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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....
Richard Thompson: ‘I had this real problem with authority’
There is a large constituency who consider Richard Thompson to be Britain’s great musical all-rounder. Born on 3 April 1949 in north London, he...
Gerry Milne, 1951-2021: singer, songwriter and club stalwart
I first met Gerry Milne, who has died aged 69, in the 1970s when we were involved with the Earls of Essex and East...
