Harry Barnes
- Age: 72
- Gender: Male
- Occupation: Retired M.P.
- Location: Dronfield : Derbyshire : United Kingdom
About Me
72 years old. Current Commitments : 'Labour Friends of Iraq' & Political Education. Career : 1952-54 & l956-60 Railway Clerk (N.E. England). 1954-56 National Service (Iraq) 1960-65 Adult Student (Ruskin College & Hull University) 1965-66 Further Education Lecturer (Worksop). 1966-87 Adult Education Tutor (Sheffield University). 1987-2005 Labour M.P. for N.E. Derbyshire. From 2005 Retired.
Interests
- Family
- Democratic Socialism
- Politics
- Labour Party
- Trade Unions
- Iraq
- Iran
- Islam
- Political Education
- Philosophy
- Sunderland AFC
- Non-League Sheffield FC
- Reading
- Opera
- Theatre
- Music
Favorite Movies
- Whisky Galore
- The Gold Rush
- Kind Hearts And Coronets
- Modern Times
- The Lady Vanishes
- The 39 Steps
- The Man In The White Suit
- Singin' In The Rain
- The Importance Of Being Earnest
- The Great Dictator
- The Third Man
- Gone With The Wind
- The Wizard Of Oz
- Shindler's List
- Wagner
- Frida
- Billy Elliot
Favorite Music
- Bob Dylan
- Joan Baez
- Woody Guthrie
- Alec Glasgow
- Dominic Behan
- Johnny Cash
- Daniel Barenboim
- Waltraud Meier
- Smetana
- Wagner
- Chopin
- Beethoven
- Mendelssohn
- West-East Divan Orchestra
Favorite Books
- John Macnab
- Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
- On Liberty
- Communist Manifesto
- Homage To Catalonia
- A History Of Socialist Thought
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals
- Philosophical Investigations
- The Making Of The English Working Class
- Aspects of Wagner
- The World As Will And Representation
- Socialism Past and Future
- Murder In Samarkand
- George Orwell: A Life
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