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• BBC News: Enoch was right on Ireland, says Thatcher

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/220053.stm
  In a review of Simon Heffer's book on Powell Lady Thatcher insisted that Enoch Powell had been right and she had been wrong when he opposed her signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985.

• BBC News: Politicians say farewell to Enoch Powell

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/politics/57815.stm
  Politicians have turned out in force to honour the late Conservative and Ulster Unionist MP, Enoch Powell.

• BBC News: Powell's 'rivers of blood' legacy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7343256.stm
  Examining whether Enoch Powell's Birmingham speech 40 years ago had a lasting impact on race relations, with links to related articles.

• BBC On This Day: Powell slates immigration policy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/newsid_2489000/2489357.stm
  News of the Conservative right-winger, Enoch Powell's speech attacking the government's immigration policy on April 20, 1968.

• BBC Radio 4 - Document: A Laudable Invasion

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070122.shtml
  In search of the anonymous old lady referred to in Enoch Powell’s Birmingham Speech. [Real Audio format]

• BBC Radio 4: 1968 - Myth or Reality?: Rivers of Blood, The Real Source

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/1968/riversofblood.shtml
  Radio programme with an article about the background by the presenter, Rob Shepherd. [Real Audio format]

• BBC Radio 4: Desert Island Discs - Castaway: Enoch Powell

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mf3s
  Sue Lawley's castaway is politician Enoch Powell.

• BBC Radio 4: The New Elizabethans, Enoch Powell

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ks2yt
  James Naughtie considers the controversial parliamentarian Enoch Powell.

• British Future: Powell: “best understood as part of our history”

  http://www.britishfuture.org/blog/powell-best-understand-as-part-of-our-history/
  Article by Sunder Katwala, the former general secretary of the Fabian Society.

• British Medical Journal: Mr. Enoch Powell Minister of Health

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2097322/
  The full text of the article is available as a scanned copy of the original print version in a PDF file.

• Daily Mail: Widow in Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech really did exist

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-433497/Widow-Enoch-Powells-Rivers-Blood-speech-really-did-exist.html
  Article putting an end to a forty year old question.

• Enoch Powell speaks about Europe

  http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/enoch_test.htm
  Audio of a 1976 speech by Powell against Britain joining the European Community.

• Enoch Powell: Life and Views

  http://www.enochpowell.net/
  Complete bibliography of his works and references, and the full text of speeches.

• Institute of Race Relations: The beatification of Enoch Powell

  http://www.irr.org.uk/news/the-beatification-of-enoch-powell/
  Article in which Jenny Bourne predicts attempts to rehabilitate Enoch Powell's reputation.

• J. Enoch Powell: Health and Wealth

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1896398/
  Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version and a PDF file.

• J. Enoch Powell: Human rights

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1154594/?tool=pubmed
  Published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version and a PDF file.

• J. Enoch Powell: The Elephant and the Whale

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1954568/?tool=pubmed
  Published in the British Medical Journey. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version and a PDF file.

• Naim Attallah Online: No Longer With Us: Enoch Powell

  http://quartetbooks.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/no-longer-with-us-enoch-powell/
  Interview with Powell concentrating on his carrier as a scholar and poet.

• Paul Foot: Beyond the Powell

  http://www.marxists.org/archive/foot-paul/1998/03/powell.htm
  Obituary by the journalist who wrote one of the first books on Enoch Powell.

• Paul Foot: Powell’s Poison Platform

  https://www.marxists.org/archive/foot-paul/1986/12/powell.htm
  An evaluation of Powell’s attitude to immigration and race from a left-wing point of view.

• Science Museum, Brought to Life: Enoch Powell

  http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/enochpowell
  Entry on Powell with emphasis on his work as Minister of Health.

• Speech to Royal Society of St George - 1961

  http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/StGeorge.html
  The text of the speech with illustrations.

• Telegraph: Behind Enoch Powell's monstrous image lay a man of exceptional integrity

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9329245/Behind-Enoch-Powells-monstrous-image-lay-a-man-of-exceptional-integrity.html
  A century after his birth, Enoch Powell still seems more modern than most politicians. Article by Peter Oborne.

