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Winston Marshall Was 'Bloody Terrified' to Quit Mumford & Sons. He Tells Me Why.
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Winston Marshall Was 'Bloody Terrified' to Quit Mumford & Sons. He Tells Me Why.
Winston Marshall performs in Milan. (Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)
The musician talks about self-censorship, his faith, moral courage, Jordan Peterson, Kanye West, Winston Churchill, and more.
By Bari Weiss
07.02.21 — Culture and Ideas
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Late last week, I was sitting in my kitchen when I read an essay that made me stand up and cheer. 

It was written by Winston Marshall, who, before last week, was the banjo player and lead guitarist of Mumford & Sons. It was a gig he’d had for the past decade and a half.

If you’ve never heard of the band, go listen. But suffice it to say, it was a runaway …

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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