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Shirley Dent

Dancing on TV: it’s a riot Culture

Dancing on TV: it’s a riot

16th March 2006
Why polemics are killing poetry Culture

Why polemics are killing poetry

13th December 2005
No rhyme or reason to poem panic Culture

No rhyme or reason to poem panic

15th November 2005
A Howl against performance poetry Culture

A Howl against performance poetry

11th October 2005
A hymn to wishful thinking Culture

A hymn to wishful thinking

15th September 2005
Glastonbury: It’s only rock’n’roll Culture

Glastonbury: It’s only rock’n’roll

24th June 2005
Love’s arrow misses the mark Politics

Love’s arrow misses the mark

14th February 2005
Needling diabetics Politics

Needling diabetics

16th December 2004
Are you being served? Politics

Are you being served?

9th November 2004
Above the parapet Free Speech

Above the parapet

17th July 2002
Turning art into peepshow Politics

Turning art into peepshow

12th November 2001
Who killed God? Politics

Who killed God?

6th November 2001

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