With Colston’s statue thrown into the river and questions being asked about the attitudes to slavery of other historical figures, we thought the Society should make some comments about what Cobbett had to say about slavery.
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1976
Welcome to the William Cobbett Society Website.
The William Cobbett Society was founded in 1976 to bring together those who have an interest in the life and writings of William Cobbett. A passionate defender of the freedom of the press Cobbett was prepared to defend it at the cost of imprisonment and exile.
Events & Programs
13MaySaturday
Meeting
2023 Annual General Meeting
Time: Saturday, 13th May 202311:00 am - 1:00 pm / ZOOM
2023 Annual General Meeting Sat 13th May 2023 on ZOOM 11am THIS EVENT WILL GO AHEAD BUT WILL BE ZOOM ONLY. THE PLANNED PHYSICAL EVENT AT FARNHAM MALTINGS HAS HAD, RELUCTANTLY, TO BE CANCELLED (Please note that the date is a change from a provisional date of April 23rd announced in the last newsletter) The […]
09JuneFriday
Members Event
2023 Rural Ride Friday 9th June 2023
Time: Friday, 9th June 20239:30 am - 5:00 pm / Farnham to Romsey to Mottisfont
The Cobbett Society is returning to its pre-Covid tradition of a ‘Rural Ride’ – a coach trip enlivened by Cobbett readings relevant to the journey. The trip will be based around a journey to Romsey and visit to the town and Abbey; and a visit to the National Trust house at nearby Mottisfont. The coach […]
12JanuaryFriday
Lecture
2023 Annual Lecture will be on JANUARY 12th 2024
Time: Friday, 12th January 20248:00 pm - 9:30 pm / Farnham, Maltings
The next Annual Lecture will be on January 12th 2024. Tim Clayton, an expert on the cartoons of James Gilray (who did a well known sequence of cartoons on Cobbett) will give the lecture at Farnham Maltings. Updates will be posted when we have more. Bookings will be through Farnham Maltings.
Explore the Collection
The William Cobbett Society collects, documents and preserves the great works of William Cobbett some of which can be seen here.
Society News
CITIZENS PROJECT – COBBETT AND FARNHAM MUSEUM
Farnham Museum and the William Cobbett Society are working with Royal Holloway College, University of London as part of the ‘Citizens Project’ – which charts the history of liberty, protest and reform from the Magna Carta onwards - to produce new video material featuring Cobbett’s role in these themes. The material will form part of the future permanent exhibition at Farnham Museum.
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Mark Steel’s review of reporters’ journeys round Britain
First broadcast:Saturday 12 January 2013
Mark Steel’s review of reporters’ journeys round Britain, starting with William Cobbett, the great English journalist and radical campaigner who was born 250 years ago. Mark talks to veteran horseman Dylan Winter and analyses a classic radio and TV genre that owes more than it realises to Cobbett – the tradition of going out and taking a look at Britain.
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