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By B. Anne Adriaens ‘I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish.Every inch, but one. An inch … it is small and it... Continue reading
By Jenny Farrell It is 1890. While Britain is aggressively expanding its global empire, its domestic industries are increasingly dominated by mechanised production and growing... Continue reading
Join us for a day of artist discussions, exhibitions, live music, comedy, and anti-fascist resistance. The programme is downloadable here This inaugural event — arising... Continue reading
Mark Perryman’s annual selection this year ranges from Eric Hobsbawm to Rocking against Racism Emile Chabal The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary... Continue reading
By Steve Pottinger the red-faced man who has been drunkall afternoon, who is only getting drunker, louder, who looks more than a littlelike a ventriloquist’s... Continue reading
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