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David Wilson is a political activist who co-founded the charity War Child and was the first director of the Pavarotti Music Centre in Mostar. He has lectured across Europe on conflict resolution through music. In 2000 he worked with the Guardian to expose corruption in his own charity and, as a whistleblower, was sacked. More recently, he has been Press Officer at Stop the War Coalition and has written three plays whose themes explore war, the art world and the life of Dylan Thomas.
"David Wilson has lived a life and a half. I was proud to play a minor role in War Child, an organisation in which David was inspirational. The broken world needed people like David then; it still does and it always will."
- Sir Tom Stoppard,
"David Wilson is an adventurer and a free-thinker who ... did something truly useful with his life. His stubborn and yet self-effacing commitment to his ideals carried him through many daunting situations, and his sense of humour kept him able to see the funny side."
- Brian Eno,
David Wilson has been a gaucho, a teacher, an artist's agent, a documentary filmmaker and playwright, but above all, he has been a lifelong political activist. In the 60s he marched to Aldermaston. In the 70s he protested against the Vietnam War and apartheid. In the 80s, with the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Front, he delivered food to striking miners. More recently, he has been active in the anti-war movement.
As the co-founder of War Child, he was instrumental in bringing a mobile bakery into war-torn Bosnia. In 1995 the charity gained prominence with the release of the Help album. Contributors included David Bowie, Brian Eno, Paul McCartney and Sinéad O'Connor. Help captured the world’s attention and brought the healing power of music to young people whose lives had been devastated by war.
Left Field is an engaging and humorous memoir which will inspire not only Wilson's generation, but also today's young people who are campaigning for a better, fairer world.
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David Wilson is a political activist who co-founded the charity War Child and was the first director of the Pavarotti Music Centre in Mostar. He has lectured across Europe on conflict resolution through music. In 2000 he worked with the Guardian to expose corruption in his own charity and, as a whistleblower, was sacked. More recently, he has been Press Officer at Stop the War Coalition and has written three plays whose themes explore war, the art world and the life of Dylan Thomas.