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Colin Firth is a Bafta- and Academy Award-winning actor. His films include The English Patient, Fever Pitch, Bridget Jones's Diary, Girl with a Pearl Earring, A Single Man and The King's Speech. Alongside Anthony Arnove, he was instrumental in bringing a televised stage performance of The People Speak to the UK in 2010.Anthony Arnove is the author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, editor of Iraq Under Siege, Howard Zinn Speaks and The Essential Chomsky, and coauthor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States and Terrorism and War. He is the codirector of The People Speak with Chris Moore and Howard Zinn.David Horspool is a historian and editor at the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of two previous books: Why Alfred Burned the Cakes and The English Rebel: One Thousand Years of Trouble-making from the Normans to the Nineties. He writes for The Times, the Guardian, the Telegraph and the New York Times.
An extraordinary performance ... a series of short, powerful, live pieces intended to remind audiences of the enduring power of politicised speech and ... The end result is like a protest rally championing the act of protest itself * Telegraph * Inspirational collection of famous speeches throughout British history * Absolutely West * Thrilling stuff * The Bookseller * A lot of things have deeply affected me in this book -- Omid Djalili * Daily Express *
Horrible Words
A Guide to the Misuse of English...
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