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He was once described as the ‘most dangerous man in Britain’ - but will make a return to the city he spent so much time in to celebrate a man of the cloth.

Writer Ian Bone was the man behind anarchist paper Class War, whose skull logo is still used by anarchists all over the world and which earned him his tabloid monicker, as well as being behind agit-magazine Alarm during the 1980s, which sought to expose corruption in Swansea .

He had first come to the city to study in university, and launched the paper which included exposes provided by people in the pubs of the city, and which were said to have led to the jailing of two local government representatives.

His re-appearance in Swansea is part of Volcano Theatre’s Troublemakers Festival, which aims to change the world - starting with Swansea High Street.

The event will re-imagine the stretch of street between the station and Castle Square as a pedestrian-friendly place where arts and culture are part of everyday life, and open up buildings that people perhaps do not normally see.

Mr Bone will be visiting to celebrate the life of the Rev Leon Atkin - who was pictured alongside Dylan Thomas in the last ever photo taken of him in Swansea.

He said: “Rev Leon Atkin was a great man, but I think a prophet without honour in his own city.

“He was a hero of the poor, and did many great things; He would baptise the children of unmarried mothers, and opened up the church’s crypt during the cold winter of 1946, to let hundreds of people shelter there.

“He was a great friend of the poor, and there are still people in the area who were married by him.

“He also confronted Oswald Mosley, the leader of the fascist Blackshirts when he visited Swansea’s Plaza Cinema.

“He told Mosley he worked for a Jew, and when Mosley said he shouldn’t be, he revealed his dog collar. The place erupted and Mosley never came back to South Wales again.

The celebration of the Reverend’s life will take place on Sunday, July 16, and involve a pub crawl down from the station where boxer Jimmy Wilde had a club, to his former church.

But for people interested in the counter-culture of the late sixties through to the eighties, particularly in Swansea, it will be his appearance at Galerie Simpson the day before that will be a must-see.

(Image: South Wales Evening Post)

Interviewing him will be local legend Ray Jones, a reformed petty thief and former alcoholic, who has partied with Keith Moon, Joe Strummer, Marianne Faithful, John Lydon, Liam Gallagher, and Shaun Ryder.

He has also published an entertaining account of his life; Drowning on Dry Land: Plumbing the Depths in Ladbroke Grove, Swansea and San Francisco.

As a member of controversial group Page 3, he will interview his old friend Ian about his time in Swansea, and his work on Alarm.

Mr Bone said: “Ray is a real character. He always said prison was the same as the pub, except without the booze and women.

“It will be a chance to talk about Swansea’s counter culture in the sixties and seventies, when lives were totally different, especially to what was presented as the ‘official’ view of Swansea.

“It will be about the old underbelly, about places like The Tenby.”

He added: “I have very fond memories of Swansea. I still think about it, and my place in Mayhill.

“My son is in university there too. But the most dangerous man in Britain?

“I don’t think that’s true. Not even the most dangerous grandfather.”