by stuart | Sep 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
We have seen how the dreams of the original group of communists were tried at Totley and how they faltered. Before they finally ended in disappointment and recrimination, Ruskin placed the experiment in the hands of a notable working-class socialist and republican,...
by stuart | Jun 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why did the collaboration in Totley between Ruskin and the original group of Sheffield Communists end in failure? In the sixth post of his new blog series, Stuart Eagles also follows the lives of some of the secularist radicals after their dreams of establishing a...
by stuart | Jun 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
In the fifth part of this new blog series, Stuart Eagles outlines the history of the Totley experiment during its first phase which involved the original group of Sheffield communists drawn from the Hall of Science. He seeks out evidence of who did what on the 13...
by stuart | Jun 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
In the fourth part of his new blog series, Stuart Eagles looks at what the communists planned to do and what financial arrangements were reachd with Ruskin. He also introduces two new figures involved in the project. But first, he sets the scene by sharing an...
by stuart | Jun 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
In this blog post, the third of a new series, Stuart Eagles sifts the evidence and reveals the identities and backgrounds of the Sheffield communists who met Ruskin in Walkley and went on to collaborate with him in establishing a working community on 13 acres of...
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