The personal account of a Labour supporter who survived 18 miserable years of Conservative government. It contains the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in helping the Labour Party to lose elections at every level.
A personal account of a comedy writer and Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government, these are the hilarious confessions of someone who has helped the Labour party lose elections at every level.
Darcus Howe: a Political Biography examines the struggle for racial justice in Britain, through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners. Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Howe has become an unco…
"This is a political and intellectual biography of an important and controversial figure in British race politics. In recent years Darcus Howe has been a high-profile (and not uncontroversial) television journalist, but he also has a long history as a grass-roots activist. He mo…
Percy Bysshe Shelley: poet and revolutionary
Percy Bysshe Shelley: poet and revolutionary
"This biography explores the foundation of Shelley's revolutionary politics--his anger at a system in which the rich lived luxuriously at the expense of the poor and oppressed, causing war, colonialism and suffering. An anti-monarchist and a forerunner of civil disobedience, his…
Percy Bysshe Shelley: poet and revolutionary
A biography of one of England's greatest poets, uncovering his radical, political influence.
The first authorized biography of one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century, based on new research and full access to its subject's papers. Best known as the creator of the classic anti-Communist novel Darkness at Noon, Koestler is here…
The first authorized biography of one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century, based on new research and full access to its subject's papers. Best known as the creator of the classic anti-Communist novel Darkness at Noon, Koestler is here…
Presents a portrait of the influential activist and author of "Darkness at Noon" that covers his Jewish upbringing in Budapest and Vienna, his perspectives on Islamic nationalism, and his alleged spy activities.
The first authorized biography of one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century, based on new research and full access to its subject's papers. Best known as the creator of the classic anti-Communist novel Darkness at Noon, Koestler is here…