The Mark Steel Lectures
Sylvia Pankhurst (2x5)
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Tracing her life from schooldays in radical Manchester to retirement
in rural Essex, when Haile Selassie occasionally came to call,
Sylvia Pankhurst the revolutionary and Rastafarian sympathiser is
brought to life as only Mark Steel can. From a bed-in with Keir
Hardie to Kill Bill style ju-jitsu, here’s everything you didn’t
know about this pioneer of democracy.
Recalling a time when Manchester was the most radical city in
Britain, this latest instalment in Mark Steel’s comedy lecture
series resonates with today’s human rights campaigners and anti-war
radicals, as well as containing a short section revealing the best
type of stone to smash windows with.