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Dance of dissent: the role of folk customs in rural radicalism
For many people, the image of traditional Cotswold morris dancing, perhaps outside a pub on a summer’s afternoon, is an archetypal image of Englishness....
Frankie Armstrong: ‘All I do is give people permission to sing’
Frankie Armstrong describes herself as “a feet on the ground, guts, heart and I hope head” kind of singer. By the age of 16...
Ian ‘Mac’ McDeson, 1938-2021: socialist, trade unionist and big-hearted stalwart of...
Ian “Mac” McDeson, who has died aged 82 of lung cancer, was living proof that folk music’s audiences are just as important as its...
