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History that teaches resistance not conformity
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend

THE last time I visited the lovely city of Bristol was for lunch with an old schoolfriend, who turned out to be an arch Tory now working for the arms trade.
It was a spectacularly brief lunch, and I haven’t been back since. But far be it from me to demonise a town, especially one described as vibrant and bustling. The tourist board says there’s an irrepressible creative zeal about the place.
There’s the Harbourside street food market, Bansky murals, and it’s been given the status of Unesco City of Film.
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