The centenary of the 1926 General Strike will be marked by events taking place across the West Country.
Organised by the Bristol Radical History Group, the annual weekend of talks will be hosted at the M Shed in Bristol on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, 26.
For more details on the exhibition, visit brh.org.uk/site/event-series/bristol-radical-history-festival-2026/#full-programme.
The trades council has also contributed to an exhibition at the Museum of Bath at Work, which opens on Saturday, May 2.
There will also be a number of special events, all dating between 1800 and 1830.
Tickets are £5 and can be booked at museumofbath.org/bath-and-the-1926-general-strike.
Elsewhere, Radstock Museum will host the launch of Dave Chapple's book, The 1926 General Strike and Miners Lockout in the Somerset Coalfield, on Friday, May 1.
Historian David Williamson will discuss the General Strike in Bath on Wednesday, May 6, with copies of his book, Bath Between the Wars, available for sale.
In Bridgwater, Mr Chapple will relaunch his 2006 book, Bridgwater 1924 to 1927: Class Conflict in a Somerset Town, on Wednesday, May 13, at the Victoria Centre.
The Bath Industrial Heritage Trust chairman and curator of the exhibition, Trevor Turpin, will deliver a short talk on Thursday, May 14.
Ken Loach’s film, Rank & File, will also be screened, with copies of Mr Turpin’s book, Standfast & Solid, available for purchase.
Finally, on Thursday, May 21, Mr Chapple will launch his book, Resistance and Resilience: the 1926 General Strike and Lockout in the Somerset Coalfield at the Bath Museum of Work.
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