Matthew Worley

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

Education

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

Research

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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!

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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

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  • Worley, M. 2017. No Future: Politics, Punk and Society, 1976-84. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI 10.1017/9781316779569[9]
  • Worley, M. 2010. Oswald Mosley and the New Party. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-20697-7.[10][11]
  • Worley, M. 2005. Labour Inside the Gate: A History of the British Labour Party Between the Wars. London: IB Tauris. ISBN 9781845113322.[12][13][14]
  • 2002 Class Against Class: The Communist Party in Britain Between the Wars (I.B.Tauris)[15]

Edited collections

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  • Smith, E. and Worley, M., eds. 2021. The British Left and Ireland in the 20th Century. London: Routledge.[16]
  • Henry, W. and Worley, M., eds. 2021. Narratives From Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline: The System is Sound. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Puccini, J., Smith, E., and Worley, M., eds. 2018. The Far Left in Australia since 1945. London: Routledge.[17]
  • 2018 (Subcultures Network) Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines from 1976 (Manchester University Press)
  • Smith, E., and Worley, M., eds. 2017. Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956. Manchester: Manchester University Press.[18]
  • Copsey, N., and Worley, M. 2017. Tomorrow Belongs to Us: The British Far Right since 1967. London: Routledge.[19][20]
  • Dines, M., and Worley, M. 2016. The Aesthetic of our Anger: Anarcho-Punk, Politics and Music. Colchester: Minor Compositions. Open Access.
  • Subcultures Network (Worley, M. a member of), eds. 2015. Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance. Manchester: Manchester University Press.[21]
  • 2014 (ed) with Evan Smith, Against the Grain: The Far Left in Britain from 1956 (Manchester University Press
  • Worley, M., ed. 2009. The Foundations of the British Labour Party: Identities, Cultures and Perspectives. Ashgate.[22]
  • 2008 (ed.) with N. LaPorte & K. Morgan, Bolshevism, Stalinism and the Comintern: Perspectives on Stalinization, 1917–53 (Palgrave Macmillan).
  • 2005 (ed.) Labour’s Grass Roots: Essays on the Activities of Local Labour Parties and Members, 1918–45 (Ashgate)
  • 2004 (ed.) In Search of Revolution: International Communist Parties in the Third Period (I.B.Tauris)

Selected articles

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  • 2022 ‘Whip in My Valise: British Punk and the Marquis de Sade, c. 1975–85’, Contemporary British History, 36/2
  • 2020 ‘If I had more time it could be better, but the new wave’s about spontaneity, right?’: Finding meaning in Britain’s early punk fanzines (1976–77), Punk & Post-Punk, 9/2
  • 2018 (with John Street & David Wilkinson), ‘“Does it threaten the status quo?’ Elite Responses to British Punk, 1976–78’, Popular Music, 37/2
  • 2018 (with Kirsty Lohman), ‘Bloody Revolutions, Fascist Dreams, Anarchy and Peace: Crass, Rondos and the Politics of Punk, 1977–84’, Britain and the World: Historical Journal of the British Scholar Society, 11/1,
  • 2016 ‘Marx–Lenin–Rotten–Strummer: British Marxism and Youth Culture in the 1970s’, Contemporary British History, 30/4
  • 2016 (with Nigel Copsey), ‘White Youth: The Far Right, Punk and British Youth Culture’, Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, 9,
  • 2015 ‘Punk, Politics and British (fan)zines, 1976–84: “While the world was dying, did you wonder why?”’, History Workshop Journal, 79
  • 2014 ‘“Hey Little Rich Boy, Take a Good Look at Me”: Punk, Class and British Oi!’, Punk & Post-Punk, 3/1
  • 2013 ‘Oi! Oi! Oi!: Class, Locality and British Punk’, Twentieth Century British History, 24/4,
  • 2012 ‘Shot By Both Sides: Punk, Politics and the End of “Consensus”’, Contemporary British History, 26/3, 333–54
  • 2011 ‘One Nation Under the Bomb: The Cold War and British Punk to 1984’, Journal for the Study of Radicalism, 5/2,
  • 2011 ‘Why Fascism? Sir Oswald Mosley and the Conception of the British Union of Fascists’, History, 96/1, 66–81
  • 2007 ‘What Was the New Party? Sir Oswald Mosley and Associated Responses to the “Crisis”, 1931–32’, History, 92/1
  • 2004 (with Karen Hunt), ‘Rethinking British Communist Party Women in the 1920s’, Twentieth Century British History, 15/1
  • 2000 ‘Left Turn: A Reassessment of the Communist Party of Great Britain in the Third Period, 1928–35’, Twentieth Century British History, 11/4,
  • 2000 ‘The Communist International, the CPGB and the Third Period’, European History Quarterly, 30/2

References

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  1. ^ "Prof Matthew Worley - History". University of Reading.
  2. ^ a b "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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