PHM is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.
On this blog we share posts from the PHM team and other experts, with behind the scenes stories, coverage of PHM's exhibitions and events, and highlights from the museum's unique collection.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) – a conflict that inspired an extraordinary international response by ordinary people. We spoke to journalist Gideon Long, whose grandfather Sam Wild fought in the war with the International Brigades.
The 1926 General Strike is often remembered in terms of the men who were involved, and the nine days of official strike action. However, following the strike’s official ending, over one million miners remained on strike, many for the rest of 1926.
In the second of a series of three blogs exploring the strike, Dr Dan Edmonds, PHM and Royal Holloway University of London researcher, tells us more about the crucial role of the women who sustained the strike.
In the summer of 2025, People’s History Museum (PHM) welcomed historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley as part of the research into her 2026 BBC series, ‘Lucy Worsley Investigates the American Revolution‘. In this blog we learn more from PHM’s Director Clare Barlow, who builds on her conversation with Lucy featured in the programme.
100 years ago, at the height of the 1926 General Strike, the Flying Scotsman came off the tracks in Cramlington, Northumberland. But who derailed the most famous train in the country, and why?
In the first of a series of three blogs exploring the 1926 General Strike, we caught up with Dan Edmonds, PHM and Royal Holloway University of London researcher to shine a light on the story behind the headlines.
People’s History Museum Honorary Fellow Dr Shirin Hirsch uncovers the history of the 1926 General Strike to explain why a strike in Britain was called and the reason for its collapse just nine days later.
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