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Events for October 2014
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Lincoln Book Festival: The American ConnectionLincoln Book Festival: The American Connection
October 1, 2014 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Clive Aslet on the American influence on English country life Nothing seems more British than a house like Cliveden or Leeds Castle but what became known as the‘country house look’ was in fact codified by an American; the greatest of early 20th century gardens, Hidcote, was created by an American; and it was an American romance that [&hellip Stephen Fry Live, Southbank CentreStephen Fry Live, Southbank Centre
October 1, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
A live event to mark the publication of Stephen Fry’s brand new volume of memoirs More Fool Me. The Fry Chronicles was the biggest 2010 autobiography in the UK, selling over one million copies worldwide. Get a sneak preview of the third volume: a heady tale of the late eighties and early nineties in which Stephen – [&hellip |
Lincoln Book Festival: King and ParliamentLincoln Book Festival: King and Parliament
October 2, 2014
Chris Bryant MP in conversation with Lord Radice about the history of Parliament Told through the lives of the myriad MPs, lords and bishops who sat on its benches, Parliament is a vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracy. Labour MP for [&hellip |
Lincoln Book Festival: The sixties and all thatLincoln Book Festival: The sixties and all that
October 3, 2014
Jenny Boyd on her adventures through the 60s They say if you remember the sixties you can’t have been there – so for those of you who were and can’t remember and for those who weren’t but wish they had beenThey say if you remember the sixties you can’t have been there – so for those [&hellip |
Lincoln Book Festival: An evening with the Georgians and VictoriansLincoln Book Festival: An evening with the Georgians and Victorians
October 4, 2014
Hannah Grieg on The Beau Monde Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, scandal and gossip, 18th century fashionable society had a reputation for frivolity. But to be ‘fashionable’ denoted membership of a new type of society: the beau monde, where status was no longer determined by coronets and countryseats alone. Conspicuous consumption and display were crucial and [&hellip Nature writers: Helen Macdonald and Mark Crocker, Southbank CentreNature writers: Helen Macdonald and Mark Crocker, Southbank Centre
October 4, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
Join two of our finest nature writers in conversation. As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including TH White’s tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White’s struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father died and Macdonald [&hellip |
Celebrating Maya Angelou, Southbank CentreCelebrating Maya Angelou, Southbank Centre
October 5, 2014 @ 7:00 pm
Maya Angelou was one of the world’s most important writers and activists. She lived and chronicled an extraordinary life. Rising from poverty, violence and racism, she became a renowned author, poet, playwright, civil rights’ activist – working with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King – and memoirist. She wrote and performed a poem, ‘On the [&hellip |
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Slavoj Žižek at the Southbank CentreSlavoj Žižek at the Southbank Centre
October 7, 2014 @ 7:30 pm
Slavoj Žižek is today’s most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political theory. It takes in film, popular culture, and literature to provide acute analyses of the complexities of contemporary ideology as well as a serious and sophisticated examination of the world around us. In this special [&hellip |
Polari First Book Prize, Southbank CentrePolari First Book Prize, Southbank Centre
October 8, 2014 @ 7:45 pm - October 9, 2014 @ 5:00 pm
The fourth annual prize celebrating debut LGBT authors, kindly sponsored by Société Générale UK LGBT network. Join award-winning writer Ali Smith and winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2013, Mari Hannah. The evening also features Will Davies, Karen Mcleod and Justin David. More information |
Alice Oswald at the Southbank CentreAlice Oswald at the Southbank Centre
October 9, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
The world premiere of a specially commissioned new poem, read by the poet herself. In Greek mythology, the Dawn fell in love with Tithonus and asked Zeus to make him immortal, but she forgot to ask that he should not grow old. Unable to die, he grew older and older, until at last Dawn locked [&hellip |
Hilary Mantel at the Southbank CentreHilary Mantel at the Southbank Centre
October 10, 2014 @ 7:00 pm
Hilary Mantel is one of Britain’s most accomplished, acclaimed and garlanded writers. Uniquely, her last two novels won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. In this new collection of ten stories, all her gifts of characterisation, observation and intelligence are once again fully on display. With settings ranging from Saudi Arabia to Greece to London, [&hellip |
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Sophie Hannah and Stephanie Merritt on Hercule Poirot, Kings PlaceSophie Hannah and Stephanie Merritt on Hercule Poirot, Kings Place
October 12, 2014 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Acclaimed thriller-writer Sophie Hannah talks to Stephanie Merritt (novelist SJ Parris) about her passion for Agatha Christie and how she was inspired to make Hercule Poirot her own hero More information Africa39 at the Southbank CentreAfrica39 at the Southbank Centre
October 12, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
The Africa39 anthology showcases the most promising voices from Africa south of the Sahara. Clifton Gachagua (Kenya), Nadifa Mohamed (Somalia) and Stanley Kenani (Malawi) talk about their work with the Africa39 anthology editor Ellah Allfrey and discuss the creativity and amazing writing from their region. They are part of a selection of 39 promising writers [&hellip Elif Shafak on The Architect’s Apprentice, Southbank CentreElif Shafak on The Architect’s Apprentice, Southbank Centre
October 12, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
A preview of a sweeping and magical new novel from Elif Shafak. The Architect’s Apprentice is set in a 16th-century Istanbul bursting with colour, romance and white elephants. Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul andThe Forty Rules of Love and is the most widely read female novelist in Turkey. Her work has been translated [&hellip |
Man Booker Prize 2014 readings, Southbank CentreMan Booker Prize 2014 readings, Southbank Centre
October 13, 2014 @ 7:30 pm
Readings and conversations about the shortlisted books for The Man Booker Prize. The prize is the world’s most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014 is chaired by AC Grayling. The judges are Jonathan Bate, Sarah Churchwell, Dr Alastair Niven, [&hellip |
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Sebastian Faulks at Kings PlaceSebastian Faulks at Kings Place
October 27, 2014 @ 7:00 pm
Revisiting his novel Human Traces, the story of two psychiatrists at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sebastian Faulks explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. More information |
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