Event from: Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2016

The Red Dagger

Wat Tyler, John Ball, Joanna Ferrour, the 1381 Peasant's Revolt and the City of London's weapons of mass destruction

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Date: , 2016
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Venue: The Hydra Bookshop, BS2 0EZ
Price: Free
With: Ciaran Walsh
Series: Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2016
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Section: Events
Subjects: Revolution & Rebellion
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Live performance of poem by Heathcote Williams

The Red Dagger: the symbol of the City of London’s treachery and oppression, paraded about in plain sight for 700 years; but who noticed?

A live performance of Heathcote Williams’ epic poem depicting the origin of the infamous blade and detailing the depredations of the City of London over the last 650 years.

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Sir William Walworth attaching Wat Tyler, from Chronicles of Jean Froissart.

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