Matthew Worley

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Matthew Worley is a British academic and author. He is Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading. [1]

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Education

He attended Heartsease Comprehensive School in Norwich. [2] He completed his BA and PhD studies at the University of Nottingham. [2]

Research

Worley has two main fields of historical interest: 20th century British communism and fascism, and punk and post-punk subculture and popular music. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. [3]

He is founder and co-editor of the journal Twentieth Century Communism . [4] He is also a founding member of the Subcultures Network, a group of over 5000 people who research and are interested in subcultural practices. [5]

CRASH!

From 1997, Worley has worked with the artist and designer Scott King under the name CRASH!. [6] [7] Together, they have published numerous magazines, held exhibitions, made a film and contributed to art shows. In 1999, they formed part of Malcolm McLaren's project to become Mayor of London. [8]

Books

Edited collections

Selected articles

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References

  1. ↑ "Prof Matthew Worley - History". University of Reading.
  2. 1 2 "Spotlight on: Professor Matthew Worley". December 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Fellows" (PDF). Royal Historical Society.
  4. ↑ "Twentieth Century Communism: Editorial Board". Lawrence Wishart.
  5. ↑ "he Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change [Subcultures Network]". UKRI.
  6. ↑ "CRASH! – Scott King & Matthew Worley". MoRE.
  7. ↑ "Art Monthly : Magazine : Issue : 409 September 2017". Art Monthly.
  8. ↑ "The Life & Times Of Malcolm McLaren, Punk's Original Provocateur". British Vogue. 9 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Bland, Benjamin (1 June 2019). "No Future: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture, 1976–1984. By Matthew Worley". Twentieth Century British History. 30 (2): 285–287. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwy019.
  10. ↑ Walton, C. Dale (9 May 2011). "A Review of "Oswald Mosley and the New Party"". Comparative Strategy. 30 (2): 187–188. doi:10.1080/01495933.2011.561741. S2CID   153075716.
  11. ↑ Love, G. (1 June 2011). "Oswald Mosley and the New Party. By Matthew Worley". Twentieth Century British History. 22 (2): 299–301. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwq043.
  12. ↑ Cohen, Gidon (2006). "Labour Inside the Gate. A History of the British Labour Party between the Wars (review)". Parliamentary History. 25 (3): 426–428. doi:10.1353/pah.2006.0039. ISSN   1750-0206. S2CID   144285098.
  13. ↑ Manton, Kevin. "Labour Inside the Gate: a History of the British Labour Party Between the Wars | Reviews in History". Reviews in History.
  14. ↑ Williamson, P. (19 December 2005). "Labour Inside the Gate. A History of the British Labour Party Between the Wars. By Matthew Worley. London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. 278 pp. ISBN 185043798X, 45. * Labour's Grass Roots. Essays on the Activities of Local Labour Parties and Members 1918-45. Edited by Matthew Worley. Aldershot: Ashgate. 267 pp. ISBN 0754640078, 47.50". Twentieth Century British History. 17 (1): 132–134. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwi059.
  15. ↑ Levitas, Ruth (2003). "Review of Class Against Class: The Communist Party In Britain Between The Wars". Utopian Studies. 14 (2): 235–237. ISSN   1045-991X. JSTOR   20720060.
  16. ↑ Smith, Evan; Worley, Matthew (2 October 2018). "Introduction: the British left and Ireland in the twentieth century". Contemporary British History. 32 (4): 437–447. doi:10.1080/13619462.2018.1519427. ISSN   1361-9462. S2CID   151048749.
  17. ↑ Collins, Joe (2 October 2019). "The Far Left in Australia since 1945". Australian Historical Studies. 50 (4): 539–541. doi:10.1080/1031461X.2019.1662541. ISSN   1031-461X. S2CID   210484854.
  18. ↑ Rowse, Tim (2019). "The Far Left in Australia since 1945 ed. by Jon Piccini, Evan Smith and Matthew Worley (review)". Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History. 116 (1): 243–245. ISSN   1839-3039.
  19. ↑ Deller, Rose (25 April 2018). "Book Review: 'Tomorrow Belongs to Us': The British Far Right since 1967 edited by Nigel Copsey and Matthew Worley". LSE Review of Books.
  20. ↑ Solomos, John (20 June 2020). "'Tomorrow belongs to us' The British far right since 1967". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43 (8): 1538–1539. doi:10.1080/01419870.2019.1668038. ISSN   0141-9870. S2CID   204366346.
  21. ↑ Osborne, Richard (October 2016). "Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance. Edited by the Subcultures Network. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015. 319 pp. ISBN 978-0-7190-9029-5". Popular Music. 35 (3): 429–430. doi:10.1017/S0261143016000258. ISSN   0261-1430. S2CID   157557863.
  22. ↑ Thompson, Noel (1 August 2011). "The Foundations of the British Labour Party: Identities, Cultures and Perspectives, 1900–1939, by Matthew Worley, ed". Labor History. 52 (3): 367–369. doi:10.1080/0023656X.2011.600574. ISSN   0023-656X. S2CID   145467443.
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