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AUG 08
Victoria Panton Bacon at Holt Bookshop
Victoria Panton Bacon will be at the Holt Bookshop to talk about her Grandfather’s book Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer. Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer is a vivid and unique memoir of life as an RAF reconnaissance pilot in France during the hellish summer of 1940. It brings to life the fear, loneliness, pain and terrible sadness Panton and his comrades...
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JUL 29
Jim Murphy talks '10 Football Matches' at Waterstones Newton Mearns!
Jim Murphy takes us on a journey around the world and through the years, from Franco’s Spain to Africa’s Alcatraz, Robben Island. Charting the match that sparked a Central American war, the Barcelona team threatened at gunpoint, and the game that helped save Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, among much else, Murphy lends a fresh new perspective to some of...
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JUL 27
Jim's Glasgow Launch of his book 'The 10 Football matches that Changed the World'
Just when you thought you were going to get a break from football before the new season starts, Jim Murphy would like to invite you to the Scottish launch of his book ‘The 10 Football Matches that Changed the World and the One that Didn’t’. It’s the story of the ten most important football matches ever played. The launch and signing event will take place...
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JUL 22
Victoria Panton Bacon's Launch of her Book Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer
To celebrate her first publication, Victoria Panton Bacon would like to invite you to Jarrolds Department Store in Norwich for the launch of Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer, the memoir of her grandfather, Alastair Panton, that she stumbled upon in a garage. Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer is a vivid and lyrical memoir of life as an RAF reconnaissance pilot...
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JUL 11
John Bercow at Cole's Bookshop
John Bercow will be at Cole’s Bookshop to sign copies of his new book Tennis Maestros: The Twenty Greatest Male Tennis Players of all Time. Best known for his role as Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, a keen tennis player and qualified coach, assesses the merits of the legends of tennis, from Fred Perry to Roger Federer, to create a list...
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JUN 23
RSA - Let's Talk About Death
Most of us prefer not to think about death, which is understandable, but is it wise? Research on near-death experiences and post-traumatic growth following serious illness or trauma suggests that close encounters with death can act as spiritual catalysts, resulting in profound shifts in deeply-held views, richer relationships and deeper life satisfaction...
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MAY 24
John Bercow Vs Rosie Boycott : Tennis Maestros
The Speaker of the House, a former Junior competitor and LTA-qualified coach, argues the case for his ranking of the twenty greatest male tennis stars of all time, surface by surface, era by era, in his new book Tennis Maestros. Rafa vs Bill Tilden? Perry vs Murray? Federer vs Lacoste? Anyone for an hour of nostalgic fanaticism? Tickets: £7 Visit...
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MAY 19
Prisonomics: Vicky Pryce in conversation with Peter Stanford
In March 2013, economist Vicky Pryce was sentenced to eight months in prison for accepting her ex-husband’s penalty points on her driving licence some ten years earlier. After a very public trial, she was sent first to Holloway and then to East Sutton Park prison near Maidstone. There, she kept a diary in which she recorded her experiences and her...
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MAY 17
Janis Sharp at Booked! Festival of Words
Janis Sharp will be speaking at Booked! West Dunbartonshire, Festival of Words about her book Saving Gary McKinnon : A Mother’s Story Saving Gary McKinnon: A Mother’s Story tells the story of Janis Sharp’s ten year battle to save her son from being extradited to the US for alleged computer crimes. Gary McKinnon was arrested for hacking into American...
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MAY 11
University of Aberdeen May Festival Presents David Torrance
The Battle for Britain with speaker David Torrance The Independence Referendum is the single most important constitutional issue in the United Kingdom’s history since its inception. Journalist and broadcaster David Torrance, acclaimed for his political biographies, uses his latest book, The Battle of Britain, to set the scene for a May Festival debate...
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