Well, ............ mmmmmmm... good point.

The venue was the The Working Class Movement Library, 51 The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX, Lancashire, England, which amongst much else has some EM archive material. The Museum is a whole thread of it's own. If people are near Salford they should pop in join and be amazed.

Ben Harker, EW's biographer, talked for a while and I cannot really sum up what was a complex academic introduction to EM's life.

I can say that I believe it is a rigorous analysis of a complex character who was involved in so many things. I suspect that those of us who generally admire most of what he either achieved or tried to achieve will be fascinated. Those who are critics, and that includes many of us, will find much that they recognise. Don't worry the war is discussed!

A number of people spoke of EM and how he had affected them. Most made the point that he was often not easy to exchange ideas with, but that he was also a charming and generous person.

Aiden sang 3 MacColl songs to the biggest collection of EM friends and did us all proud.

I am sure other people will have things to say.