'Love me or hate me. It's a great read’ - Billy Bragg
He was a punk. He was a soldier. He was a flag-waver for the Labour Party and the miners. He is Billy Bragg, passionate protest folk singer and tireless promoter of political and humanitarian causes around the world.
His life encapsulates so much about his generation: born in the late ’50s, passions forged by punk, politics shaped by Thatcherism, career inspired by engagement, hope provided by the end of the Cold War and ideology galvanised by what he sees as a ‘post-ideological’ twenty-first century. He adapts to survive: serious about compassion and accountability, he likes a laugh too, and has never forgotten where he comes from.
Still Suitable for Miners is the official Billy Bragg story, tracing his life, family and career at close range from Barking to the present day. This 20th anniversary edition has been updated to include the rise of Corbyn, the unfolding of Brexit, Billy’s reclamation of skiffle and his overtures into Americana.
- ISBN10 075355271X
- ISBN13 9780753552711
- Publish Date 24 May 2018 (first published 17 September 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Virgin Books
- Edition Revised edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780753552711