A. L. Morton Gallery

There are, hopefully, more pictures to follow, depending on permissions.

L to R: Morton 1924 and 1939 (Credits: The National Archives KV2/4335) and Morton 1963 (Credits: Daily Worker/Morning Star)
Morton is buried with his wife Vivien at Clare Parish Cemetery, next to Vivien’s father, Tommy Jackson. The Mortons looked after Jackson towards the end of his life before he died in 1955, just days before his 76th birthday. At the bottom of the Mortons’ gravestone are words from Morton’s poem “Cokaigne Fantasy”: “Man grows with time in grace and gentleness, takes nature’s mould and nature his.”

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A. L. Morton and Vivien Morton, along with Lee Chadwick and Paxton Chadwick, were involved in producing and writing for the Leiston Leader, particularly during the War years.

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Morton was employed by the Daily Worker in the 1930s (acting as proprietor for a while) and remained a regular writer and reviewer for the Daily Worker and the Morning Star throughout his life.

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A People’s History of England was first published in 1948 and later revised. It was republished several times and translated into numerous languages, including Russian as it effectively became the official history of England in the Soviet Union.

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Morton wrote a number of pamphlets on behalf of the CPGB, either on pressing debates or historical anniversaries.

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Much of Morton’s work was on literature and politics, with a recurring interest in Utopias, utopianism, millenarianism, and societal transformation.