Long Reads: William Morris, Romantic Revolutionary w/ Matthew Beaumont
William Morris is renowned for his work as an artist and designer. But he was also one of Britain's greatest socialist thinkers. Morris combined his opposition to capitalism with a deep understanding of environmental questions that was rare in his own time.
Matthew Beaumont, professor of English at University College London and author of books including The Spectre of Utopia and Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London, joins Long Reads to discuss the life and thought of William Morris.
Read Matthew's essay, "The Socialist Imagination of William Morris" here…
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