I went to a 'talk' about Dorian Lynskey's book on protest songs, '33 Revolutions Per Minute', today.

Billy Bragg shared the stage with Lynskey; right at the end, when answering the last question of the Q&A session, Billy said 'Let England Shake' is brilliant. He commented on her Radio 4 interview where she didn't commit herself to discussing politics in more detail, preferring listeners to interpret the lyrics in their own personal way; he wished she was more direct but respected her decision not to.

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Wiggins is so superbly unassuming, he looks like he's about to say 'Pop the gold medal in the post, I'm nipping out for some biscuits'

Mark Steel

billy hit the nail on the head = it is brilliant
the more i listen the more i love it
my favorite ph harvey record by far
and i love them all

I remember Billy saying the album was powerful and he mentioned that it was about the First World War and Afghanistan. A good bit of promotion for Polly's album.

Audio of a short interview with Dorian Lynskey and Billy Bragg.
Interviewed by Tom Sloan for Brighton Festival Radio...Billy gives Polly another name check just before 3 minutes:

http://soundcloud.com/tom-sloan/words-w ... -bragg-and

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Wiggins is so superbly unassuming, he looks like he's about to say 'Pop the gold medal in the post, I'm nipping out for some biscuits'

Mark Steel

Bill Bailey's tribute to Billy Bragg - 'Unisex Chip Shop'..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_9UgaxeJE

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Wiggins is so superbly unassuming, he looks like he's about to say 'Pop the gold medal in the post, I'm nipping out for some biscuits'

Mark Steel