Pleased to announce that my new (non-sport) book on labour history, 'Raising the Red Flag: Marxism, Labourism, and the Roots of British Communism, 1884–1921', is out today from @haymarketbooks More info at: haymarketbooks.org/books/240…

Got a free ten minutes? Read this brilliant article on Roy Francis and his career at @hullfcofficial @leedsrhinos and @perthbears from @Patrick_Skene skeneinthegame.substack.com/… #rugbyleague #BlackHistoryMonth

The new Rugby Reloaded chats with @Melway42, a @leedsrhinos fan for eight decades, about his lifetime in rugby league - and his family's connection to the sport that began with famous Leeds Parish Church club in the 1890s. Listen now via: on.soundcloud.com/Cr01ZH4ewf…

The new Rugby Reloaded talks to @Melway42, a @leedsrhinos fan for eight decades, about his favourite memories. With a family connection to the game that goes back to the famous Leeds Parish Church club, Mel reflects on a lifetime in league. Listen now via: on.soundcloud.com/Cr01ZH4ewf…

6.30 pm. 29 August. 131 years to this very minute the meeting began at the George Hotel that led to rugby league. 'I say with Mark Twain's bold, bad boy that we glory in the sentence of outlawry pronounced on us, as freeing us from tyrannical bondage of the English Union’.

29 August 1895. 6.30pm. The George Hotel, Huddersfield. The birth of the Northern Union. 'I say with Mark Twain's bold, bad boy that we glory in the sentence of outlawry pronounced on us, as freeing us from tyrannical bondage of the English [Rugby] Union'.

Here’s my tribute to the great Billy Boston, in conversation with @JennaBrooks and Jon Wilkin on @SkySportsRL podcast ‘The Bench’: youtube.com/watch?v=sn_Cxoiu…

80 years ago saw the historic Great Britain tour to Australia and NZ. To celebrate, the new 'Rugby Reloaded' speaks to @huwrichards3 and @rugbyauthor about their fantastic new book 'The Indomitables'. Listen via: on.soundcloud.com/kcRifNZXB3…

It's 80 years since the historic Great Britain tour to Australia and NZ, and, to celebrate, the new 'Rugby Reloaded' speaks to @huwrichards3 and @rugbyauthor about their fantastic new book 'The Indomitables'. Listen via: on.soundcloud.com/kcRifNZXB3…

Now that @YorkRLFC are in Super League, the new 'Rugby Reloaded' episode talks to Ian Lockwood about his new book 'The History of York RL Club 1868-1914' and the fascinating story of one of Britain's oldest rugby clubs. Listen now: on.soundcloud.com/cr1Gl3873h…

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ebenezer Cobb Morley! 'Rugby Reloaded' tells the story of the man some claim is the father of #football. He wasn't, but his life is far more interesting than that. And 'Cobb Morley' wasn't even his name! Listen via: on.soundcloud.com/kOEKHdU4oM…

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ebenezer Cobb Morley! The new 'Rugby Reloaded' looks at the life of the man some claim is the father of #football. He wasn't; his life is more interesting than that. And 'Cobb Morley' wasn't his name! Listen via: on.soundcloud.com/D5T9nAfnU3…