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Posted: November 2016

This Saturday, November 26th, between 2 and 4pm in our coffee bar, we will be sharing thoughts about the ex Communard Richard Coles' autobiography. Will we agree with the book cover's view that it is a "warm, witty and wise memoir in which he divulges with searing honesty and intimacy his pilgrimage from rock-and-roll life of sex and drugs in the Communards to one devoted to God and Christianity"? If you would like to find out, feel free to come along.
For summaries of our past discussions, click here.

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