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No sacred cows

40 years on, Life of Brian has made the world a darker place

9 November 2019

9:00 AM

9 November 2019

9:00 AM

I went to the Battle of Ideas at the Barbican last weekend, a free speech festival organised by the Brexit party MEP Claire Fox, and listened to an interesting discussion about Life of Brian. The Monty Python film is exactly 40 years old, having been released in the UK on 8 November 1979.

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