Emily P Webber
Historian & Writer
New Release
Mining Men
Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface
The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.
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Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up working on Fleet Street. Featuring accounts from Ayrshire to the South Wales Valleys, from the ‘People’s Republic of South Yorkshire’, to the ‘Sunshine Corner Coalfields’ of Kent, each chapter offers a different perspective of the industry.
Published by Chatto & Windus
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About
After over a decade working in London, she now lives a stone’s throw from Norwich Cathedral. Emily has a Ph. D. in History from the University of Reading. Her doctoral research focused on masculinity and the British mining industry from nationalization in 1947, through to pit closures at the end of the twentieth century. Over the last few years, she has spoken to over a hundred miners, recording their memories of the industry, and travelled across Britain’s former coalfields.
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Emily was previously the Research Manager for the Imperial War Museums. She is passionate about bringing history to wider audiences and in 2021 was selected for the Television Festival’s TV PhD Talent Scheme. She has published in History Workshop Journal, Contemporary British History and Twentieth Century History, and has written for Time Out London.
Emily is a historian and writer. She was born in South Yorkshire and raised in Norfolk.