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A brief reflection on expulsion
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In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Cycling to the Pop & Politics fringe meeting at the Labour conference in Brighton last week, I reflected briefly on my expulsion from the Labour Party after the 1997 election.
My crime? Writing a funny poem urging Labour voters in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency to tactically vote Liberal Democrat.
It didn't work, of course - a maggot-ridden dead dog would get elected round here as long as it had a blue rosette on it.
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