The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Landmark strike in the struggle for equal pay
There's much to learn from a book on the victory of the Trico women in 1976, says BERNADETTE HYLAND
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
Trico: A Victory to Remember
by Sally Groves and Vernon Merritt
(Lawrence & Wishart, £25)
ON THE afternoon of May 24, 1976, 400 women walked out of the Trico factory in Brentford, west London, demanding their right to equal pay with their male colleagues for doing the same work. Supported by 150 men they won one of the most important, if now largely forgotten, equal pay campaigns.
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