It’s known for being the birthplace of the Chartism movement, which laid the foundations for modern democratic rights in the UK.

Chartism – the first great working-class movement – was, from the late 1830s onwards, an expression of this. The other revolution was ideological and political, but ultimately rooted in the social ...

Bygone Burnley this week takes us out of the borough and into neighbouring Pendle, and the historic village of Higham.

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

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