Researcher and author Colin Waugh is giving a talk at the Edinburgh Book Fringe on 13th August on the subject of the 1909 Ruskin College strike, the Plebs League and independent working class education. Find out more: http://tinyurl.com/nb6ff4x

Colin has previously undertaken research at the TUC Library, which holds the Plebs League journal and an extensive collection of material relating to adult- and working class education: http://metranet.londonmet.ac.uk/fms/MRSite/psd/ls/libsites/tuc/sources-history-ed.pdf

The front cover of an issue of “The Plebs” journal, held at the TUC Library.