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Melissa Benn
Melissa Benn looks at the history of the Left through a new collection of her father Tony’s speeches and articles, published in the centenary of his birth. She also asks what Left principles, ideas and traditions have to teach the current Labour government?
Legacies of the Left
Melissa Benn is a writer and activist, with a long history of campaigning for a fairer education system. She has published seven books of non-fiction on a range of political topics, and two novels, Public Lives and One of Us. She is currently working on a book about the relationship between fiction and politics since the Second World War.
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