British forces charge crowds during bread riots in Manchester, England, in 1819. The event became known as the Peterloo Massacre, when troops were ordered to disperse the crowds. (Rischgitz | Getty ...

In the Sir Ralph Abercromby pub, 200 years ago, they will have talked about the rising cost of living, falling workers’ pay, and Britain’s trading arrangements with the rest of the world. Back then, ...

Manchester is where the Industrial Revolution was born. It's also where Marx & Engels lived & coined the term 'proletariat.' NPR looks at the origins of an idea every politician has sought to co-opt.

Gary Neville has committed to restoring Manchester's only pub which witnessed the Peterloo massacre a decade after proposing its demolition.

This brand-new show commemorates the anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, taking place in Manchester on 16th August at the acclaimed 53two theatre on Walton Street. Followed by a performance at ...

On 16 August 1819, troops charged the crowds in St Peter's Field - 18 people lost their lives and around 700 were injured. Within days, the press were referring to it as "The Peterloo Massacre" after ...

Included with your Prime membership. Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of ...

As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace of the very concept... One city prides itself as the cradle of the working ...