An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
606. Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood
October 05, 2025
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Simon Heffer
Context:
Explicitly described as 'a great book on Enoch Powell' - a biography that the hosts recommend, saying Heffer 'really gets under Powell's skin'
Author: Virgil
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Referenced as Virgil's 'great epic poem' from which Powell quoted the Sibyl's prophecy about the Tiber foaming with blood in his famous speech
Author: Dennis Healy
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Referenced as 'his memoirs' where Dennis Healy praised Powell's 1959 speech about the Hola massacre as 'the greatest parliamentary speech I ever heard'
Author: Jeremy Seabrook
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Described as 'a brilliant book' about grassroots opinion, where the journalist interviewed people in Blackburn in the late 60s/early 70s about their views on Powell and immigration