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PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann
Firefighters and their Union: The First Hundred Years 1918-2018 by Francis Beckett
Excellent tribute to Fire Brigades Union in its centenary year
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India
ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day
NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself
JOE GILL traces the ideology and method of contemporary imperialism back to the greed, hubris and violence of the late 15th century Portuguese
THE STRENGTH and volume of applause that greets the line of Fire Brigades Union (FBU) banners at the annual Durham Miners’ Gala is testament to the deep respect and regard in which firefighters and their union are held. This book does them justice.
Beautifully presented and illustrated with vivid, moving photographs, it has fascinating insights into the history of their union.
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