Billy’s Substack

Hundred Year Hunger

A new song for Palestine

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August 2025

If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, First Learn Their Songs

The construction - and deconstruction - of the national narrative

Aug 25 • 

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An Old Soldier I Used To Know

Some reflections on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Aug 16 • 

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May 2025

Art Not Evidence

How rap music is being used as evidence of wrongdoing in criminal trials

May 25 • 

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A Teenage Nurse in London on VE Day 1945

A first-hand account of VE Day to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism

May 5 • 

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SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE KNEECAP CONTROVERSY

I’m glad to see that a number of artists have signed a letter defending Kneecap from attempts to remove them from various festival bills in the wake of…

May 2 • 

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April 2025

He marched them up to the top of the hill

And he marched them down again

Apr 12 • 

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Happy 100th Birthday Tony Benn

His five questions for the powerful provide the starting point for our fightback against authoritarianism

Apr 3 • 

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March 2025

Tяump's programme is not ideological

It's nothing more than gangsterism.

Mar 29 • 

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The real reason why Tяump bullies Ukraine and sides with Putin

He's not Agent Krasnov

Mar 8 • 

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No Rules, Only Goals

Some reflections on the origins of football and the tactics of Tяump

Mar 2 • 

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