Peter Reading (1946-2011) was born in Liverpool. After studying painting at Liverpool College of Art, he worked as a schoolteacher in Liverpool (1967-68) and at Liverpool College of Art, where he taught Art History (1968-70). He then worked for twenty-two years as a weighbridge operator at an animal feedmill in Shropshire, until he was sacked for refusing to wear a...
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