Melissa Benn
@melissa_benn
Reader, writer, listener, speaker. Author of Public Lives, One of Us, School Wars, Life Lessons, and others! Currently RLF Fellow at Lucy Cavendish, Cambridge.
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http://melissabenn.co.uk 17-08-2011 09:34:13
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There are a few tickets left for this discussion next Saturday with Caroline Lucas. She and I first discussed the book last winter - but so much has happened since then to alter our picture of our national story. queensparkbookfestival.co.uk/products/carol…
"One embarks on tutoring, and the rest follow, like some exclusive club, something ‘better’." Anna Taylor writes about her experience of the 11-plus in Devon. comprehensivefuture.org.uk/a-toxic-system…
Really enjoyed talking to Caroline Lucas about her new book on the politics of national identity at the Queenʼs Park Book Festival this weekend. We had a full house for a spirited political discussion.
Event on Gaza, Tues 24 Sept at 7pm near Queens Park tube, London Fantastic panel of speakers including Ahmed Alnaouq Matt Kennard Israel is on trial at the International Court of Justice for the crime of genocide in Gaza This is the first time in history that people have been
I thought this was, as so often, really good advice from Philippa_Perry
Strong performance by Diane Abbott on BBC Newsnight tonight. Not enough proper discussion of her treatment as part of the leadership’s purge of distinct sections of the left.