JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The Fall and Rise of the British Left by Andrew Murray
Essential reading on the resurgence of socialism in Britain
With the many: Jeremy Corbyn
[Labour Party]
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
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
IN THIS book, Andrew Murray combines his acute analytical skills and over 40 years’ experience within the labour movement to unpack the story of how the British left travelled from the hinterland of British politics to its very centre with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader.
Only a few years ago the left was widely believed, even by some of within it, to be a-mouldering in the grave alongside Harold Wilson’s pipe and Woody Guthrie’s guitar.
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