Attila the stockbroker contributory liability

  • A woman who was hitchhiking late at night and was picked up and raped was 'asking for it' and guilty of contributory negligence.
  • A short but sweet poem by Attila.
  • In 1982 a High Court Judge called Richards said that a woman who was hitchhiking late at night and was picked up and raped was 'asking for it' and guilty of.

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    Attila The Stockbroker: Heart On My Sleeve Collected Works 1980-2020

    • Launched into public consciousness by two John Peel sessions and a Melody Maker front cover in the early 1980s, poet, musician, journalist and political activist Attila The Stockbroker has spent forty years touring the world performing his unique brand of spoken word, poetry and music. Having played almost four thousand gigs in twenty four countries, releasing countless books and records along the way, Attila is now viewed as the godfather of the British spoken word scene.

    • ‘Heart On My Sleeve’ brings together Attila’s collected poems and lyrics, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of his first appearance and a lifetime doing what he loves. All his early political punk poetry classics are here, the likes of ‘A Bang And A Wimpy’, ‘Russians In The DHSS’ and ‘Contributory Negligence’, alongside more recent favourites such as ‘Asylum-Seeking Daleks’, ‘Poison Pensioner’ and ‘The Bible According to Rupert Murdoch’. As such, this collection is testimony to Attila’s broadening work over the years, packed full of intensely personal pieces alongside political satire and humour. ‘Never Too Late’, explores his reconciliation with his stepfather after thirty-seven years (as featured on Radio 3’s ‘The Verb’ and

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      News Update - February 2022

    FINALLY ON THE ROAD!

    The song of the tour, '40 Years in Rhyme', another Kingsley Salmon/@What's Left Dub production, this time on a seriously Serge Gainsbourg reggae tip, will be released on my Bandcamp page tomorrow, Bandcamp Friday, along with 'Tenaman', where we invent a completely new genre, flexible cystoscopy dancehall. Then 12 tracks head off to Zorch Productions in Sweden to turn into my first ever dub poetry album - I am so happy about that..

    There will be more gigs coming but this is a huge batch to start off and I am especially looking forward to some sadly too rare Scottish dates - not just my old stamping ground at Bannermans Bar in Edinburgh but The Ice Box Arts And Music Centre in Glasgow, organised by Mark McGhee from You Call That Radio?, and a debut gig in STIRLING no less, at The Settle Inn, real ale heaven, with brilliant satirical harpist Pauline Vallance. I'm also really looking forward to Brighton stuffing the Saudis and then celebrating Mensi with my old marras Red London in Sunderland

    Hope to see you somewhere!



    News Update - June 2020

    We may be just coming out of lockdown with no idea when gigs will start again, but 2020 is my 40th Anniversary as Attila the Stockbroker and I am doing my best
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