JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The era that lit the fuse of feminist revolution
Women's liberation march in the US in 1970
Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women’s Liberation 1966-1988
by Bonnie J Morris and D-M Withers
(Virago, £30)
IN THIS new and beautifully produced history of feminism over two decades from the 1960s to the 1980s, the authors tell the story of the many individuals and groups that made up the women’s liberation movement.
It's a narrative that roves across Britain, Europe and beyond and reflects and reviews the way in which different women from different ethnicities and backgrounds sought freedom and equality. Quite rightly, they state: “There was no single, cohesive movement but rather a diversity of voices whose personal issues informed their specific outlooks.”
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