Chris Corker

Monday Night Talk: The Cutlers of Hallamshire (1297–1624) - Green Estate As the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire enters its fifth century, this talk goes back to the start of Sheffield’s metalworking journey to uncover where this local specialised industry originated from...

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For anyone with an interest in the history of Sheffield, metalworking or industry I'm giving a talk on 1 September for Manor Lodge on the Cutlers of Hallamshire from 1297-1624. Book tickets at this link!

It's going to take a little while longer! Like any research project every stone you turn over leads to more questions. There are many myths about stainless and every bit of the story is important, but the order of events and the emphasis on certain people and places has morphed over time.

I'm currently several years into writing a book about the history of stainless steel which will tell the closest to reality story of stainless possible, dispelling as many myths as we can along the way. Including the two you have posted here.

I'm going to out myself as a reviewer on this as it is a great piece of work and the authors, while anonymous to me and me to them during the process, were open to all the comments made and made the changes they felt best for their research. And it's nice to see districts work go into new locations

Enterprise and Society: the International Journal of Business History can now be here @entandsoc.bsky.social - please spread the word (and let's hope it does better in attracting followers than I have!)

About to commence my first ever sabbatical in January, any advice on how to best use it?

The Call for Papers for the 2025 Economic History Association meeting in Philadelphia, 5-7 September 2025, is now live! Find the submission form and other details here: eh.net/eha-annual-m...

I've made the move! Anyone else over here I might know?