Diggers for victory: 17th-century radicals inspire choral music

The 17th-century radicals made little impact in their own time, but the Diggers have inspired a new choral work from James Weeks – and hold lessons for us all, he saysTired of being patronised by politicians too timid or venal to stand up to the banks and the hedge funds? Sick of being served vacuous soundbites in place of reasoned debate? Then try Gerrard Winstanley for some stirring argument: "In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to ...

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