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Article: Benn to appear at festival of peace
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- Evening News - Scotland
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- August 10, 2007
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VETERAN socialist Tony Benn is to make a special appearance at a
peace festival in Edinburgh.
The former MP will perform alongside folk musician Roy Bailey in a
90-minute show featuring a series of political anecdotes and protest
songs.
Mr Benn, who was a cabinet minister under two prime ministers and
an MP for more than 50 years, appeared at last year's Book Festival.
Alongside Roy Bailey, with whom he won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award
for best live act in 2003, he will be performing songs and poetry
featured on their CD The Writing's on the Wall.
The event has been organised as part of this year's Edinburgh ...