I am most decidedly not an academic or professional historian. I shy away from describing myself as a historian at all – preferring to think of myself as a writer with an interest in certain aspects of history.

But I have always enjoyed support and encouragement from real historians and have learned a lot from them. Chartist Ancestors would not be what it is without their generous help.

So many thanks to Digital Victorians (@DigiVics) and Helen Rogers (@HelenRogers19c) for this on Twitter…