The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN
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Fantastic gig last week at our lovely local Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham where my band Barnstormer 1649 supported the enduringly brilliant Men They Couldn’t Hang who have now served up 35 years of anthemic, stirring and thoroughly socialist and antifascist songs. Never more needed than today.
Our volunteer-run venue with its friendly and welcoming atmosphere is a fitting setting.
But two recent events give us a clear idea of the government’s attitude to popular culture both at local and national level.
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