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
13OctoberThursday
Special Event
BBC WORLD SERVICE FORUM – WILLIAM COBBETT
Time: Thursday, 13th October 202210:06 am - 10:45 am / BBC World Service Radio
We are delighted to announce that the BBC World Service have produced a radio programme as part of their ‘The Forum’ series on William Cobbett: Champion of Rural Workers (William Cobbett: Industrialization and its impact on England’s rural population). Our Chairman, Richard Thomas, and the Katharine Stearn (editor of our ‘Cobbett’s New Register’) took part in […]
12MaySunday
Meeting
2024 Annual General Meeting
Time: Sunday, 12th May 202411:00 am - 1:00 pm / Farnham Maltings and ZOOM
2024 Annual General Meeting Sun 12th May 2024 at 11am at Farnham Maltings and on ZOOM The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held at 11:00am Sun 12th May 2024 at Farnham Maltings and on ZOOM. After the formal AGM there will be a presentation by one of our Joint Chairman Stewart Edge […]
02JulyTuesday
Members Event
2024 Rural Ride Tuesday 2nd July 2024
Time: Tuesday, 2nd July 202410:00 am - 5:00 pm / Farnham to Dorking to Polesdon Lacey
Following the successful trip to Romsey and Mottisfont last year, The Cobbett Society is continuing its pre-Covid tradition of a ‘Rural Ride’ – a coach trip enlivened by Cobbett readings relevant to the journey. The trip destination for the trip is the National Trust house at Polesdon Lacey with a stop-off in Dorking on the […]
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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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