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The William Cobbett Society
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Growing Solo
Retired political journalist, Max Cotton spent 2022 - 2023 consuming only food and drink grown on his smallholding in South West England (salt and tap water being his only concessions). The BBC have made a series for Radio 4, Growing Solo, tracking his experiences.
COBBETT’S ATTITUDE TO RACE AND SLAVERY
With Colston’s statue thrown into the river and questions being asked about the attitudes to slavery of other historical figures, we thought the Society should make some comments about what Cobbett had to say about slavery.
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