MARY DAVIS welcomes a remarkable documentary about the general strike — politically spot on, and featuring accounts from the strikers themselves — that is available for screenings
Manchester's finest in a thunderous mood
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The Moods
Nambucca, London
HAVING triumphed at the May Day Festival of Solidarity in Barnsley and the BBC Highest Point festival in Lancaster, Manchester's The Moods rolled into London ushering in a thunderstorm on and off stage.
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