Bamford and the Bishops

Paper on Samuel Bamford and Church spying and corruption given at Peterloo at 200. ‘Protest, politics and poetry: Peterloo at 200’ is an academic day conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre from a variety of perspectives; literary, historical, and in terms of material culture. The conference is intended to discuss the event itself and to contribute to national and regional commemorations of Peterloo in 2019. It forms part of a series of academic and public-facing events to be held at York, including an appearance by Mike Leigh at the Festival of Ideas in June, and will be preceded by a showing of the film Peterloo followed by a 'Beer and Ballads' event on 15 March.