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Thread #86542 Message #4236424
Posted By: FreddyHeadey
02-Mar-26 - 10:59 AM
Thread Name: Luddites & Mill Song
Subject: RE: Luddites & Mill Song
No music but some background on the Luddites on BBC's radio 4 'Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites' in the 'Great Lives' series. - 2025
Leader of the Luddites, who often signed letters and proclamations Ned Ludd, he is shown in one engraving wearing mismatched shoes and a blue polka dot dress, suggesting a world turned upside down. He's been picked by the popular historian Alex von Tunzelmann, and joining her in studio to discuss Ned and the Luddites (and the neo-Luddites too) is Katrina Navickas, historian of protest; plus the playwright Joe Ward-Munrow who recently staged The Legend of Ned Ludd at the Liverpool Playhouse.