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- At a time that feels unprecedented in British politics - with unlawful prorogations of parliament, casual race-baiting by senior politicians, and a climate crisis that continues to be ignored - it's easy to think these are uncharted waters for us, as a democracy. But Britain has seen political crises and far-right extremism before, just as it has witnessed regressive, heavy-handed governments. Much worse has been done, or allowed to be done, in the name of the people and eventually, those same people have called it out, stood up, and resisted. In this new collection of fictions and essays spanning two millennia of British protest, authors, historians, and activists re-imagine twenty acts of defiance: campaigns to change unjust laws, protests against unlawful acts, uprisings successful and unsuccessful - from Boudica to Blair Peach, from the Battle of Cable Street to the tragedy of Grenfell Tower. Britain might not be famous for its revolutionary spirit, but its people know when to draw the line, and say very clearly, '¡No pasarán!'
- About The Author
- Julia Bell is a writer and Director of the Creative Writing MA at Birkbeck, University of London. Bidisha is a writer, TV and radio broadcaster, and film-maker. SJ Bradley is an author and short story writer from Leeds, UK. Jude Brown has had short stories published in several anthologies and her work has been shortlisted for the Bridport and Raymond Carver Short Story Prizes. Lucy Caldwell was born in Belfast in 1981. She is the multi-award-winning author of three novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collections of short stories (Multitudes, 2016, and Intimacies, forthcoming in May 2020). Steve Chambers is an experienced writer and dramatist. His political thriller, GLADIO: We can Neither Confirm nor Deny (Zymurgy), won a Newcastle Journal Culture Award. Martin Edwards's latest novel, Gallows Court, has been nominated for both the 2019 eDunnit award for best crime novel and the CWA Historical Dagger. Uschi Gatward's stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Best British Short Stories 2015 (Salt) and The Mirror in the Mirror (Comma), among others. Luan Goldie's debut novel Nightingale Point was released in July 2019 by HarperCollin.
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- ISBN
- 9781912697311
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Comma Press, (21 May 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 464
- Weight
- 528 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 127 x 37 mm
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