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‘If my work was visual it would be in the vein of Hogarth’
David Bryant talks to Luke Wright about his recent, critically acclaimed, theatrical poetry show What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, the accompanying book of verse and hears him agitate passionately for greater political engagement and activism
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
The UN blames gangs for Haiti’s turmoil, while ignoring decades of foreign intervention and support for an unelected government that lie at the heart of the country’s continuing crisis, says RUBEN BRETT
Luke Wright has long been an important figure on the British live poetry circuit. Arguably responsible for inventing “themed” theatrical poetry shows with the help of his cohorts in Aisle 16 — a show that presented the artform as an ironic series of motivational business talks — he’s also been broadcast on Channel 4 and is in the rare position of being able to earn a living purely from his popular live work alone.
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan is his current award-winning poetry show and book. Using the expensive and offensive fictional festival Urbania on abandoned sink estate the Grooms as the springboard for its narrative, it’s an energetic yet heartrending piece of work.
Flashing back to a 1990s student friendship between the comfortable, middle-class Colchester boy Nick and the Grooms estate dwelling Bevan, it reveals what happens to their lives in the aftermath of Blair’s victory.
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