JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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Engrossing account of the life and times of a pioneering woman radical
JOHN GREEN recommends a compelling biography of Minnie Lansbury
Minnie Lansbury (centre)
[Thompson Solicitors]
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
Minnie Lansbury: Suffragette, Socialist, Rebel Councillor
by Janine Booth
(Five Leaves Publications, £12.99)
A FASCINATING tour of London’s East End working-class history, this small volume is more than a mere biography of Minnie Lansbury.
Highlighting the role of immigrants, militant labour movement struggles and battles for women’s rights, its relevance to our own times is astonishing.
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