STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
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Stitched up by building companies aided by a Tory government
The Shrewsbury 24 case was a travesty of justice on a unprecedented scale, writes JOHN GREEN
STATE TERROR: (L to R) Mark Turnbull, Terry Renshaw, Harry Chadwick, Eileen Turnbull, John McKinsie Jones with wife Rita McKinsie Jones, outside the The Royal Courts Of Justice, London, February 2021
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a unique dream journal collected by a Jewish journalist in Nazi Berlin
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, Parthenope, Where Dragons Live and Thunderbolts* reviewed by MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE
A Very British Conspiracy – The Shrewsbury 24 and the Campaign for Justice
By Eileen Turnbull
Verso £16.99
EILEEN TURNBULL is one of those extraordinary working-class heroes who should be honoured by their country but in our class-riven society rarely are.
In 1972 building workers in Britain went on strike for the first time ever for better pay, safer working conditions and an end to the Lump (zero-hours contracts and lump sum payments) which was rife in the industry.
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