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Sling in hair of Lama, Bolivia. Presented by James Duncan, Tillycorthie, Aberdeenshire, 1923.

human Shrunken head

Photograph of James Grant, 'Grant Bey', in an oval mount and ornate frame.

Originally delivered as a Socialist lecture, James Leatham's article looks forward to the establishment of a Co-operative Commonwealth. In a Co-operative Commonwealth, local bodies administer their own local services; railways, canals and mines are…

This was the first of James Leatham's pamphlets. A committed socialist, he campaigned for the introduction of an eight hour day and six day week. In this pamphlet, he argues why this should be the case.

In this article, James Leatham considers why women should not have the vote. Socialists were not in agreement with women's suffrage.

In this pamphlet, Leatham argues that land should not be owned by individuals - wealthy capitalists. Instead, it should be under collective ownership and used for the good of all.

This pamphlet is one of James Leathams's early publications. In 1891 he was a committed Socialist, who spent any spare hours campaigning for social change. This monologue is written in the Aberdeenshire dialect in an attempt to win over potential…

In this open letter to his friend, Ramsay MacDonald, which he published in Gateway, Leatham points out that the government has not delivered the socialist promises made in 1918. As Leatham states at the end of the letter, ‘What we want is to stop the…