1949: 14 US Communist Party leaders are convicted of sedition. On the same day, the Chinese Red army occupies Canton. Also, boxer Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in Round 8 for the heavyweight title ...
MAT COWARD unearths Gustav Holst’s radical roots, from meetings at William Morris’s house to pamphlet-printing and agitation with the Red Vicar of Thaxted — and laments that he is remembered today for ...