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Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his role in the band The Boomtown Rats. He is also an activist, having organized the Live Aid charity concert in 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. In 1986, he was awarded an honorary knighthood for his humanitarian work.
Titles credited to Bob Geldof
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.
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Stranded
The 1970s punk rock movement: New York had the Ramones, London had the Sex Pistols, Australia had the Saints. Stranded takes a look at the role four musicians from suburban Brisbane played in the expl...
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Sketches of Frank Gehry
First and foremost, Frank Gehry is an artist. Described as a young child as having golden hands, Frank begins his creation through sketch. Forming thought into substantive sculpture, the marriage of a...
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Moderne slaveri
There's 27 million slaves in the world today. We find them in the sex industry, as child soldiers, as unpaid housekeepers and in production and as shop workers. We have all a responsibility for this.
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Punk in London
A visual record of London punk life in the late '70s, filled with never-before-seen live concert footage and commentary from the Clash, the Jam, X-Ray Spex and the Electric Chairs.
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