“I was sorely tempted to go to Leeds, mainly because of the historical kudos attached to the place: the miners’ unions, the anarchist and Maoist groups who had such a powerful presence on campus in the 70s, the psychogeography of an industrial city, and the post-punk groups who emerged from the city Polytechnic’s art department - The Mekons, Delta 5, Gang of Four, the latter of whom were associated with (you guessed it) the Leeds branch of Art & Language.”
