the General Strike one hundreds years on, with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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