David Bennun (born 1968) is an English writer, journalist and music critic.
David Bennun | |
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Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, music critic |
Years active | 1990s–present |
Bennun started his career in music journalism in the 1990s. Notable publications he has written for include Melody Maker, The Guardian and The Quietus.[1][2][3][4][5] He is noted for his interview pieces, which have been cited in several books.[6][7][8]
In 2018, he began to write about political subjects such as Brexit and anti-Semitism for The Guardian[9][10] and New Statesman.[11]
We live in a time, as David Bennun wrote ... when what Americans call liberal institutions ... have been in place for so long that people assume ... that they can be perpetuated even as the protections they offer come under assault by authoritarian extremists