Christian Family, Christian Nation: Raymond Johnston and the Nationwide Festival of Light in Defence of the Family

‘We reject that morality – death to the family!’ So interjected a young female heckler during the inaugural rally of the Nationwide Festival of Light (NFOL) in Westminster Central Hall on 9 September 1971. Although press coverage of the event focused upon more dramatic interventions, such as the att...

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