The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Julian Dobson - For Tony Benn
Edited by JODY PORTER
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
For Tony Benn
Julian Dobson
It's not your pipe or plummy voice
nor your posh-boy turned working class
mutation that I celebrate.
Nor is it the way you glowed
with anti-nuclear fervour
when others bunkered down.
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