• Telegraph: Enoch Powell

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5899345/Enoch-Powell.html
  Enoch Powell, who has died aged 85, was one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of British political life in the 20th century.

• Telegraph: Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3643823/Enoch-Powells-Rivers-of-Blood-speech.html
  The full text of Enoch Powell's so-called 'Rivers of Blood' speech, which was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham on April 20 1968.

• Telegraph: Rory Stewart plans 'definitive' biography on Enoch Powell

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/8630664/Rory-Stewart-plans-definitive-biography-on-Enoch-Powell.html
  Rory Stewart, the Tory MP, is researching a book exploring the parallel lives of politicians Enoch Powell and Michael Foot.

• Telegraph: The Ukip letters to Enoch Powell

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11290715/The-Ukip-letters-to-Enoch-Powell.html
  Documents unearthed by The Telegraph from an archive held at the University of Cambridge show that Ukip wrote to Mr Powell asking for his support to win a by-election in 1994.

• Telegraph: When will Tories admit that Enoch was right?

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3643837/When-will-Tories-admit-that-Enoch-was-right.html
  Just as we thought we had grown up on the issue of immigration, the Conservative Party proves the contrary is true, writes Simon Heffer.

• The Birmingham Speech - 1968

  http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/powell_press.htm
  Press cuttings about and the text of the speech a.k.a. the "Rivers of Blood" speech.

• The Caerulean: Bella, horrida bella, Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine

  http://www.uclconservatives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Issue-13.pdf
  Controversial verdict on Enoch Powell's Birmingham speech by UCL student Ben Mechen.

• The Economist: Enoch Powell

  http://www.economist.com/node/113952?story_id=E1_TTPJVN
  John Enoch Powell, political maverick, died on February 8th, aged 85. Obituary,

• The Guardian: An Enigma of Awkward Passions

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/0098/feb/09/obituaries.mikephillips
  Obituaries by Norman Shrapnel and Mike Phillips.

• The Guardian: Enoch Powell dismissed for 'racialist' speech

  http://www.theguardian.com/news/1968/apr/22/mainsection.ianaitken
  Article published two days after the Birmingham speech in the "Leaders and letters" section.

• The Guardian: Tory Leaders Still Torn on Race Bill

  http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jun/13/archive-tory-leaders-still-torn-on-race-bill-1968
  Originally published in the Guardian on 23 April 1968, after the dismissal of Mr Enoch Powell from the Shadow Cabinet yesterday.

• The Independent: Christ was not crucified, says Enoch Powell

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/christ-was-not-crucified-says-enoch-powell-1383775.html
  Jesus was not crucified by the Romans, but stoned for blasphemy by the Jewish authorities, according to a forthcoming book by Enoch Powell, the former Conservative minister.

• The Independent: Enoch Powell made the Rivers of Blood speech out of ambition, not conviction

  http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/bruce-anderson/bruce-anderson-enoch-powell-made-the-rivers-of-blood-speech-out-of-ambition-not-conviction-399023.html
  Article by Bruce Anderson.

• The New York Times: Enoch Powell, British Rightist, Dies at 85

  http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/world/enoch-powell-british-rightist-dies-at-85.html
  Obituary by Eric Pace.

• The Observer: Stop shouting, start talking

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1968/apr/28/race.world
  On the demonstrations in support of Powell.

• The Papers of Enoch Powell

  http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/POLL;recurse=1
  Description of the personal and public papers of Enoch Powell, deposited at the Churchill Archives Centre.

• The Telegraph - Calcutta: After Coronation Street

  http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091030/jsp/opinion/story_11669393.jsp
  Britain has a serious white problem on its hands, argues Swapan Dasgupta. He recalls his meeting with Powell and analyzing the breakdown of traditional community bonds he comes up with an interesting conclusion.

• Wikipedia: Enoch Powell

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell
  Article updated by the public about the Conservative MP for for Wolverhampton South West from 1950 to 1974, then Ulster Unionist (1974 to 1987 MP for South Down from 1974 to 1987, who died in 1998 aged 85. Includes biography, political career, references and related links.

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