A mural by the artist who created Newport's beloved Chartist mural has been left to fall into ruin. The image, known as the florist wall, was inspired by the nearby market. Large chunks can be ...

An article by Past Tense on the first attempted general strike called by the Chartist movement for August 1839. It also compares the ideas of the strikes main proponent, William Benbow with other ...

A Chartist mural has been unveiled in a Gwent town. It can be found on the side of the Flourmill pub near Blackwood town centre and was created by Andy O’Rourke of Malarky Arts.

Crowds will gather for entertainment at Belle Vue Park before descending onto Newport's town centre with torches in hand, remembering the Chartists who fought for working class people's right to vote.

Most studies of Chartist democracy have overlooked the problem of leaders and followers in the localities; typically, historians have portrayed local leaders as either heroic "organic intellectuals" ...

Newport Council released a statement at the time saying it " [recognised] how important the Chartist history is to Newport" but that the mural was located in a "very precarious position, as it is ...