We were trying to change the world in our tiny way by stopping the rise of fascism amongst youth with the power of music. Red Saunders, founder of Rock Against Racism Join writer and musician Daniel Rachel to celebrate the paperback release of Walls Come Tumbling Down. His book charts the extraordinary and pivotal period [...]

  Protest Music: Daniel Rachel. In conversation  with Anita Sethi £6. Time – 18:00, Saturday. Venue – Library Gallery Winner of this year’s Penderyn Music Writing Prize, Daniel discusses the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for the first time in British history in his fascinating book [...]

The Bear 12:30 – 11pm (Free Events) New for 2017 – Literature:   The C.I.F. is incredibly lucky to have John Williams, Cardiff novelist and founder of the Laugharne Weekend in Wales, to curate this new literature section of the festival.  John will be interviewing and hosting Q&A sessions with these fabulous authors: 1pm Daniel Rachel [...]

Former NME and loaded journalist talking about his book on 5-A Side football ‘Above Head Height’ with Daniel Rachel  2pm 1pm Daniel Rachel Daniel Rachel’s book ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down’ is an exhaustive account of the Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge movements. In April it won the Penderyn Music Book Prize.   Ex NME [...]

Leftfield Satge 1.30pm Can Culture Save us? Panel discussion