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TONY BENN’S death at 88 last March deprived socialists of their greatest standard bearer, but a play opening in London tonight will ensure his life continues to encourage them at a crucial moment.
He always told anyone who asked that the humble epitaph “he encouraged us” would be the most touching tribute.
The opening of Tony’s Last Tapes, based on 11 volumes of the political giant’s diaries, comes less than a fortnight from the general election.
Although this production was in rehearsal before the playwright’s death, it allows us to pay homage to his life, suggests MARY CONWAY
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
PAUL FOLEY picks out an excellent example of theatre devised to start conversations about identity, class and belonging