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Month: March 2020

Comprehension / Expression…

Anti-Thatcher songs (4): assessing the Lady’s artistic inheritance

24 Mar 2020
This is the last in a series of four posts on anti-Thatcher songs and songwriters. The following excerpt from a Guardian article was originally used in a test: students were…
Comprehension / Expression…

Anti-Thatcher songs (3): Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

24 Mar 202024 Mar 2020
This is the third item in a series of four on anti-Thatcher songs and song-writers. In this instalment, we focus on the controversial celebrations that greated Margaret Thatcher's death in…
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Anti-Thatcher songs (2): Red Wedge

17 Mar 202026 Mar 2020
This post is the second in a series of four focusing on anti-Thatcher songs and song-writers. In this installment, we focus on the Red Wedge movement through the analysis of…
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Anti-Thatcher songs (1): Tropes

16 Mar 202016 Mar 2020
This post is the first of a series of four focusing on anti-Thatcher songs and song-writers. This first activity focuses on a few songs directed at the former British Prime…

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