Mark Steel Lectures Series Two
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- Episode
- Sylvia Pankhurst
- Broadcast Info
- 2004 (29 mins)
- Description
- Sylvia Pankhurst
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.
Filmed in London and Manchester, and adapted from the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series.
Manchester Essex Selassie Haile Rastafarian sympathiser Hardie Keir ju-jitsu human rights campaigner anti-war radicalism - Genre
- History; Philosophy; Comedy
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