Adam Sisman

The crusading journalist who lectured on Shelley to coal miners

Loved and admired by fellow writers, Paul Foot was competitive, witty and exhilarating company – a friend of the friendless and a tireless campaigner for justice

Paul Foot in 1977. [Getty Images]
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  • Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

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    Verso, pp. 384, £30

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