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Melvin Benn
Executive
Founder and organiser of Latitude Festival.
Notable Quotes
"I had signed a new 25-year lease to keep it based at Henham Park."View Story →
"What Ye has said in the past about Jews and Hitler is as abhorrent to me as it is to the Jewish community."View Story →
"Forgiveness and giving people a second chance are becoming a lost virtue in this ever-increasing divisive world."View Story →
"Mental health is..."View Story →
"We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature, only to perform the songs that are currently played on the radio stations in our country."View Story →
"Ye's comments were abhorrent."View Story →
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